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نعر

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

The root نعر (n-ʿ-r) primarily relates to sounds, particularly sharp or loud vocalizations, often associated with the nose or throat. It extends to meanings of agitation, eruption, and intense activity, including the eruption of blood from a wound or the stirring of war. It also encompasses specific insects and abstract concepts like arrogance and distant goals.

Derived headwords

نَعَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundboth

    To make a sound, especially a sharp or loud one, often through the nose or throat.

  2. 2.
    to cry outboth

    To cry out or shout, particularly in distress, war, or excitement.

  3. 3.
    to erupt (blood)both

    To erupt or gush forth, specifically referring to blood from a wound or vein.

  4. 4.
    to be agitatedclassical

    To be agitated, stirred up, or roused, often in the context of war or conflict.

  5. 5.
    to goclassical

    To go or move about in the land.

  6. 6.
    to opposeclassical

    To oppose, refuse, or act contrary to others.

نَعَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    nostril/nasal cavityclassical

    The nostril or nasal cavity, from which sounds can emanate.

  2. 2.
    sound in the noseclassical

    A sound produced in the nasal cavity.

  3. 3.
    blue flyboth

    A type of blue fly that enters the noses of animals like donkeys and horses.

  4. 4.
    arrogance/conceitboth

    Arrogance, conceit, or an inflated sense of self-importance.

  5. 5.
    matter of concernclassical

    A matter that concerns or preoccupies someone.

  6. 6.
    fetus/embryoclassical

    The early stage of a fetus or embryo in the womb.

نَعَارadjective
  1. 1.
    bleeding profuselyboth

    Describing a wound or vein that bleeds profusely and does not stop.

  2. 2.
    troublemakerclassical

    One who is active and causes trouble in conflicts or wars.

  3. 3.
    disobedientclassical

    Disobedient or rebellious.

نَعُورadjective
  1. 1.
    bleeding profuselyboth

    Describing a wound or vein from which blood gushes out intensely.

  2. 2.
    sudden windclassical

    A wind that surprises one with coldness in heat or heat in cold.

  3. 3.
    distantclassical

    Distant or far-reaching, referring to needs or intentions.

نَعِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    shoutingboth

    The act of shouting or crying out loudly.

  2. 2.
    outcry in battleclassical

    A loud cry or outcry during a battle or conflict.

  3. 3.
    sound of bloodclassical

    The sound of blood flowing or erupting.

نَعَّارَةadjective
  1. 1.
    loud-mouthedclassical

    A woman who is loud, clamorous, and immodest.

نَعْرnoun
  1. 1.
    soundclassical

    A sound, particularly a sharp or vocal one.

  2. 2.
    blue flyclassical

    A blue fly, similar to 'نعرة'.

  3. 3.
    windclassical

    A wind that shakes or stirs.

  4. 4.
    early fruitclassical

    The first fruits of the Arak tree when they reach the size of a 'نعرة'.

نَعُورnoun
  1. 1.
    veinclassical

    A vein from which blood does not stop flowing.

نَاعُورnoun
  1. 1.
    water wheelclassical

    A water wheel or device used for irrigation, often making a sound.

  2. 2.
    mill wingclassical

    The wing or sail of a mill.

  3. 3.
    bucket for drawing waterclassical

    A bucket or scoop used for drawing water.

نَعَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    arroganceclassical

    Arrogance, pride, or haughtiness.

نَعِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    distant intentionclassical

    A distant or far-reaching intention or goal.

نَعُورadjective
  1. 1.
    distant (need/goal)classical

    Referring to a distant need, goal, or journey.

نَعَّارadjective
  1. 1.
    active in conflictclassical

    One who is active and energetic in times of conflict or war.

نَعَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to stir upclassical

    To stir up, incite, or rouse people, especially towards conflict.

نَعَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to refuseclassical

    To refuse, resist, or act stubbornly.

تَنْعِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    testing an arrowclassical

    The act of testing an arrow by rolling it on a fingernail to check for straightness.

أَنْعَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to bear early fruitclassical

    To bear fruit early, specifically referring to the Arak tree.

نَعَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wind of a starclassical

    The strong wind associated with the rising of a star, which subsides upon its setting.

نَعْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    matter of concernclassical

    A matter that preoccupies or concerns someone.

نَعَرname
  1. 1.
    Banu al-Nu'ayrclassical

    A tribe or clan among the Arabs.

Parallel reading

النعرة والنعرة: الخيشوم، ومنها ينعر الناعر.
The nostril and the nasal cavity: the nose, and from it the sound-maker makes a sound.
والنعرة: صوت في الخيشوم؛
And the nasal sound: a sound in the nasal cavity;
ونعر الرجل ينعر وينعر نعيرا ونعارا: صاح وصوت بخيشومه، وهو من الصوت.
And the man cried out, he cries out and cries out a crying out and a loud cry: he shouted and made a sound with his nose, and it is from sound.
والنعير: الصياح.
And the shouting: the crying out.
والنعير: الصراخ في حرب أو شر.
And the outcry: the screaming in war or evil.
وامرأة نعارة: صخابة فاحشة، والفعل كالفعل والمصدر كالمصدر.
And a loud-mouthed woman: a clamorous and immodest one, and the verb is like the verb and the مصدر is like the مصدر.
الناعر المصوت والناعر العرق الذي يسيل دما.
The sounding one and the sounding one is the vein that blood flows from.
ونعر عرقه ينعر نعورا ونعيرا، فهو نعار ونعور: صوت لخروج الدم؛
And his vein bled, it bleeds a bleeding and a sound, so it is profusely bleeding and profusely bleeding: a sound from the exit of blood;
وبج كل عاند نعور، ... قضب الطبيب نائط المصفور
And every stubborn vein that bleeds profusely was struck... The physician cut the vein of the jaundiced one.
ونعر الجرح بالدم ينعر إذا فار.
And the wound erupted with blood, it erupts when it gushes.
وجرح نعار: لا يرقأ.
And a profusely bleeding wound: it does not stop.
وجرح نعور: يصوت من شدة خروج دمه منه.
And a profusely bleeding wound: it makes a sound from the intensity of its blood exiting.
ونعر العرق ينعر، بالفتح فيهما، نعرا أي فار منه الدم؛
And the vein bled, it bleeds, with fatha in both, a bleeding, meaning blood gushed from it;
صارت نظرة لو صادفت جوز دارع ... غدا، والعواصي من دم الجوف تنعر
It became a glance, if it encountered the heart of a warrior... tomorrow, and the veins from the blood of the belly gush forth.
ورأيت نيران الحروب تسعر ... منهم إذا ما لبس السنور، ضرب دراك وطعان ينعر
And I saw the fires of war being kindled... from them when they donned their armor, a continuous striking and a thrusting that causes blood to gush.
ونعر الجرح ينعر: ارتفع دمه.
And the wound erupted, it erupts: its blood rose.
ونعر العرق بالدم، وهو عرق نعار بالدم: ارتفع دمه.
And the vein bled with blood, and it is a profusely bleeding vein with blood: its blood rose.
جرح تعار، بالعين والتاء، وتغار، بالغين والتاء، ونعار، بالعين والنون، بمعنى واحد، وهو الذي لا يرقأ
A wound that bleeds profusely, with 'ayn and ta', and a wound that bleeds profusely, with ghayn and ta', and a wound that bleeds profusely, with 'ayn and nun, meaning one thing, which is that it does not stop bleeding.
والنعرة: ذباب أزرق يدخل في أنوف الحمير والخيل، والجمع نعر.
And the blue fly: a blue fly that enters the noses of donkeys and horses, and its plural is 'n'ar'.
ونعر الفرس والحمار ينعر نعرا، فهو نعر: دخلت النعرة في أنفه؛
And the horse and the donkey were agitated, they are agitated with agitation, so it is agitated: the fly entered its nose;
فظل يرنح في غيطل، ... كما يستدير الحمار النعر
