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عسجر

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes strong, fast, and persistent camels, often with specific connotations of lineage or breeding. It also extends to meanings related to intense looking and a type of desert fox.

Derived headwords

العَيْسَجُورnoun
  1. 1.
    Strong she-camelboth

    A she-camel that is solid and robust in build.

  2. 2.
    Swift and strong she-camelboth

    A she-camel characterized by its speed and strength.

  3. 3.
    Noble she-camelclassical

    A she-camel of distinguished lineage.

  4. 4.
    She-camel that has never calvedclassical

    A she-camel that has not yet given birth, which is considered to make her stronger.

العَسْجَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Camel's strength/speedboth

    The quality or state of being a strong and swift she-camel.

السَّعْلاةnoun
  1. 1.
    Desert foxboth

    A type of desert fox, specifically a female one.

عَسْجَرَتُهَاnoun
  1. 1.
    Its wickednessclassical

    The wickedness or malice attributed to the desert fox.

عَسَاكِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    Successive camelsboth

    Camels that follow one another closely in their journey.

العَسْجَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Saltclassical

    A substance identified as salt.

عَسْجَرَverb
  1. 1.
    To look intenselyboth

    To cast a strong, piercing gaze.

عَسْجَرَتِ الإِبِلُverb
  1. 1.
    Camels continued their journeyboth

    The camels persisted and continued their travel without stopping.

Parallel reading

الْعَيْسَجُور: النَّاقَةُ الصُّلْبَةُ
Al-'aysajūr: the solid she-camel.
وَقِيلَ: هِيَ النَّاقَةُ السَّرِيعَةُ الْقَوِيَّةُ
And it was said: she is the swift, strong she-camel.
وَالاسْمُ الْعَسْجَرَةُ
And the noun is al-'asjarah.
وَالْعَيْسَجُور: السَّعْلاةُ
And al-'aysajūr: the desert fox.
وَعَسْجَرَتُهَا خُبْثُهَا
And its 'asjarah is its wickedness.
وَإِبِلٌ عَسَاكِيرُ: وَهِيَ الْمُتَتَابِعَةُ فِي سَيْرِهَا
And 'asākīr camels: meaning those that follow each other in their journey.
وَالْعَسْجَرُ: الْمِلْحُ
And al-'asjar: salt.
وَعَسْجَرَ عَسْجَرَةً إِذَا نَظَرَ نَظَرًا شَدِيدًا
And he 'asjara a 'asjarah when he looked an intense look.
وَعَسْجَرَتِ الْإِبِلُ: اسْتَمَرَّتْ فِي سَيْرِهَا
And the camels 'asjara: they continued in their journey.
وَالْعَيْسَجُور: النَّاقَةُ الْكَرِيمَةُ النَّسَبِ
And al-'aysajūr: the she-camel of noble lineage.
وَقِيلَ: هِيَ الَّتِي لَمْ تُنْتِجْ قَطُّ، وَهُوَ أَقْوَى لَهَا
And it was said: she is the one that has never given birth, and that makes her stronger.