عصفر

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root 'asfara' primarily relates to the plant safflower, used for dyeing. It extends to various derived meanings including a type of bird, parts of saddles and camel litters, and anatomical features in horses and the brain. It also encompasses abstract concepts like twisting and hunger pangs.

Derived headwords

العُصْفُرnoun

1.
safflower plantboth
A plant whose juice is used for dyeing, considered an imported word (mu'arrab). It exists in wild and cultivated forms.
2.
dyeboth
The substance derived from the safflower plant, used for coloring.

عَصْفَرَverb

1.
to dyeboth
To dye a garment using safflower.

وقد عصفرت الثوب فتعصفر — And I dyed the garment, and it became dyed.

تَعَصْفَرَverb

1.
to be dyedboth
To become dyed, referring to a garment colored with safflower.

وقد عصفرت الثوب فتعصفر — And I dyed the garment, and it became dyed.

العُصْفُورnoun

1.
lord, masterclassical
A term for a leader or master.
2.
male birdboth
A male bird; the female is specified with the feminine suffix.
3.
male locustboth
The male of the locust.
4.
wooden part of a howdahboth
A wooden piece in a howdah that gathers the ends of other wooden parts, resembling a saddle.
5.
wooden part of a saddleboth
The wooden pieces that secure the tops of the saddle's frame.
6.
part of a saddleboth
A piece of wood at the front of a saddle, between the front pommels.
7.
part of a camel litterboth
A wooden piece used to secure the tops of the camel's load frame.
8.
part of a camel saddleboth
One of the wooden supports of a camel saddle (qitb), with plural 'asafir.
9.
bony prominence on a horse's foreheadboth
A protruding bone on a horse's forehead, or two such bones on either side of the forehead.
10.
origin of the forelockboth
The place where the forelock grows, or the bone beneath it between the eyes.
11.
part of the brainboth
A protruding piece of the brain beneath the main part, separated by a membrane.
12.
horse's flowing mane hairboth
The hair flowing from a horse's forehead that does not reach the muzzle.
13.
nerves on a camel's backboth
The nerves located on the camel's hump.
14.
childclassical
A term for a child, used in Yemen.

والعصفور: خشبة في الهودج تجمع أطراف خشبات فيها، وهي كهيئة الإكاف — And the 'usfur: a wooden piece in the howdah that gathers the ends of wooden pieces within it, resembling a saddle.

والعصفور: الخشب الذي تشد به رؤوس الأحناء — And the 'usfur: the wood with which the tops of the frame are secured.

عصفور الإكاف عند مقدمه في أصل الدأية — The 'usfur of the saddle is at its front, at the base of the hump.

كل مشكوك عصافيره، ... قانئ اللون حديث الزمام — All of whose 'asafir (wooden parts) are secured, ... of a deep color, recently bridled.

عصفور القتب: أحد عيدانه، وجمعه عصافير — The 'usfur of the qitb: one of its wooden parts, and its plural is 'asafir.

والعصفور: عظم ناتئ في جبين الفرس، وهما عصفوران يمنة ويسرة — And the 'usfur: a protruding bone on the horse's forehead, and they are two 'usfurs, right and left.

عصفور الناصية أصل منبتها — The 'usfur of the forelock is its place of growth.

ضربا يزيل الهام عن سريره، ... عن أم فرخ الرأس أو عصفوره — Strikes that remove heads from their resting places, ... from the mother of the brain's chick or its 'usfur.

والعصافير: ما على السناسن من العصب — And the 'asafir: the nerves on the humps.

العصفور: الولد، يمانية — The 'usfur: the child, a Yemeni term.

عُصْفُورُ الإِكَافnoun

1.
part of a saddleboth
A specific wooden component of a saddle, located at the front and attached between the pommels.

عصفور الإكاف عند مقدمه في أصل الدأية، وهو قطعة خشبة قدر جمع الكف أو أعيظم منه شيئا مشدود بين الحنوين المقدمين — The 'usfur of the saddle is at its front, at the base of the hump, and it is a piece of wood about the size of a fist or slightly larger, secured between the two front pommels.

عُصْفُورُ القَتَبnoun

1.
part of a camel saddleboth
One of the four wooden pegs or supports that form the frame of a camel saddle (qitb).

عصفور القتب: أحد عيدانه، وجمعه عصافير — The 'usfur of the qitb: one of its wooden parts, and its plural is 'asafir.

قال: وعصافير القتب أربعة أوتاد يجعلن بين رؤوس أحناء القتب في رأس كل حنو وتدان مشدودان بالعقب أو بجلود الإبل فيه الظلفات — He said: And the 'asafir of the qitb are four pegs placed between the tops of the qitb's frame; at the top of each side are two pegs secured with straps or camel hides, containing the hoof-like projections.

عُصْفُورُ النَّاصِيَةnoun

1.
part of a horse's foreheadboth
The origin of the forelock on a horse, or the bone beneath it between the eyes.

عصفور الناصية أصل منبتها، وقيل: هو العظيم الذي تحت ناصية الفرس بين العينين — The 'usfur of the forelock is its place of growth, and it is said to be the bone beneath the horse's forelock between the eyes.

تَعَصْفُرnoun

1.
twistingboth
The act of twisting or becoming twisted, referring to the neck.

وتعصفرت عنقه تعصفرا: التوت — And his neck twisted, a twisting.

نَقَتْ عَصَافِيرُ بَطْنِهِphrase

1.
his stomach is rumblingboth
An idiom describing the sound of hunger pangs in the stomach, similar to frogs croaking.

