ظرر

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns stones, particularly sharp or shaped stones used as tools or markers. It extends to the act of cutting with such stones and places characterized by abundant stones.

Derived headwords

الظَّرُ والظَّرَرَةُ والظَّرَرُnoun

1.
stoneclassical
A stone in general, or specifically a round stone.
2.
sharp stoneclassical
A piece of stone with an edge like a knife.

ظَرَانnoun

1.
stonesclassical
Plural of ظرر (stone), referring to stones in general.

ظَرَرnoun

1.
stonesclassical
Plural of ظر (stone), referring to stones in general.

ظِرَارnoun

1.
sharp stonesclassical
Plural of ظرر, referring to sharp-edged stones.

ظَرَرْتُverb

1.
to cutclassical
To cut something, specifically referring to cutting out a growth (like a wart) from an animal's womb.

مَظَرَّةnoun

1.
cutting toolclassical
A piece of stone used for cutting.
2.
stone shardclassical
A flake or piece of stone that can be used for cutting.

أَظِرَةnoun

1.
stonesclassical
Plural of ظرر, referring to stones.
2.
landmarksclassical
Stones or markers used as landmarks for guidance.

ظَرِيرadjective

1.
stonyclassical
Describing a place that is stony or rocky.
2.
landmarkclassical
A marker or signpost used for navigation.

مَظَرَّةnoun

1.
stoneclassical
A stone, particularly one that is flat and wide, used for cutting.

مَظَارِيرnoun

1.
sharp stonesclassical
Plural of مظرور, referring to sharp stones.

أَرْضٌ مَظِرَّةnoun

1.
stony groundclassical
Land that is characterized by an abundance of stones.

مَظَرَةnoun

1.
stoneclassical
A stone used for cutting, especially in a medical context for animals.

ظَرَرnoun

1.
stoneclassical
A stone, particularly one used as a cutting tool.

ظَرَرًاnoun

1.
stoneclassical
A stone, used in the context of riding on stones.

Parallel reading

الظر والظررة والظرر: الحجر عامة، وقيل: هو الحجر المدور، وقيل: قطعة حجر له حد كحد السكين

Al-ẓarr, al-ẓararah, and al-ẓarar: stone in general, or it is said to be a round stone, or it is said to be a piece of stone with an edge like a knife.

والجمع ظران وظران

And the plural is ẓarān and ẓarān.

وقد يكون ظران وظران جمع ظر كصنو وصنوان وذئب وذؤبان

And ẓarān and ẓarān can be the plural of ẓarr, like ṣanw and ṣinwān, and dhi'b and dhu'bān.

إنا نصيد الصيد ولا نجد ما نذكي به إلا الظرار وشقة العصا

We hunt game and find nothing to slaughter it with except sharp stones and a piece of wood.

الظرار واحدها ظرر، وهو حجر محدد صلب، وجمعه ظرار، مثل رطب ورطاب، وظران مثل صرد وصردان

Al-ẓirār, its singular is ẓarar, which is a hard, sharp stone, and its plural is ẓirār, like raṭb and raṭāb, and ẓarān like ṣard and ṣardān.

بجسر ة تنجل الظران ناجية

On a swift she-camel, it clears the stones, being safe.

إذا توقد في الديموسة الظرر

When the stones are heated in the water-channel.

لا سكين إلا الظران

There is no knife but the sharp stones.

ويجمع أيضا على أظرة

And it is also pluralized as aẓirah.

فأخذت ظررا من الأظرة فذبحتها به

So I took a stone from the aẓirah and slaughtered it with it.

المظرة فلقة من الظران يقطع بها

Al-maẓarah is a flake of stone with which one cuts.

الظر حجر أملس عريض يكسره الرجل فيجزر الجزور

Al-ẓarr is a wide, smooth stone that a man breaks to slaughter a camel.

وهي في الأرض سليل وصفائح مثل السيوف

And they are in the ground like wide stones and slabs like swords.

والسليل الحجر العريض

And al-salīl is the wide stone.

تقيه مظارير الصوى من نعاله

Protecting him from the sharp stones of the high ground with his sandals.

وأرض مظرة، بكسر الظاء: ذات حجارة

And arḍun maẓirah, with a kasrah on the ẓā': stony land.

ذات ظران

Having stones.

أرى أرضا مظرة، بفتح الميم والظاء، ذات ظران

I see a maẓirah land, with fatḥah on the mīm and ẓā', meaning stony land.

والظرير: نعت المكان الحزن

And al-ẓarīr: an adjective for a stony place.

والظرير: المكان الكثير الحجارة، والجمع كالجمع

And al-ẓarīr: a place with many stones, and its plural is like its plural.

والظرير: العلم الذي يهتدى به، والجمع أظرة وظران، مثل أرغفة ورغفان

And al-ẓarīr: a landmark by which one is guided, and its plural is aẓirah and ẓarān, like arghifah and raghfān.

والأظرة من الأعلام التي يهتدى بها مثل الأمرة، ومنها ما يكون ممطورا

And al-aẓirah are among the landmarks by which one is guided, like al-amrah, and some of them are marked.

والظرر والمظرة: الحجر يقطع به

And al-ẓarar and al-maẓarah: a stone with which one cuts.

وذلك أن الناقة إذا أبلمت، وهو داء يأخذها في حلقة الرحم، فيضيق فيأخذ الراعي مظرة ويدخل يده في بطنها من ظبيتها ثم يقطع من ذلك الموضع كالثؤلول، وهو ما أبلم في بطن الناقة

And that is when a she-camel has a blockage, which is a disease that affects her in the womb, causing it to narrow, so the shepherd takes a maẓarah and inserts his hand into her belly from her vulva, then cuts out from that place like a wart, which is what is blocked in the camel's womb.

وظَر مظرة: قطعها

And ẓarra bi-maẓarah: he cut it.

أظري فإنك ناعلة أي اركبي الظرر

Ride on the stones, for you are wearing sandals, meaning ride on the stones.