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قعطر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This 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. 1.
    to be breathlessboth

    A person becomes breathless due to extreme exertion or being overwhelmed.

اِقْطَعَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to be breathlessboth

    Similar to اقعطر, indicating breathlessness from exertion or being overwhelmed.

قَعْطَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to fillclassical

    To fill something completely, to the brim.

  2. 2.
    to bind tightlyclassical

    To tie or bind something with great force and tightness.

  3. 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.