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عشزر

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root pertains to the concept of being strong, robust, and formidable. It describes individuals, animals, and even abstract things like journeys or places as being intense, severe, or difficult.

Derived headwords

العشنزرadjective
  1. 1.
    Strongly builtboth

    Describes someone or something as having a strong, robust, and formidable physical constitution or nature.

  2. 2.
    Intense, severeboth

    Used to describe something that is extreme or severe, such as a journey or a blow.

عشنزراadjective
  1. 1.
    Formidableclassical

    An adjective used to describe something formidable, intense, or severe, often in the context of combat or hardship.

عشنزرadjective
  1. 1.
    Strongclassical

    Describing a man as strong and robust.

سير عشنزرother
  1. 1.
    Severe journeyclassical

    Refers to a journey that is arduous, difficult, and severe.

المندىnoun
  1. 1.
    Grazing placeclassical

    The place where animals graze or pasture.

عشنزرةadjective
  1. 1.
    Strong-limbed (female)classical

    Used to describe a female animal, specifically a hyena, as being strong or robust.

  2. 2.
    Ill-manneredclassical

    Describes a female hyena as having a bad disposition or being ill-mannered.

جواعرهاnoun
  1. 1.
    Grooves/foldsclassical

    Refers to the folds or grooves on the legs of a hyena, specifically four on each side.

غضونnoun
  1. 1.
    Foldsclassical

    The folds or creases within the grooves of a hyena's legs.

جاعرةnoun
  1. 1.
    Groove/fold (specific)classical

    A specific name given to each of the folds within the larger grooves on a hyena's leg.

الزماعnoun
  1. 1.
    Tuft of hairclassical

    A collection of small hairs, such as those found behind the hoof of a sheep or similar animal.

زمعةnoun
  1. 1.
    Tuftclassical

    A single tuft of hair.

الوشمnoun
  1. 1.
    Tattooing/markingsclassical

    Lines or markings that differ in color from the main color of the skin or fur.

الحجولnoun
  1. 1.
    White markingsclassical

    White patches on the legs of an animal, or a fetter/shackle.

حجلnoun
  1. 1.
    White marking/fetterclassical

    A white marking on an animal's leg, or a fetter or shackle.

قرب عشنزرother
  1. 1.
    Tiring journeyclassical

    A journey that is exhausting and tiring.

ضبع عشنزرةother
  1. 1.
    Ill-mannered hyenaclassical

    A hyena described as having a bad disposition or being ill-mannered.

Parallel reading

العشنزر: الشديد الخلق العظيم من كل شيء
Al-'ashnazir: The strongly built, the great of everything.
قال الشاعر: ضربا وطعنا نافذا عشنزرا
A poet said: striking and piercing blows, formidable.
والأنثى بالهاء.
And the feminine is with the 'taa' (ha).
قال الأزهري: العشنزر والعشوزن من الرجال الشديد.
Al-Azhari said: Al-'ashnazir and al-'ushuzun are the strong among men.
وسير عشنزر: شديد.
And a severe journey: intense.
أنشد أبو عمرو لأبي الزحف الكليني: ودون ليلى بلد سمهدر، ... جدب المندى عن هوانا أزور، ينضي المطايا خمسه العشنزر
Abu 'Amr recited for Abu al-Zahf al-Kilini: And beyond Layla is a vast land, ... the grazing place is barren from our desire, the formidable one exhausts the mounts.
المندى: حيث يرتع، والأنثى عشنزرة؛
Al-manda: where one grazes, and the feminine is 'ashnazirah'.
قال حبيب بن عبد الله المعروف بالأعلم الهذلي في صفة الضبع: عشنزرة جواعرها ثمان، ... فويق زماعها وشم حجول
Habib bin Abdullah, known as al-A'lam al-Hudhali, said in description of the hyena: 'Ashnazirah, its grooves are eight, ... above its tuft, markings, white patches.
أراد بالعشنزرة الضبع، ولها جاعرتان، فجعل لكل جاعرة أربعة غضون وسمى كل غضن منها جاعرة باسم ما هي فيه.
He intended by 'al-'ashnazirah' the hyena, and it has two 'ja'iratan', so he made for each 'ja'irah' four folds and named each fold a 'ja'irah' by the name of what it contains.
والزماع، بكسر الزاي: جمع زمعة وهي شعرات مجتمعات خلف ظلف الشاة ونحوها.
And al-zima', with a kasra on the 'za': is the plural of 'zam'ah', which is a collection of hairs behind the hoof of a sheep or similar.
والوشم: خطوط تخالف معظم اللون.
And al-washm: lines that differ from the main color.
والحجول: جمع حجل للبياض، ويجوز أن يكون جمع حجل، وأصله القيد.
And al-hujul: plural of 'hajl' for whiteness, and it may be plural of 'hajl', and its origin is a fetter.
وقرب عشنزر: متعب.
And a tiring journey: exhausting.
وضبع عشنزرة: سيئة الخلق.
And an ill-mannered hyena: of bad character.
والعشنزر: الشديد، وهو نعت يرجع في كل شيء إلى الشدة.
And al-'ashnazir: the intense, and it is an adjective that refers in everything to intensity.