عسبر

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to young wild animals, specifically the offspring of canids and hyenas, and also denotes a type of swift, strong female camel. It can also refer to a leopard.

Derived headwords

العسبرnoun

1.
Leopardboth
A leopard, a large wild cat. The feminine form is indicated by adding 'ta marbuta'.

العسبورnoun

1.
Dog's cubclassical
The offspring of a male dog and a female jackal.
2.
Leopard's cubclassical
The offspring of a leopard.

العسبورةnoun

1.
Dog's cubclassical
The offspring of a male dog and a female jackal.
2.
Hyena's cubclassical
The offspring of a hyena.
3.
Swift she-camelclassical
A swift and excellent female camel, a fine specimen of the breed.

العسبارnoun

1.
Hyena's cubclassical
The offspring of a hyena, male or female.
2.
Wolf's cubclassical
The offspring of a wolf.

العسبارةnoun

1.
Hyena's cubclassical
The offspring of a hyena, male or female.

عسابرnoun

1.
Leopardsclassical
Plural of 'al-'asbar', referring to leopards.
2.
Wolf cubsclassical
Plural of 'asbar', referring to wolf cubs.

العسبرةnoun

1.
Swift she-camelclassical
A swift and excellent female camel, a fine specimen of the breed.

العسابيرnoun

1.
Swift she-camelsclassical
Plural of 'al-'asabur' or 'al-'asbura', referring to swift and excellent female camels.

عسبرadjective

1.
Swift, strong (camel)classical
Describing a female camel as being strong and swift.

عسبورadjective

1.
Swift, strong (camel)classical
Describing a female camel as being strong and swift.

Parallel reading

العسبر: النمر، والأنثى بالهاء.

Al-'asbar: the leopard, and the feminine is with the 'ha'.

والعسبور والعسبورة: ولد الكلب من الذئبة.

And al-'asbur and al-'asbura: the offspring of a dog from a jackal.

والعسبار والعسبارة: ولد الضبع من الذئب، وجمعه عسابر.

And al-'asbar and al-'asbara: the offspring of a hyena from a wolf, and its plural is 'asaber'.

قال الجوهري: العسبارة ولد الضبع، الذكر والأنثى فيه سواء.

Al-Jawhari said: Al-'asbara is the offspring of a hyena, male and female are equal in it.

والعسبار: ولد الذئب؛

And al-'asbar: the offspring of a wolf;

وتجمع المتفرقون ... من الفراعل والعسابر

And the scattered ones gather... from the young hyenas and the leopards/wolf cubs

والفرعل: ولد الضبع من الضبعان، قال ابن بحر: رماهم بأنهم أخلاط معلهجون.

And al-far'al: the offspring of a hyena from a female hyena, Ibn Bahr said: He accused them of being mixed and confused.

والعسبرة والعسبورة: الناقة النجيبة، وقيل: السريعة من النجائب؛

And al-'asbara and al-'asbura: the excellent she-camel, and it was said: the swift among the excellent ones;

وأنشد: لقد أراني، والأيام تعجبني، ... والمقفرات بها الخور العسابير

And he recited: It showed me, and the days amazed me, ... and the desolate lands with them the swift she-camels

قال الأزهري: والصحيح العبسورة، الباء قيل السين، في نعت الناقة؛

Al-Azhari said: And the correct is al-'absura, the 'ba' is said to be 'sin', in the description of the she-camel;

قال: وكذلك رواه أبو عبيد عن أصحابه.

He said: And Abu Ubaid narrated it similarly from his companions.

ابن سيده: وناقة عسبر وعسبور شديدة سريعة.

Ibn Sidah: And a camel 'asbar' and 'asbur' is strong and swift.