So he kept staggering in the thicket, ... like the agitated donkey turns around.
والنعرة ذبابة ضخم أزرق العين أخضر له إبرة في طرف ذنبه يلسع بها ذوات الحافر خاصة، وربما دخل في أنف الحمار فيركب رأسه ولا يرده شيء، تقول منه: نعر الحمار، بالكسر، ينعر نعرا، فهو حمار نعر، وأتان نعرة، ورجل نعر: لا يستقر في مكان، وهو منه.
And the fly is a large blue-eyed, green fly with a needle at the tip of its tail with which it stings hoofed animals especially, and sometimes it enters the nose of a donkey and takes over its head and nothing can repel it, you say from it: the donkey was agitated, with kasr, it is agitated with agitation, so it is an agitated donkey, and a female donkey that is agitated, and a man who is agitated: he does not stay in one place, and it is from him.
ترى النعرات الخضر حول لبانه، ... أحاد ومثنى، أصعقتها صواهله
You see the green flies around its chest, ... alone and in pairs, its neighing killed them.
ونعر في البلاد أي ذهب.
And he went about in the land, meaning he went.
وإن في رأسه نعرة أي كبرا.
And that in his head is arrogance, meaning conceit.
وإن في رأسه نعرة، بالفتح، أي أمرا يهم به.
And that in his head is a matter of concern, with fatha, meaning a matter he is preoccupied with.
لأطيرن نعرتك أي كبرك وجهلك من رأسك، والأصل فيه أن الحمار إذا نعر ركب رأسه، فيقال لكل من ركب رأسه: فيه نعرة.
I will surely remove your arrogance, meaning your conceit and ignorance from your head, and the origin of this is that when a donkey makes a sound, it takes over its head, so it is said of anyone whose head is taken over: he has arrogance.
لا أقلع عنه حتى أطير نعرته، وروي: حتى أنزع النعرة التي في أنفه
I will not cease from him until I remove his arrogance, and it was narrated: until I remove the fly that is in his nose.
إذا رأيت نعرة الناس ولا تستطيع أن تغيرها فدعها حتى يكون الله يغيرها
If you see the arrogance of people and you cannot change it, then leave it until God changes it.
والنعرة والنعر: ما أجنت حمر الوحش في أرحامها قبل أن يتم خلقه، شبه بالذباب.
And the fetus and the embryo: what wild donkeys conceive in their wombs before their creation is complete, likened to flies.
والشدنيات يساقطن النعر «1» يريد الأجنة؛ شبهها بذلك الذباب.
And the strong she-camels drop the fetuses, meaning the embryos; he likened them to those flies.
وما حملت المرأة نعرة قط أي ملقوحا؛ هذا قول أبي عبيد، والملقوح إنما هو لغير الإنسان.
And the woman never carried a fetus, meaning a conception; this is the saying of Abu Ubaid, and conception is only for non-humans.
وما حملت المرأة نعرة قط، بالفتح، أي ما حملت ملقوحا أي ولدا.
And the woman never carried a fetus, with fatha, meaning she never carried a conception, meaning a child.
والنعر ريح تأخذ في الأنف فتهزه.
And the wind is a wind that takes hold of the nose and shakes it.
والنعور من الرياح: ما فاجأك ببرد وأنت في حر، أو بحر وأنت في برد؛ عن أبي علي في التذكرة.
And the sudden wind from the winds: what surprises you with cold while you are in heat, or with heat while you are in cold; according to Abu Ali in the Tadhkirah.
ونعرت الريح إذا هبت مع صوت، ورياح نواعر وقد نعرت نعارا.
And the wind blew strongly when it blew with a sound, and the winds are strong-blowing, and it blew strongly with a strong blowing.
والنعرة من النوء إذا اشتد به هبوب الريح؛ ومنه قوله: عمل الأنامل ساقط أرواقه ... متزحر، نعرت به الجوزاء
And the star's wind is from the star when the blowing of the wind intensifies with it; and from this is his saying: The work of the fingertips, its leaves fall... panting, Gemini made it blow strongly.