ويقال للرجل إذا جاع: نقت عصافير بطنه، كما يقال: نقت ضفادع بطنه — And it is said of a man when he is hungry: the 'asafir of his stomach are croaking, just as it is said: the frogs of his stomach are croaking.

العَصَافِيرnoun

1.
type of treeclassical
A type of tree that resembles a bird in shape.
2.
royal camelsclassical
A breed of swift female camels belonging to kings, specifically mentioned as belonging to Al-Nu'man.
3.
nerves on camel's backboth
The nerves located on the camel's hump.

العصافير ضرب من الشجر له صورة كصورة العصفور — The 'asafir are a type of tree that has a shape like that of a bird.

كان للنعمان بن المنذر نجائب يقال لها عصافير النعمان — Al-Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir had swift camels called the 'asafir of Al-Nu'man.

والعصافير: ما على السناسن من العصب — And the 'asafir: the nerves on the humps.

عُصْفُورِيّadjective

1.
two-humped camelclassical
Describing a camel that has two humps.

يقال للجمل ذي السنامين عصفوري — The camel with two humps is called 'usfuri.

Parallel reading

العصفر نبات سلافته الجريال، وهي معربة.

Safflower is a plant whose juice is the dye, and it is an Arabized word.

العصفر هذا الذي يصبغ به، ومنه ريفي ومنه بري، وكلاهما نبت بأرض العرب.

Safflower is that which is used for dyeing, some of it is cultivated and some is wild, and both are plants in the land of the Arabs.

وقد عصفرت الثوب فتعصفر.

And I dyed the garment, and it became dyed.

والعصفور: السيد.

And the 'usfur: the master.

والعصفور: طائر ذكر، والأنثى بالهاء.

And the 'usfur: a male bird, and the female is with the feminine suffix.

والعصفور: الذكر من الجراد.

And the 'usfur: the male of the locust.

والعصفور: خشبة في الهودج تجمع أطراف خشبات فيها، وهي كهيئة الإكاف، وهي أيضا الخشبات التي تكون في الرحل يشد بها رؤوس الأحناء.

And the 'usfur: a wooden piece in the howdah that gathers the ends of wooden pieces within it, resembling a saddle, and it is also the wooden pieces that are in the pack-saddle with which the tops of the frame are secured.

والعصفور: الخشب الذي تشد به رؤوس الأقتاب.

And the 'usfur: the wood with which the tops of the saddle frames are secured.

عصفور الإكاف عند مقدمه في أصل الدأية، وهو قطعة خشبة قدر جمع الكف أو أعيظم منه شيئا مشدود بين الحنوين المقدمين؛

The 'usfur of the saddle is at its front, at the base of the hump, and it is a piece of wood about the size of a fist or slightly larger, secured between the two front pommels;

كل مشكوك عصافيره، ... قانئ اللون حديث الزمام

All of whose 'asafir (wooden parts) are secured, ... of a deep color, recently bridled

وفي الحديث: قد حرمت المدينة أن تعضد أو تخبط إلا لعصفور قتب أو شد محالة أو عصا حديدة ؛

And in the hadith: The city is forbidden to be cut or struck except for the 'usfur of a qitb, or the tightening of a pulley, or an iron staff;

عصفور القتب: أحد عيدانه، وجمعه عصافير.

The 'usfur of the qitb: one of its wooden parts, and its plural is 'asafir.

والعصفور: عظم ناتئ في جبين الفرس، وهما عصفوران يمنة ويسرة.

And the 'usfur: a protruding bone on the horse's forehead, and they are two 'usfurs, right and left.

عصفور الناصية أصل منبتها، وقيل: هو العظيم الذي تحت ناصية الفرس بين العينين.

The 'usfur of the forelock is its place of growth, and it is said to be the bone beneath the horse's forelock between the eyes.

قطيعة من الدماغ تحت فرخ الدماغ كأنه بائن، بينها وبين الدماغ جليدة تفصلها؛

A piece of the brain beneath the main part of the brain, as if detached, with a membrane separating it from the brain;

ضربا يزيل الهام عن سريره، ... عن أم فرخ الرأس أو عصفوره

Strikes that remove heads from their resting places, ... from the mother of the brain's chick or its 'usfur

والعصفور: الشمراخ السائل من غرة الفرس لا يبلغ الخطم.

And the 'usfur: the flowing hair from a horse's forehead that does not reach the muzzle.

والعصافير: ما على السناسن من العصب.

And the 'asafir: the nerves on the humps.

العصافير ضرب من الشجر له صورة كصورة العصفور، يسمون هذا الشجر: من رأى مثلي.

The 'asafir are a type of tree that has a shape like that of a bird; they call this tree: 'Who has seen my like?'

كان للنعمان بن المنذر نجائب يقال لها عصافير النعمان.

Al-Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir had swift camels called the 'asafir of Al-Nu'man.

يقال للجمل ذي السنامين عصفوري.

The camel with two humps is called 'usfuri.

عصافير المنذر إبل كانت للملوك نجائب؛

The 'asafir of Al-Mundhir were swift camels belonging to kings;

فما حسدت أحدا حسدي للنابغة حين أمر له النعمان بن المنذر بمائة ناقة بريشها من عصافيره وحسام وآنية من فضة ؛

So I envied no one more than I envied Al-Nabighah when Al-Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir ordered for him one hundred she-camels with their trappings from his 'asafir, and a sword, and silver vessels;