فقر

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root فقر primarily relates to the concept of digging, excavating, or making a hole, often for water or to plant a seedling. It extends to meanings of a hole, a well, a channel opening, and metaphorically to significant events, difficult matters, or profound understanding. It also encompasses the idea of a cut or notch, particularly in an animal's nose for taming, and by extension, severe afflictions.

Derived headwords

الفَقِيرnoun

1.
wellboth
A hole dug for water, especially a collection of three or more wells, or wells that connect to each other. It can also refer to an old or scarce well.
2.
hole for a seedlingclassical
A hole dug around a seedling or palm sapling when it is transplanted.
3.
opening of a channelclassical
The mouth or exit of an underground channel where water emerges.
4.
difficult matterclassical
A thing that is difficult or hard to deal with, metaphorically likened to a difficult path or a troublesome entity.

ثم جمعنا المفاتيح فتركناها في فقير من فقر خيبر — Then we gathered the keys and left them in a well from the wells of Khaybar.

أنه كان يشرب وهو محصور من فقير في داره — That he was drinking from a well in his house while under siege.

أن عبد الله بن سهل قتل وطرح في عين أو فقير — That Abdullah bin Sahl was killed and thrown into a spring or the mouth of a channel.

فَقَرَverb

1.
to dig a holeclassical
To dig a hole, especially for planting a seedling or for water.
2.
to make a notch/cutclassical
To make a notch or cut in an animal's nose, typically a camel's, to facilitate taming.
3.
to uncover/revealclassical
To uncover or reveal something hidden or obscure, metaphorically like digging into knowledge.

اذهب ففقر الفسيل — Go and dig a place for the seedling.

فقر أنف البعير — To make a notch in the camel's nose.

يتفقرون العلم — They delve into knowledge.

فَقْرnoun

1.
diggingclassical
The act of digging a hole, particularly for a seedling or well.
2.
notch/cutclassical
A notch or cut made in an animal's nose for taming.
3.
affliction/calamityclassical
A great affliction or calamity, often referring to significant violations of sacredness.
4.
vertebraeclassical
The bones of the spine; also used metaphorically for significant matters.
5.
plantclassical
A type of plant.

استحلوا الفقر الثلاث — They violated the three sacrednesses.

الفقر الثلاث — The three great matters/afflictions.

بلغتم منه الفقر الثلاث — You have inflicted upon him the three great violations.

فَقْرَةnoun

1.
holeboth
A hole in the ground, a pit, or a target for archery practice.
2.
vertebraboth
A single bone of the spine.
3.
opening of a channelclassical
The mouth of an underground channel.
4.
notchclassical
A notch or cut, especially on an animal's nose.

والفقرة: حفرة في الأرض — And al-faqrah: a hole in the ground.

الفقرة: مدخل الرأس منه — Al-faqrah: the opening for the head in a garment.

أقرب الفقر — The nearest target/hole.

مَفْقُورadjective

1.
notchedclassical
An animal, especially a camel, whose nose has been notched for taming.

وبعير مفقور — And a notched camel.

فَقِيرَةnoun

1.
calamityclassical
A great calamity or disaster, one of the most severe.

ثلاث من الفواقر — Three of the calamities.

الفَوَاقِرnoun

1.
calamitiesclassical
Plural of فاقرة, referring to severe afflictions or disasters.

ثلاث من الفواقر — Three of the calamities.

الفَقَارnoun

1.
vertebraeboth
The bones of the spine.
2.
notch/cutclassical
The part of a camel's nose that is notched for taming.

يتوق إلى النجاء بفضل غرب، ... وتقذعه الخشاشة والفقار — He longs for escape with a surplus of strength, ... and the rough parts and the notches annoy him.

تَفَقَّرَverb

1.
to delve intoclassical
To delve deeply into something, to seek out its hidden meanings, like digging for knowledge.

ناس يتفقرون العلم — People delving into knowledge.

مُتَفَقِّرَةadjective

1.
full of holesclassical
Land that has many holes or pits.

أرض متفقرة — Land full of holes.

الفَقْرَةnoun

1.
mark on legclassical
A white marking mixed with black on the leg of an animal, extending to the knee.

التفقير في رجل الدواب بياض مخالط للأسؤق إلى الركب — The marking on the legs of animals is a whiteness mixed with blackness up to the knee.

مُفَقَّرadjective

1.
drilled/piercedclassical
Jewels or beads that have been drilled or pierced for stringing.
2.
markedclassical
An animal with white markings on its legs.

يحلين ياقوتا وشذرا مفقرا — They adorn with rubies and drilled pearls.

فَقْرnoun

1.
notchclassical
The act of making a notch or cut, or the resulting notch itself.

ومن قوله: بلغتم منه الفقر الثلاث — And from his saying: You have inflicted upon him the three notches/violations.

فَقِيرnoun

1.
notchclassical
A notch or cut, particularly in an animal's nose.

فإذا حز الأنف حزا فذلك الفقر — And if the nose is cut with a cut, that is the notch.

فَقُورnoun

1.
worry/anxietyclassical
The worries or anxieties of the soul.

فقور النفس وشقورها همها — The worries and anxieties of the soul are its concerns.

Parallel reading

الودية إذا غرست حفر لها بئر فغرست ثم كبس حولها بترنوق المسيل والدمن، فتلك البئر هي الفقير.

