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عظر

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to feelings of aversion, dislike, and being overwhelmed or filled, particularly with drink. It also extends to descriptions of physical characteristics like being stout, short, or strong, and includes specific terms for locusts.

Derived headwords

عَظَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to dislikeclassical

    To dislike something intensely, to the point of being unwilling to speak of it.

العِظَارnoun
  1. 1.
    fullness from drinkclassical

    A state of being full or satiated, especially from drinking.

أَعْظَرَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make full/heavyclassical

    To make something full or heavy, especially in the stomach due to drink.

الإعْظَارnoun
  1. 1.
    fullness/heavinessclassical

    The state of being full or heavy, particularly in the stomach, often caused by drink.

العَظَرnoun
  1. 1.
    fullness from drinkclassical

    A collective noun referring to those who are full from any kind of drink.

عَظُورadjective
  1. 1.
    full from drinkclassical

    Describing someone who is full from drinking any kind of beverage.

رَجُلٌ عَظِيرadjective
  1. 1.
    ill-manneredclassical

    Describing a man of bad character or ill manners.

  2. 2.
    pretentiousclassical

    Describing someone who is pretentious or feigning.

  3. 3.
    stout and well-builtclassical

    Describing someone who is of medium height and well-built.

عَظِيرadjective
  1. 1.
    thickset and shortclassical

    Describing someone who is thickset and short.

  2. 2.
    shortclassical

    Describing someone who is short.

  3. 3.
    stocky and close-limbedclassical

    Describing someone who is stocky with closely set limbs.

  4. 4.
    strong and thicksetclassical

    Describing someone who is strong and thickset.

تَطْلَحُ العَظِيرَ ذَا اللَّوْثِ الضَّبِثَ — It exhausts the strong, thickset one who is tangled and strong.
العَظَارِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    male locustsclassical

    The males of locusts.

رُؤُوسُ العَظَارِي كَالعَنْجَدِ — The heads of the male locusts are like raisins.

Parallel reading

عَظَرَ الرَّجُلُ: كَرِهَ الشَّيْءَ، وَلَا يَكَادُونَ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِهِ.
The man disliked the thing, and they would scarcely speak of it.
وَالعِظَارُ: الِامْتِلَاءُ مِنَ الشَّرَابِ.
And Al-Iẓār: the fullness from drink.
وَأَعْظَرَهُ الشَّرَابُ: كَظَهَ وَثَقُلَ فِي جَوْفِهِ، وَهُوَ الإِعْظَارُ.
And the drink made him full: it made him heavy and weighed down in his stomach, and that is Al-I'ẓār.
وَالعَظَرُ: جَمْعُ عَظُورٍ، وَهُوَ المُمتَلِئُ مِنْ أَيِّ الشَّرَابِ كَانَ.
And Al-'Aẓar: the plural of 'Aẓūr, which is the one full from any kind of drink.
وَ رَجُلٌ عَظِيرٌ: سَيِّءُ الخُلُقِ
And a man 'Aẓīr: ill-mannered
وَقِيلَ مُتَظَاهِرٌ
And it was said: pretentious
مُرَبَّعٌ.
Of medium height.
وَعَظِيرٌ، مُخَفَّفُ الرَّاءِ: غَلِيظٌ قَصِيرٌ
And 'Aẓīr, with a lightened R: thickset and short
وَقِيلَ: قَصِيرٌ
And it was said: short
وَقِيلَ: كَزٌّ مُتَقَارِبُ الأَعْضَاءِ
And it was said: stocky and close-limbed
وَقِيلَ: العَظِيرُ القَوِيُّ الغَلِيظُ
And it was said: Al-'Aẓīr is the strong and thickset one
وَالعَظَارِيُّ: ذُكُورُ الجَرَادِ
And Al-'Aẓārī: the male locusts