عنتر

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to bravery and courage, particularly in warfare. It also extends to terms for a type of fly, often characterized by its sound or size, and is used as a personal name.

Derived headwords

العنترname

1.
brave manboth
A brave or valiant man, a hero.
2.
flyclassical
A type of fly, specifically a large blue fly or a green fly, known for its annoying nature or sound.

العنترةnoun

1.
bravery in warboth
Courage and valor specifically displayed during warfare.
2.
journey through hardshipclassical
The act of navigating or proceeding through difficult or perilous situations.

عنترهverb

1.
to stab with a spearclassical
To pierce or thrust with a spear.

عنترname

1.
personal nameboth
A male given name, famously associated with the pre-Islamic poet and warrior Antarah ibn Shaddad.

العنترnoun

1.
blue flyclassical
A specific type of fly, described as blue.

العنترnoun

1.
green flyclassical
A type of fly described as green.

العنترةname

1.
personal nameboth
A female given name, or a variant of the male name.

عنترة بن معاوية بن شداد العبسيname

1.
Antarah ibn Shaddadboth
The full name of the famous pre-Islamic Arab knight and poet.

Parallel reading

العنتر: الشجاع.

Al-'Antar: the brave one.

والعنترة: الشجاعة في الحرب.

And Al-'Antarah: bravery in war.

وعنتره بالرمح: طعنه.

And he 'antarah-ed him with the spear: he stabbed him.

يدعون: عنتر، والرماح كأنها ... أشطان بئر في لبان الأدهم

They call out: 'Antar, and the spears are like ... the ropes of a well on the chest of the bay horse

وقد يكون أراد يا عنترة، فرخم على لغة من قال يا حار

And it might be that he intended 'O Antarah', and shortened it (rakhma) according to the dialect of those who say 'O Harith' (shortened to 'O Har').

والعنتر والعنتر والعنترة، كله: الذباب

And Al-'Antar, and Al-'Antar, and Al-'Antarah, all of them: the fly.

وقيل: العنتر الذباب الأزرق

And it was said: Al-'Antar is the blue fly.

قال ابن الأعرابي: سمي عنترا لصوته

Ibn Al-A'rabi said: it is named 'Antar because of its sound.

وقال النضر: العنتر ذباب أخضر

And Al-Nadr said: Al-'Antar is a green fly.

إذا عرد اللفاح فيها، لعنتر، ... بمغدودن مستأسد النبت ذي خمر

When the beetle buzzes in it, for 'Antar, ... in a place of abundant, lion-like plants with wine-colored flowers.

قال لابنه عبد الرحمن: يا عنتر ، هكذا جاء في رواية، وهو الذباب شبهه به تصغيرا له وتحقيرا

He said to his son Abd Al-Rahman: 'O 'Antar', thus it came in one narration, and it is the fly, he likened it to it to belittle and humiliate it.

وقيل: هو الذباب الكبير الأزرق شبهه به لشدة أذاه

And it was said: it is the large blue fly, he likened it to it due to its intense annoyance.

والعنترة: السلوك في الشدائد،.

And Al-'Antarah: proceeding through hardships.

وعنترة: اسم رجل، وهو عنترة بن معاوية بن شداد العبسي

And 'Antarah: is the name of a man, and he is 'Antarah ibn Mu'awiyah ibn Shaddad Al-'Absi.