طبر

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to actions of jumping, hiding, and encountering severe difficulties or calamities. It also denotes a specific type of large, red fig and a city name.

Derived headwords

طَبَرَverb

1.
to jumpboth
To leap or jump, often with force or agility.
2.
to hideclassical
To conceal oneself or be hidden.

طَبَارnoun

1.
calamityboth
A severe misfortune, disaster, or great difficulty.
2.
type of figclassical
A specific variety of fig, described as large, red, and sometimes splitting when ripe.

طَبَّارnoun

1.
type of figclassical
A specific variety of fig, described as large, red, and sometimes splitting when ripe.

طَبَّارَةnoun

1.
single figclassical
A single fruit of the 'tabbar' type of fig.

طَبَرِيَّةname

1.
Tiberiasboth
The name of a city, likely referring to Tiberias in Galilee.

Parallel reading

طبر الرجل إذا قفز

Tabara the man if he jumped.

وطبر إذا اختبأ

And tabara if he hid.

وقعوا في طبار أي داهية

They fell into tabbar, meaning a calamity.

وقع فلان في بنات طبار وطمار

So-and-so fell into the daughters of tabbar and tammar, meaning he fell into a calamity.

والطبار: ضرب من التين

And al-tabbar: a type of fig.

هو أكبر تين رآه الناس أحمر كميت أنى تشقق

It is the largest fig people have seen, red like dark purple, sometimes splitting.

وإذا أكل قشر لغلظ لحائه فيخرج أبيض فيكفي الرجل منه الثلاث والأربع

And when its skin is eaten due to its thick peel, it comes out white, and three or four of them are sufficient for a man.

تملأ التينة منه كف الرجل

A single fig of it fills a man's palm.

ويزبب أيضا

And it also becomes like raisins.

واحدته طبارة

Its singular is tabbarah.

من غريب شجر الضرف الطبار

Among the strange trees of the thorny shrub is al-tabbar.

وهو على صورة التين إلا أنه أرق

And it is in the form of a fig, except that it is thinner.

وطبرية: اسم مدينة

And Tabariyyah: the name of a city.