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هدر

Root entry · 29 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of something being nullified, voided, or rendered invalid, often in the context of blood feuds or legal matters. It also extends to meanings related to falling, being insignificant, and the sounds made by animals and liquids.

Derived headwords

هَدَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to be nullifiedboth

    To become void, invalid, or canceled, especially in the context of blood or legal rights.

  2. 2.
    to fallclassical

    To fall or drop down, often used for physical objects or parts of the body.

  3. 3.
    to boilclassical

    To bubble or boil, used for liquids like wine.

  4. 4.
    to make a soundboth

    To make a deep, resonant sound, particularly used for camels, doves, and jars.

هدر يهدر، بالكسر، ويهدر، بالضم، هدرا وهدرا، بفتح الدال، أي بطل — It became nullified, voided, or canceled.
هدر الشراب يهدر هدرا وتهدارا أي غلى — The drink boiled.
هدر البعير يهدر هدرا وهديرا وهدورا: صوت في غير شقشقة — The camel made a sound (hired) without its usual gurgling.
هدر الحمام يهدر هدورا — The dove made a cooing sound.
هَدَرٌnoun
  1. 1.
    nullificationboth

    The state or act of being nullified, voided, or rendered invalid.

  2. 2.
    a fallen thingclassical

    Something that has fallen or been dropped.

  3. 3.
    a soundboth

    A deep, resonant sound, especially that of a camel.

  4. 4.
    excessive growthclassical

    Abundant and overgrown vegetation.

الهدر: ما يبطل من دم وغيره — Nullification: what becomes void of blood and other things.
ذهب دم فلان هدرا وهدرا، بالتحريك، أي باطلا ليس فيه قود ولا عقل ولم يدرك بثأره — So-and-so's blood went in vain (hadr), meaning it was invalid without retribution or compensation, and his vengeance was not achieved.
الهدر: الذين لا خير فيهم — The insignificant ones: those who are of no worth.
الهدر: صوت في غير شقشقة — A sound (hadr) not from gurgling.
أَهْدَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to nullifyboth

    To cause something to become void, invalid, or canceled; to render it of no consequence.

  2. 2.
    to permitclassical

    To allow or make permissible, often in the context of something previously forbidden.

وهدرته وأهدرته أنا إهدارا وأهدره السلطان: أبطله وأباحه — I nullified it, and the Sultan nullified it and made it permissible.
فأهدره أي أبطله — So He nullified it, meaning He rendered it invalid.
إهْدَارٌnoun
  1. 1.
    nullificationboth

    The act of causing something to be void, invalid, or canceled.

  2. 2.
    making permissibleclassical

    The act of allowing or permitting something.

وهدرته وأهدرته أنا إهدارا وأهدره السلطان: أبطله وأباحه — I nullified it (ihdar), and the Sultan nullified it and made it permissible.
مُهْتَدِرَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    nullifiedclassical

    Rendered void, invalid, or canceled.

ودماؤهم هدر بينهم أي مهتدرة — And their blood was nullified among them, meaning it was rendered void.
تَهَادَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to nullify each other's bloodclassical

    A group of people nullifying each other's blood or rights.

وتهادر القوم: أهدروا دماءهم — And the people nullified each other's blood: they rendered their blood void.
هَدَرَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    insignificant peopleclassical

    A group of people considered worthless or insignificant.

وبنو فلان هدرة وهدرة وهدرة: ساقطون ليسوا بشيء — And so-and-so's family are insignificant (hadarah), meaning they are worthless and nothing.
هَدَرَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    insignificant peopleclassical

    A group of people considered worthless or insignificant.

وأما هدرة فلا يوافق ما قاله النحويون لأن هذا بناء من الجمع لا يكون إلا للمعتل دون الصحيح نحو غزاة وقضاة — As for hadarah, it does not conform to what the grammarians said because this is a plural pattern that is only for defective verbs, not sound ones, like ghuzah and qudah.
هَدَرَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    insignificant peopleclassical

    A group of people considered worthless or insignificant.

والذي روى هدرة، بالضم، إنما هو ابن الأعرابي وقد أنكر ذلك عليه — And what was narrated as hadarah (with dammah) is only from Ibn al-A'rabi, and it was denied by him.
هَدَرَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    fallenclassical

    Describing someone who is fallen, insignificant, or worthless.

ورجل هدرة، مثال همزة، أي ساقط — And a man hadarah (like hamazah), meaning fallen or insignificant.
الهَدَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    insignificant peopleclassical

    Those who are of no worth or consequence.

فهدر هاهنا معناه أهدر، أي الجد أسقط من لا خير فيه من الناس — So hadar here means ahdar, meaning the ancestor discarded the people who were of no good.
الهَدَرnoun
  1. 1.
    insignificant peopleclassical

    Those who are of no worth or consequence.

