هرر

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

The root 'هرر' primarily relates to feelings of dislike, aversion, and hatred. It extends to sounds, particularly those of animals like dogs and cats, and also encompasses concepts of abundance, intensity, and certain ailments or conditions.

Derived headwords

هَرَّverb

1.
to dislikeboth
To feel aversion or dislike towards something or someone.
2.
to hateclassical
To detest or abhor.

هر الشيء يهره ويهره هرا وهريرا: كرهه — The thing was disliked by him, he disliked it, with a dislike and a strong dislike.

هر فلان الكأس والحرب هريرا أي كرهها — So-and-so disliked the cup and the war intensely.

هَرَّرْتُهُverb

1.
I disliked itboth
I felt aversion towards it.

وهررته أي كرهته أهره وأهره، بالضم والكسر — And I disliked it, meaning I hated it, I disliked it intensely, with the 'damma' and the 'kasra'.

هَرَّةnoun

1.
dislikeboth
A feeling of aversion or dislike.
2.
catboth
A female cat.

أجد في وجهه هرة وهريرة أي كراهية — I find in his face a dislike and a strong dislike, meaning aversion.

والأنثى هرة بالهاء، وجمعها هرر مثل قربة وقرب — And the female is 'herrah' with the 'ha', and its plural is 'hirar' like 'qurbah' and 'qirab'.

هَرِيرnoun

1.
dislikeboth
A strong feeling of dislike or aversion.
2.
dog's soundboth
The sound a dog makes, lower than a bark, often due to cold or fear.
3.
sound of grindingclassical
A grinding or whirring sound.
4.
sound of a bowstringclassical
The sound made by a bowstring.

والهر الاسم من قولك هررته هرا أي كرهته — And 'al-hirr' is the noun from your saying 'harartuhu harran', meaning 'I disliked it'.

وهرير الكلب: صوته وهو دون النباح من قلة صبره على البرد — And the dog's 'hareer' is its sound, which is less than a bark due to its lack of patience with the cold.

إني سمعت هريرا كهرير الرحى أي صوت دورانها — Indeed, I heard a 'hareer' like the 'hareer' of a mill, meaning the sound of its rotation.

هرت القوس هريرا: صوتت — The bow made a 'hareer', meaning it made a sound.

هَرَّverb

1.
to bark (dog)both
A dog's sound, less than a bark, or baring its teeth.

هر الكلب إليه يهر هريرا وهرة — The dog barked at him, it barked a 'hareer' and a 'hirrah'.

هَارٍّadjective

1.
barkingboth
A dog that barks or bares its teeth.

يقال: هر الكلب يهر هريرا، فهو هار وهرار إذا نبح وكشر عن أنيابه — It is said: the dog barked 'hareer', so it is a 'haarin' and a 'harrar' if it barks and bares its teeth.

هِرَّارadjective

1.
very barkingboth
A dog or wolf that barks excessively or bares its teeth.
2.
sick (camel)classical
A camel suffering from a specific ailment causing looseness of the bowels.

فهو هار وهرار إذا نبح وكشر عن أنيابه — So it is a 'haarin' and a 'harrar' if it barks and bares its teeth.

وفي حديث شريح: لا أعقل الكلب الهرار أي إذا قتل الرجل كلب آخر لا أوجب عليه شيئا إذا كان نباحا لأنه يؤذي بنباحه — And in the hadith of Shurayh: I do not hold liable for the 'harrar' dog, meaning if a man kills another dog, I do not impose anything on him if it was barking because it harms with its barking.

الهرار: داء يأخذ الإبل مثل الورم بين الجلد واللحم — 'Al-hirrar': a disease that affects camels, like swelling between the skin and the flesh.

تَهَارَّverb

1.
to bark at each otherclassical
To bark or make sounds at each other, like dogs.

وفي حديث خزيمة: وعاد لها المطي هارا أي يهر بعضها في وجه بعض من الجهد — And in the hadith of Khuzaymah: And the mounts returned to her, 'haaran', meaning they barked at each other due to exhaustion.

هَرَّرَverb

1.
to make a soundclassical
To make a whirring or grinding sound.
2.
to call sheepclassical
To call sheep, specifically with the sound 'harhar'.

وهرهرت بالغنم إذا دعوتها — And I said 'harhar' to the sheep when I called them.

وهرهر بالغنم إذا دعاها إلى الماء فقال لها: هرهر — And he said 'harhar' to the sheep when he called them to water, saying to them: 'Harhar'.

هَرَّهَرَةnoun

1.
sound of flowing waterclassical
The sound of abundant water or milk flowing.
2.
sound of grindingclassical
A grinding or whirring sound.
3.
sound of sheepclassical
The sound of sheep, particularly when called to water.
4.
sound of warclassical
The sounds of war, like the cries of people.
5.
false laughterclassical
Laughter that is in vain or insincere.

