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عضمر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of tightness, stinginess, and specific tools. It describes a stingy person and a component of a siege engine.

Derived headwords

العَضْمَرnoun
  1. 1.
    stingy personboth

    A person who is miserly and tight-fisted.

العَضْمُورnoun
  1. 1.
    part of a mangonelclassical

    A component or part of a mangonel, a type of siege engine.

العُصْمُورnoun
  1. 1.
    part of a mangonelclassical

    This is a variant spelling of العضمور, referring to a part of a mangonel.

Parallel reading

العضمر: البخيل الضيق.
Al-'admar: the stingy, the tight-fisted.
والعضمور: دلو المنجنون.
And al-'admur: the bucket of the mangonel.
وفي بعض النسخ: العصمور، بالصاد المهملة، وقد تقدم.
And in some versions: al-'usmur, with the unpointed sad, and it has been previously mentioned.