When the seedling is planted, a well is dug for it, it is planted, then the surrounding area is packed with soil from the stream and dung; that well is the faqir.

الفقير حفير يحفر حول الفسيلة إذا غرست.

The faqir is a dug hole around the seedling when it is planted.

قال لسلمان: اذهب ففقر الفسيل أي احفر لها موضعا تغرس فيه، واسم تلك الحفرة فقرة وفقير.

He said to Salman: Go and dig a place for the seedling, meaning dig for it a spot where you will plant it, and the name of that hole is faqrah and faqir.

والفقير: الآبار المجتمعة الثلاث فما زادت، وقيل: هي آبار تحفر وينفذ بعضها إلى بعض، وجمعه فقر.

And the faqir: three collected wells or more, and it is said: they are wells dug and some connect to each other, and its plural is fuqar.

والبئر العتيقة: فقير، وجمعها فقر.

And an old well: is a faqir, and its plural is fuqar.

ثم جمعنا المفاتيح فتركناها في فقير من فقر خيبر أي بئر من آبارها.

Then we gathered the keys and left them in a well from the wells of Khaybar, meaning a well from its wells.

أنه كان يشرب وهو محصور من فقير في داره أي بئر، وهي القليلة الماء.

That he was drinking from a well in his house while under siege, meaning a well, and it is one with little water.

فقر أنف البعير يفقره ويفقره فقرا، فهو مفقور وفقير إذا حزه بحديدة حتى يخلص إلى العظم أو قريب منه ثم لوى عليه جريرا ليذلل الصعب بذلك ويروضه.

To notch the camel's nose, he notches it and notches it with a notch, so it becomes notched and faqir if he cuts it with an iron tool until it reaches the bone or near it, then wraps a rope around it to tame the difficult one and train it.

فأشار إلى فقر في أنفه أي شق وحز كان في أنفه؛ ومنه قولهم: قد عمل بهم الفاقرة.

He pointed to a notch in his nose, meaning a split and cut that was in his nose; and from this is their saying: The faqirah has been inflicted upon them.

ثلاث من الفواقر أي الدواهي، واحدتها فاقرة، كأنها تحطم فقار الظهر كما يقال قاصمة الظهر.

Three of the fawaqir, meaning calamities, its singular is faqirah, as if it breaks the vertebrae of the back, just as it is said 'the breaker of the back'.

وقد يفقر الصعب من الإبل ثلاثة أفقر في خطمه. فإذا أراد صاحبه أن يذله ويمنعه من مرحه جعل الجرير على فقره الذي يلي مشفره فملكه كيف شاء.

And the difficult camel may be notched with three notches in its nose. If its owner wants to humiliate it and prevent its exuberance, he places the rope on the notch closest to its muzzle, and thus controls it as he wishes.

فقرات ابن آدم ثلاث: يوم ولد ويوم يموت ويوم يبعث حيا.

The vertebrae of Adam's offspring are three: the day he is born, the day he dies, and the day he is resurrected alive.

استحلوا الفقر الثلاث: حرمة الشهر الحرام وحرمة البلد الحرام وحرمة الخلافة؛

They violated the three sacrednesses: the sanctity of the sacred month, the sanctity of the sacred city, and the sanctity of the caliphate;

المركوب منه الفقر الأربع ، بكسر الفاء، وقال: الفقر خرزات الظهر، الواحدة فقرة؛

The violated from him were the four great matters, with a kasra on the faa, and he said: Al-fuqar are the beads of the spine, the singular is faqrah;

بلغتم منه الفقر الثلاث ، وفي رواية: استعتبتموه ثم عدوتم عليه الفقر الثلاث.

You have inflicted upon him the three great violations, and in another narration: You sought his satisfaction, then you committed the three great violations against him.

نزلنا ناحية فقير بني فلان، يكون الماء فيه هاهنا ركيتان لقوم فهم عليه، وهاهنا ثلاث وهاهنا أكثر فيقال: فقير بني فلان أي حصتهم منها كقوله:

We camped in the area of the wells of Banu Fulan, where the water is, here are two wells for a people, and they are on it, and here are three, and here are more, so it is said: the wells of Banu Fulan, meaning their share of them, like his saying:

أراميك من أدنى فقرة ومن أبعد فقرة أي من أبعد معلم يتعلمونه من حفيرة أو هدف أو نحوه.

Your targets are from the nearest hole and from the farthest hole, meaning from the farthest marker they learn from, be it a small pit or a target or the like.

يحلين ياقوتا وشذرا مفقرا

They adorn with rubies and drilled pearls

فقرة القميص: مدخل الرأس منه.

The faqrah of a shirt: the opening for the head in it.

وهو منك فقرة أي قريب؛

And it is from you a faqrah, meaning close;

وفي حديث الإيلاء على فقير من خشب ، فسره في الحديث بأنه جذع يرقى عليه إلى غرفة أي جعل فيه كالدرج يصعد عليها وينزل، قال ابن الأثير: والمعروف نفير، بالنون، أي منقور.

And in the hadith about oath of continence concerning a wooden faqir, it was explained in the hadith as a log upon which one climbs to a room, meaning it was made like stairs to ascend and descend, Ibn al-Athir said: And the known word is nafīr, with a noon, meaning hollowed out.