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قعطر
Root entry · 3 derived lemmasThis root primarily relates to concepts of being overwhelmed, filled, or tightly bound. It describes a state of breathlessness due to exertion, the act of filling something completely, and the intensity of a binding or tying.
Derived headwords
اِقْعَطَرَverb
- 1.to be breathlessboth
A person becomes breathless due to extreme exertion or being overwhelmed.
اِقْطَعَرَverb
- 1.to be breathlessboth
Similar to اقعطر, indicating breathlessness from exertion or being overwhelmed.
قَعْطَرَverb
- 1.to fillclassical
To fill something completely, to the brim.
- 2.to bind tightlyclassical
To tie or bind something with great force and tightness.
- 3.to throw downclassical
To throw someone down forcefully, to fell them.
Parallel reading
اِقْعَطَرَ الرجل: انقطع نفسه من بهر
The man became breathless: his breath was cut off from exhaustion.
وكذلك اقطعر
And likewise, he became breathless.
وقعطر الشيء: ملأه
And the thing was filled: it was filled.
القعطرة شدة الوثاق
Al-qaṭarah is the intensity of the binding.
وكل شيء أوثقته فقد قعطرته
And anything you tie securely, you have bound it tightly.
وقعطره أي صرعه
And he qamṭarah him, meaning he threw him down.
وصمعه أي صرعه
And he ṣamʿah him, meaning he threw him down.