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نتر

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root نتر (natara) primarily denotes a forceful or abrupt pulling or jerking motion. This can extend to physical actions like tearing or stabbing, as well as metaphorical senses of weakness, corruption, or hurriedness.

Derived headwords

نَتَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to pull forcefullyboth

    To pull or tug something with roughness or abruptness.

  2. 2.
    to tearclassical

    To rip or tear something with one's fingers or teeth.

نَتْرًاnoun
  1. 1.
    forceful pullingboth

    The act of pulling or tugging something with roughness or abruptness.

  2. 2.
    tearingclassical

    The act of ripping or tearing something with one's fingers or teeth.

انْتَتَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to be pulled forcefullyboth

    To be subjected to a forceful or abrupt pull.

اسْتَنْتَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to extract residue (urine)classical

    To pull or tug the penis to extract the last drops of urine during istinja (cleansing after urination).

اسْتِنْتَارnoun
  1. 1.
    extracting urine residueclassical

    The act of pulling the penis to extract the last drops of urine, a practice of purification after urination.

نَتْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    forceful pullboth

    A single instance of pulling or tugging something with roughness or abruptness.

  2. 2.
    stabclassical

    A quick, forceful stab or thrust, often implying a snatching motion.

نَتْرَةadjective
  1. 1.
    forceful, snatching (stab)classical

    Describing a stab or thrust that is forceful and quick, as if snatching something.

نَتْرnoun
  1. 1.
    corruption, ruinclassical

    Decay, ruin, or loss; a state of being spoiled or wasted.

  2. 2.
    weakness, feeblenessclassical

    Lacking strength or vigor; feebleness, especially in one's actions or gait.

نَتِرadjective
  1. 1.
    corrupt, ruinedclassical

    In a state of decay, ruin, or loss; spoiled.

  2. 2.
    weak, feebleclassical

    Lacking strength or vigor; feeble.

نَتَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to walk feeblyclassical

    To walk with weakness or feebleness, as if pulling something along.

انْتَتَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to walk with supportclassical

    To walk relying on something for support, as if pulling oneself forward.

نَوَاتِرnoun
  1. 1.
    bows without stringsclassical

    Bows whose strings have been cut or removed, often due to their stiffness.

قَوْسٌ نَاتِرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    bow with cut stringclassical

    A bow whose string has been cut, typically because it is too stiff to be strung.

نَتْرnoun
  1. 1.
    snatching stabclassical

    A quick, snatching stab or thrust, characteristic of skilled fighters.

نَتْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    penetrating stabclassical

    A stab that pierces deeply.

Parallel reading

الجذب بجفاء
Pulling with roughness.
نتره ينتره نترا فانتتر
He pulled it forcefully, and it was pulled forcefully.
استنتر الرجل من بوله: اجتذبه واستخرج بقيته من الذكر عند الاستنجاء
A man extracts residue from his urine: he pulls and extracts its remainder from the penis during istinja.
إذا بال أحدكم فلينتر ذكره ثلاث نترات يعني بعد البول ؛ هو الجذب بقوة
When one of you urinates, let him pull his penis three times, meaning after urination; it is a forceful pull.
أما أحدهما فكان لا يستنتر من بوله
As for one of them, he did not extract residue from his urine.
أن ينتره نترا مرة بعد أخرى كأنه يجتذبه اجتذابا
To pull it forcefully, time after time, as if he were pulling it with a strong tug.
الاستنتار استفعال من النتر، يريد الحرص عليه والاهتمام به، وهو بعث على التطهر بالاستبراء من البول
Istintar is a form of istif'al from natr, meaning diligence and care for it, and it is an encouragement for purification by ensuring the complete emptying of urine.
نتر الثوب نترا: شقه بأصابعه أو أضراسه
He tore the garment with a tear: he ripped it with his fingers or molars.
طعن نتر: مبالغ فيه كأنه ينتر ما مر به في المطعون
A forceful stab: exaggerated, as if it tears through what it passes in the victim.
رمي سعر وضرب هبر وطعن نتر، وهو مثل الخلس يختلسها الطاعن اختلاسا
A swift throw, a heavy blow, and a snatching stab, which is like a snatch that the stabber snatches away.
اطعنوا النتر أي الخلس وهو من فعل الحذاق
Stab with a snatching motion, meaning a quick thrust, which is the action of the skilled.
واعلَمْ بأن ذا الجلال قد قَدَرْ، ... في الكتب الأولى التي كان سَطَرْ، أمرَك هذا، فاجتنب منه النَتَرْ
And know that the One of Majesty has decreed, ... in the first scriptures which He inscribed, this command of yours, so avoid ruin from it.
والنتر: الضعف في الأمر والوهن، والإنسان ينتر في مشيه نترا كأنه يجذب شيئا
And weakness: feebleness in the matter and frailty, and a person walks with weakness, as if he is pulling something.
ونتر في مشيته وانتتر: اعتمد
He pulled in his gait and walked with support: he relied.
والنواتر: القسي المنقطعة الأوتار
And the nawatir: bows with cut strings.
وقوس ناترة: تقطع وترها لصلابتها
And a natirah bow: its string is cut due to its stiffness.
بمختلفات كالقسي النواتر
With varied movements like the nawatir bows.