والهدر: الذين لا خير فيهم — And the hadar: those who are of no good.
هَدِيراًnoun
  1. 1.
    a soundboth

    A deep, resonant sound, especially that of a camel or dove.

  2. 2.
    boilingclassical

    The act of boiling or bubbling.

وهدر البعير يهدر هدرا وهديرا وهدورا: صوت في غير شقشقة — The camel made a sound (hired) without its usual gurgling.
والهدير: تردد صوت البعير في حنجرته — And the hired: the reverberation of the camel's voice in its throat.
هُدُورٌnoun
  1. 1.
    a soundclassical

    A deep, resonant sound, especially that of a camel.

  2. 2.
    excessive growthclassical

    Abundant and overgrown vegetation.

وهدر البعير يهدر هدرا وهديرا وهدورا: صوت في غير شقشقة — The camel made a sound (hired) without its usual gurgling.
وهدر العرفج أي عظم نباته — And the 'urfuj plant grew abundantly (hadura).
هَادِرٌadjective
  1. 1.
    fallenclassical

    Fallen, dropped, or insignificant.

  2. 2.
    making a soundboth

    Making a deep, resonant sound, like a camel.

  3. 3.
    abundant vegetationclassical

    Describing abundant and overgrown vegetation.

والهدر والهادر: الساقط — And the hadr and the hadir: the fallen.
وإن إبل هوادر، وكذلك هدر تهديرا — And the camels were making sounds (hawadir), and similarly, it made sounds (tahdira).
هُوَادِرٌadjective
  1. 1.
    making soundsclassical

    Describing camels or other animals making deep, resonant sounds.

وإبل هوادر، وكذلك هدر تهديرا — And the camels were making sounds (hawadir), and similarly, it made sounds (tahdira).
مَهْدَرٌnoun
  1. 1.
    a confined animalclassical

    An animal, like a camel, confined in a pen and prevented from mating, making noise.

كالمهدر في العنة — Like the mahdar in the pen (a simile for someone shouting pointlessly).
تَهْدَارٌnoun
  1. 1.
    boilingclassical

    The act of boiling or bubbling, used for liquids.

  2. 2.
    a soundclassical

    A deep, resonant sound, especially that of a jar of liquid.

حتى إذا صرحت من بعد تهدار — Until it became clear after a period of bubbling (tahdar).
وهدر الشراب يهدر هدرا وتهدارا أي غلى — The drink boiled (tahdara).
هُدُورٌadjective
  1. 1.
    making a soundclassical

    Describing a jar that makes a deep, resonant sound.

وجرة هدور، بغير هاء — And a jar that makes a sound (hadur), without the 'ta marbuta'.
تَهْدِيراًnoun
  1. 1.
    making a soundclassical

    The act of making a deep, resonant sound, used for animals.

وكذلك هدر تهديرا — And similarly, it made sounds (tahdira).
هُدَيْلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    a cooing soundboth

    The soft, cooing sound made by doves.

وهدر الطائر وهدل يهدر ويهدل هديرا وهديلا — And the bird made a sound (hadara) and cooed (hadala), making a sound (hadeira) and a coo (hadila).
أَهْدَرٌadjective
  1. 1.
    swollenclassical

    Describing a distended or swollen belly or cavity.

وجوف أهدر أي منتفخ — And a distended belly (ajwuf ahdar), meaning swollen.
الهَادِرnoun
  1. 1.
    thickened liquidclassical

    The thickened upper layer of milk that has begun to curdle.

والهادر: اللبن الذي خثر أعلاه ورق أسفله — And the hadir: the milk whose top has thickened and whose bottom is thin.
هَدِيراًnoun
  1. 1.
    abundanceclassical

    The state of being abundant and fully grown, used for plants.

وهدر العشب هديرا: كثر وتم — And the grass grew abundantly (hadira), meaning it became plentiful and complete.
الهَادِرadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant grassclassical

    Describing abundant and tall grass.

الهادر من العشب الكثير، وقيل: هو الذي لا شيء أطول منه — The hadir of abundant grass, and it was said: it is that which nothing is taller than.
هَادِرَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant grassclassical

    Describing land with abundant and fully grown grass.

وأرض هادرة: كثيرة العشب متناهية — And a land with abundant grass (hadirah): plentiful and fully grown.
الهَدَّارname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A specific location or valley, mentioned in relation to Musaylimah.

