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صمعر

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes intensity, strength, and sometimes negative qualities like baseness or malice. It can also refer to specific physical attributes like shortness combined with bravery, or a particular type of snake.

Derived headwords

الصمعرnoun
  1. 1.
    The strong oneboth

    Refers to something or someone that is intense or strong of its kind.

الصمعريnoun
  1. 1.
    The strong oneboth

    Refers to something or someone that is intense or strong of its kind.

  2. 2.
    The base oneclassical

    Describes a person who is base, ignoble, or of low character.

  3. 3.
    Immune to spellsclassical

    Describes someone or something unaffected by incantations, magic, or charms.

  4. 4.
    Pure redclassical

    Refers to something that is intensely or purely red in color.

الصمعريةnoun
  1. 1.
    Malignant snakeclassical

    A type of harmful or wicked snake.

الصمعورnoun
  1. 1.
    Short and braveclassical

    Describes a person who is short in stature but courageous and brave.

صمعرname
  1. 1.
    Name of a placeboth

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

Parallel reading

الصمعر والصمعري: الشديد من كل شيء.
Al-sam'ar and al-sam'ari: the intense one of every thing.
والصمعري: اللئيم
And al-sam'ari: the base one.
وهو أيضا الذي لا تعمل فيه رقية ولا سحر
And it is also that upon which no incantation or magic has effect.
وقيل: هو الخالص الحمرة.
And it was said: it is the pure red.
والصمعرية من الحيات: الحية الخبيثة؛
And al-sam'ariyyah of snakes: the wicked snake;
أحية واد بغرة، صمعرية، ... أحب إليكم أم ثلاث لواقح؟
Is a snake from a valley with a white spot, a sam'ariyyah, ... more beloved to you than three pregnant ones?
أراد باللواقح: العقارب.
He intended by 'al-lawaqih': scorpions.
والصمعور: القصير الشجاع.
And al-sam'ur: the short, the brave.
عفا بطن «1». سهي من سليمى فصمعر
The belly of Suhay from Sulayma has become desolate, then Sam'ar.