مءر

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of enmity, hatred, and discord. It extends to actions that cause strife, provoke hostility, and create severe or difficult situations. It also has a less common meaning related to expansion or making something wider.

Derived headwords

المِئَرَةnoun

1.
enmity, hatredboth
The state of being enemies or harboring deep ill will and animosity towards someone.

مَئِرadjective

1.
hateful, hostileboth
Characterized by enmity or hostility; harboring ill will.
2.
difficult, severeclassical
Describing a situation or matter that is arduous, challenging, or intense.

مَئِيرadjective

1.
difficult, severeclassical
Describing a situation or matter that is arduous, challenging, or intense.

مَأَرَverb

1.
to cause discordboth
To sow discord and strife between people, inciting them against each other.
2.
to hateboth
To harbor enmity or animosity towards someone.
3.
to widen, expandclassical
To make something, such as a waterskin, wider or more capacious.

امْتَأَرَverb

1.
to hold enmityboth
To believe or hold someone in enmity; to consider them an enemy.

مَاءَرَverb

1.
to cause discordboth
To sow discord and strife between people, inciting them against each other.
2.
to compete in boastingboth
To engage in boasting or rivalry, often in a competitive manner.
3.
to equal, matchclassical
To be equal to someone or something in an action or quality.

مُمَاءَرَةnoun

1.
discord, strifeboth
The act or state of causing discord and enmity between people.
2.
boasting, rivalryboth
The act of competing with others in boasting or rivalry.

مُؤَارَةnoun

1.
discord, strifeboth
The act or state of causing discord and enmity between people.

تَمَاءَرَverb

1.
to boastboth
To engage in mutual boasting or rivalry.
2.
to equal each otherclassical
To become equal or match each other in status or action.

مُتَمَاءِرadjective

1.
boastingboth
One who engages in boasting or rivalry.

مَأْرnoun

1.
discord, strifeboth
The act or state of causing discord and enmity between people.
2.
enmity, hatredboth
The state of being enemies or harboring deep ill will and animosity towards someone.

مَأْر السِّقَاءnoun

1.
widening of a waterskinclassical
The act of making a waterskin wider or more capacious.

Parallel reading

المئرة: الذحل والعداوة

Al-mi'rah: enmity and hatred.

وجمعها مئر

And its plural is mi'r.

ومئر عليه وامتأر: اعتقد عداوته

And he harbored enmity towards him and believed him to be his enemy: he held his enmity.

ومأر بينهم يمأر مأرا وماءر بينهم مماءرة ومئارا: أفسد بينهم وأغرى وعادى

And he caused discord among them, inciting them and making them enemies.

ماءر بينهم مماءرة

He caused discord among them.

ماءر بينهم مئارا

He caused discord among them.

ماءرته مماءرة، على فاعلته

I caused discord with him, in the pattern of 'fa'altuhu'.

امتأر فلان على فلان أي احتقد عليه

So-and-so held enmity against so-and-so, meaning he believed him to be his enemy.

ورجل مئر ومئر: مفسد بين الناس

And a man mi'r and mi'r: a sower of discord among people.

وتماءروا: تفاخروا

And they boasted to each other: they competed in boasting.

ماءره مماءرة: فاخره

He boasted to him: he competed with him in boasting.

ماءره في فعله: ساواه

He matched him in his action: he equaled him.

دعت ساق حر، فانتحى مثل صوتها ... يمائرها في فعله، وتمائره

A gazelle's leg called out, and it responded with a sound like hers... matching her in its action, and their matching.

وتماءرا: تساويا؛ عن ابن الأعرابي

And they became equal: they matched each other; according to Ibn al-A'rabi.

تماءرتم في العز حتى هلكتم، ... كما أهلك الغار النساء الضرائرا

You vied for glory until you perished, ... just as the cave destroyed the women who were rivals.

وأمر مئر ومئير: شديد

And a matter mi'r and mi'ir: severe.

هم في أمر مئر أي شديد

They are in a severe matter, meaning difficult.

ومأر السقاء مأرا: وسعه

And he widened the waterskin: he made it wider.