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صنر

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to small, pointed, or hooked objects, often associated with tools or parts of tools. It also extends to describe negative character traits and, in some contexts, specific plants or body parts.

Derived headwords

الصنارةnoun
  1. 1.
    spindle hookboth

    A thin, hooked piece of metal found at the head of a spindle.

  2. 2.
    spindleboth

    The spindle itself, or specifically the metal part at its head.

  3. 3.
    earclassical

    In Yemeni dialect, the ear is referred to as 'sanarah'.

صنارةnoun
  1. 1.
    spindle hookboth

    The hooked metal part at the head of a spindle.

  2. 2.
    spindleboth

    The spindle, particularly the metal part at its head.

الصناريةnoun
  1. 1.
    people from Armeniaclassical

    A group of people from Armenia who are named after a place or concept related to 'sanarah'.

صنارةadjective
  1. 1.
    ill-temperedboth

    A person who is ill-tempered or of bad character.

صنارةadjective
  1. 1.
    ill-temperedboth

    A person who is ill-tempered or of bad character.

الصنورnoun
  1. 1.
    miserclassical

    A miserly and ill-tempered person.

الصنانيرnoun
  1. 1.
    ill-manneredclassical

    People who are ill-mannered, even if they are prominent.

صنارةadjective
  1. 1.
    ill-temperedclassical

    Describing someone as ill-tempered, though this form is noted as unusual for an adjective.

الصنارnoun
  1. 1.
    plane treeboth

    The plane tree, with 'sanarah' being its singular form.

صنارةnoun
  1. 1.
    plane treeboth

    The singular form of 'sanar', referring to the plane tree.

صنارة الحجفةnoun
  1. 1.
    handle of a shieldclassical

    The handle of a 'hujfah', which is a type of shield.

Parallel reading

الحديدة الدقيقة المعقفة التي في رأس المغزل
The thin, hooked iron piece that is at the head of the spindle.
الصنارة رأس المغزل
The spindle hook is the head of the spindle.
صنارة المغزل الحديدة التي في رأسه
The spindle's hook is the iron piece at its head.
وهو دخيل
And it is a loanword.
الصنارة: الأذن، يمانية
The 'sanarah': the ear, a Yemeni term.
الصنارية: قوم بإرمينية نسبوا إلى ذلك
The 'sanariyyah': people in Armenia who were attributed to that.
ورجل صنارة وصنارة: سيء الخلق
And a man 'sanarah' and 'sanarah': ill-tempered.
التهذيب: الصنور البخيل السيء الخلق
Al-Tahdhib: 'Al-Sanawwar' is the miserly, ill-tempered one.
والصنانير السيئو الأدب، وإن كانوا ذوي نباهة
And 'Al-Sananeer' are the ill-mannered, even if they are prominent.
صنارة، بالكسر، سيء الخلق، ليس من أبنية الكتاب لأن هذا البناء لم يجئ صفة
'Sanarah', with kasra, is ill-tempered; it is not from the book's patterns because this pattern did not come as an adjective.
الصنار: شجر الدلب، واحدته صنارة
'Al-Sanar': the plane tree; its singular is 'sanarah'.
وهي فارسية وقد جرت في كلام العرب
And it is Persian, and it has occurred in the speech of the Arabs.
يشق دوح الجوز والصنار
Splitting the large trees of walnuts and plane trees.
وصنارة الحجفة: مقبضها
And the 'sanarah' of the 'hujfah': its handle.
وأهل اليمن يسمون الأذن صنارة
And the people of Yemen call the ear 'sanarah'.