وفي حديث مسيلمة ذكر الهدار، هو بفتح الهاء وتشديد الدال، ناحية باليمامة كان بها مولد مسيلمة — And in the hadith of Musaylimah, al-Haddar is mentioned, which is with fatha on the ha and shadda on the dal, a region in al-Yamamah where Musaylimah was born.
هَيْدَرَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    old womanclassical

    An old woman whose sexual desire and vitality have waned.

لا تتزوجن هيدرة أي عجوزا أدبرت شهوتها وحرارتها — Do not marry a haidarrah, meaning an old woman whose desire and heat have passed.
أبو الهَدَّارname
  1. 1.
    a poet's nameclassical

    The kunya (patronymic) of a poet.

وأبو الهدار: اسم شاعر؛ عن ابن الأعرابي — And Abu al-Haddar: the name of a poet; according to Ibn al-A'rabi.

Parallel reading

ما يبطل من دم وغيره.
What becomes void of blood and other things.
أي بطل.
Meaning it became void.
أبطله وأباحه.
He nullified it and made it permissible.
أي مهتدرة.
Meaning it was rendered void.
أهدروا دماءهم.
They rendered their blood void.
أي باطلا ليس فيه قود ولا عقل ولم يدرك بثأره.
Meaning it was in vain, without retribution or compensation, and his vengeance was not achieved.
فأهدره أي أبطله.
So He nullified it, meaning He rendered it invalid.
فقد هدرت عينه أي إن فقؤوها ذهبت باطلة لا قصاص فيها ولا دية.
Then his eye is nullified, meaning if they gouged it out, it would be in vain, with no retribution or blood money.
فضربه فهدر سحره أي أسقطه.
So he struck him and his spleen fell out, meaning it dropped.
ضربته فهدرت رئته تهدر هدورا أي سقطت.
He struck him and his lung fell out (hadarat), meaning it dropped.
الساقط؛ الأولى عن كراع.
The fallen; the first is from Kura'.
ساقطون ليسوا بشيء؛
Fallen, meaning they are nothing;
إني إذا حار الجبان الهدره،
Indeed, when the cowardly, insignificant one hesitates,
ركبت من قصد السبيل منجره
I ride the straight path.
فهدر هاهنا معناه أهدر، أي الجد أسقط من لا خير فيه من الناس.
So hadar here means ahdar, meaning the ancestor discarded the people who were of no good.
يهدر هدرا وهديرا وهدورا: صوت في غير شقشقة.
He makes a sound (yahdiru) with hadran, hadiran, and huduran: a sound not from gurgling.
وكذلك الحمام يهدر، والجرة تهدر هديرا وتهدارا؛
And likewise the dove makes a sound (tahdiru), and the jar makes a sound (tahdiru) with hadiran and tahdaran;
تردد صوت البعير في حنجرته.
The reverberation of the camel's voice in its throat.
وإبل هوادر، وكذلك هدر تهديرا.
And camels making sounds (hawadir), and similarly, it made sounds (tahdira).
كالمهدر في العنة؛
Like the mahdar in the pen;
يهدر في دمشق فما تريم
Making noise in Damascus, yet you do not move.
وهدر الشراب يهدر هدرا وتهدارا أي غلى.
And the drink boiled (yahdiru) with hadaran and tahdaran, meaning it boiled.
وهدر الطائر وهدل يهدر ويهدل هديرا وهديلا.
And the bird made a sound (hadara) and cooed (hadala), making a sound (hadeira) and a coo (hadila).
إذا أراغ الكلام وهو صغير.
When he intends to speak while he is young.
أي منتفخ.
Meaning swollen.
أي عظم نباته.
Meaning its growth is abundant.
الذي خثر أعلاه ورق أسفله، وذلك بعد الحزور.
The one whose top has thickened and bottom is thin, and that is after the initial stage.
كثر وتم.
It became plentiful and complete.
من العشب الكثير، وقيل: هو الذي لا شيء أطول منه.
Of abundant grass, and it was said: it is that which nothing is taller than.
كثيرة العشب متناهية.
Plentiful and fully grown with grass.
إذا بلغ إناه في الطول والعظم، وكذلك قد هدرت الأرض هديرا إذا انتهى بقلها طولا.
When it reaches its maturity in length and size, and likewise the land has produced abundant growth (hadirat) if its vegetation has reached its peak in length.
ناحية باليمامة كان بها مولد مسيلمة.
A region in al-Yamamah where Musaylimah was born.
أي عجوزا أدبرت شهوتها وحرارتها.
Meaning an old woman whose desire and heat have passed.
وهو بالذال المعجمة من الهذر، وهو الكلام الكثير، والياء زائدة.
And it is with the unpointed 'dhāl' from 'hadhar', which is excessive speech, and the 'ya' is extra.
مثل امتحاق قمر السرار
Like the fading of the moon of the beginning of the month.