والناعورة: الدولاب.
And the water wheel: the water wheel.
والناعور: جناح الرحى.
And the mill wing: the wing of the mill.
والناعور: دلو يستقى بها.
And the scoop: a bucket with which water is drawn.
والناعور: واحد النواعير التي يستقى بها يديرها الماء ولها صوت.
And the water wheel: one of the water wheels with which water is drawn, the water turns it and it has a sound.
والنعرة: الخيلاء.
And the arrogance: the haughtiness.
وفي رأسه نعرة ونعرة أي أمر يهم به.
And in his head is arrogance and a matter of concern, meaning a matter he is preoccupied with.
ونيهة نعور: بعيدة؛
And a distant intention: far away;
وكنت إذا لم يصرني الهوى ... ولا حبها، كان همي نعورا
And I was, if desire did not move me... nor her love, my concern was distant.
وفلان نعير الهم أي بعيده.
And so-and-so is distant in his concerns, meaning far away.
وهمة نعور: بعيدة.
And a distant goal: far away.
والنعور من الحاجات: البعيدة.
And the distant from needs: the far away.
ويقال: سفر نعور إذا كان بعيدا؛ ومنه قول طرفة: ومثلي، فاعلمي يا أم عمرو، ... إذا ما اعتاده سفر نعور
And it is said: a distant journey if it is far; and from this is the saying of Tarafah: And one like me, know, O Umm Amr, ... when a distant journey becomes habitual for him.
ورجل نعار في الفتن: خراج فيها سعاء، لا يراد به الصوت وإنما تعنى به الحركة.
And a man active in conflicts: emerging in them with eagerness, not meaning sound but rather movement.
والنعار أيضا: العاصي؛ عن ابن الأعرابي.
And the disobedient also: the rebellious; according to Ibn Al-A'rabi.
ونعر القوم: هاجوا واجتمعوا في الحرب.
And the people stirred up: they became agitated and gathered for war.
ما كانت فتنة إلا نعر فيها فلان أي نهض فيها.
There was no sedition but so-and-so stirred up in it, meaning he rose up in it.
وكلما نعر بهم ناعر اتبعوه أي ناهض يدعوهم إلى الفتنة ويصيح بهم إليها.
And whenever a stirrer-up incited them, they followed him, meaning a challenger calling them to sedition and shouting to them towards it.
ونعر الرجل: خالف وأبى؛ وأنشد ابن الأعرابي للمخبل السعدي: إذا ما هم أصلحوا أمرهم، ... نعرت كما ينعر الأخدع
And the man refused: he opposed and refused; and Ibn Al-A'rabi recited for Al-Mukhbil Al-Sa'di: When they set their affairs right, ... you refused as the jugular vein swells.
يعني أنه يفسد على قومه أمرهم، ونعرة النجم: هبوب الريح واشتداد الحر عند طلوعه فإذا غرب سكن.
Meaning he corrupts his people's affairs, and the star's wind is the blowing of the wind and the intensification of heat upon its rising, and when it sets, it calms.
ومن أين نعرت إلينا أي أتيتنا وأقبلت إلينا؛ عن ابن الأعرابي.
And from where did you come to us, meaning you came to us and approached us; according to Ibn Al-A'rabi.
نعر إليهم طرأ عليهم.
He appeared to them, meaning he arrived upon them.
والتنعير: إدارة السهم على الظفر ليعرف قوامه من عوجه، وهكذا يفعل من أراد اختبار النبل، والذي حكاه صاحب العين في هذا إنما هو التنفيز.
And testing an arrow: rolling the arrow on the fingernail to know its straightness from its crookedness, and thus does one who wants to test the arrow do, and what the author of Al-'Ayn narrated regarding this is merely 'al-tanfiz'.
والنعر: أول ما يثمر الأراك، وقد أنعر أي أثمر، وذلك إذا صار ثمرة بمقدار النعرة.
And the early fruit: the first of the Arak tree's fruit, and it has borne fruit, meaning it has fruited, and that is when the fruit becomes the size of a 'n'arah'.
بنو النعير: بطن من العرب.
Banu Al-Nu'ayr: a clan of the Arabs.