والهر والهر هور والهرهار والهراهر: الكثير من الماء واللبن وهو الذي إذا جرى سمعت له هرهر — And 'al-hirr', 'al-hurhur', 'al-harhar', and 'al-haraahir': abundance of water and milk, which makes a 'harhar' sound when it flows.

وسمعت له هرهرة أي صوتا عند الحلب — And I heard a 'harharah' from it, meaning a sound during milking.

والهرهرة: حكاية أصوات الهند في الحرب — And 'al-harharah': an imitation of the sounds of Indians in war.

والهرهرة: الضحك في الباطل — And 'al-harharah': laughter in falsehood.

هَرْهَرverb

1.
to flow abundantlyclassical
To flow in abundance, referring to water or milk.
2.
to eat fallen grapesclassical
To eat the fallen parts of a grape cluster.
3.
to call camelsclassical
To call camels to water.

وهرهر إذا تعدى — And 'harhar' if it transgressed.

هر يهر إذا أكل الهرور، وهو ما يتساقط من الكرم، وهرهر إذا تعدى — 'Harra' 'yahirru' if it ate 'al-hurur', which is what falls from the vine, and 'harhara' if it transgressed.

هَرْهَوْرnoun

1.
abundance of water/milkclassical
A large quantity of water or milk that makes a sound when flowing.
2.
fallen grape partsclassical
What falls from a grape cluster.
3.
camel ailmentclassical
A disease affecting camels, causing looseness of the bowels.

قال: ويقال لما لا ينفع ما وقع ولا طار — He said: And that which is useless, what falls and does not fly.

الهرار: داء يأخذ الإبل مثل الورم بين الجلد واللحم — 'Al-hirrar': a disease that affects camels, like swelling between the skin and the flesh.

هَرَّارnoun

1.
abundance of water/milkclassical
A large quantity of water or milk that makes a sound when flowing.

هَرَاهِرnoun

1.
abundance of water/milkclassical
A large quantity of water or milk that makes a sound when flowing.

مُهَرَّرadjective

1.
afflicted with ailmentclassical
A camel afflicted with 'al-hirrar', a disease causing looseness of the bowels.

وبعير مهرور أصابه الهرار، وناقة مهرورة — And a 'muharraur' camel afflicted with 'al-hirrar', and a 'muharraurah' she-camel.

هَرَّارَةnoun

1.
sound of flowingclassical
The sound of flowing water or milk.

إذا يعب في السري هرهرا — When it pours in the night, making a 'harharah' sound.

هَرَّشَverb

1.
to scratchclassical
To scratch or rub.

وهرهرت الشيء: لغة في مرمرته إذا حركته — And 'harharatu' the thing: a dialectal variant of 'marmartuhu' if you moved it.

هَرَّnoun

1.
catboth
A cat.

والهر: السنور، والجمع هررة مثل قرد وقردة — And 'al-hirr': the cat, and its plural is 'hirrah' like 'qird' and 'qirdah'.

هِرَّةnoun

1.
female catboth
A female cat.

والأنثى هرة بالهاء، وجمعها هرر مثل قربة وقرب — And the female is 'herrah' with the 'ha', and its plural is 'hirar' like 'qurbah' and 'qirab'.

هِرَرnoun

1.
female catsboth
Plural of female cat.

والأنثى هرة بالهاء، وجمعها هرر مثل قربة وقرب — And the female is 'herrah' with the 'ha', and its plural is 'hirar' like 'qurbah' and 'qirab'.

هَرَّverb

1.
to become dry and stiffclassical
To become very dry and stiff, like thorns or plants.

هر الشبرق والبهمى والشوك هرا: اشتد يبسه وتنفش فصار كأظفار الهر وأنيابه — The 'shibriq', 'bahma', and thorns became 'harran', meaning their dryness intensified and they became stiff like the claws and teeth of a cat.

هَرَّارname

1.
name of a womanclassical
A proper name for a woman.

وهر: اسم امرأة، من ذلك — And 'Herr': a woman's name, derived from this.

هَرَّارَانnoun

1.
two starsclassical
Two specific stars, Al-Nisr Al-Waqi' and Qalb Al-Aqrab.
2.
two braziersclassical
Two braziers, described as old and white.

والهراران: نجمان — And 'al-hirraaraan': two stars.

ويقال للكانونين: هما الهراران وهما شيبان وملحان — And the two braziers are called 'al-hirraaraan', and they are old and white.

هَرٌّname

1.
name of a placeclassical
A place or location.

وهر: بلد وموضع — And 'Herr': a country and a place.

هَرٌّother

1.
camel driving soundclassical
A sound used to drive camels.

والهر: ضرب من زجر الإبل — And 'al-hirr': a type of driving camels.

هَرْهَرother

1.
sound for sheepclassical
A call used for sheep.

وهرهر: دعا الإبل إلى الماء — And 'harhar': he called the camels to water.

هَرْهَرَةother

1.
sound of lionsclassical
The repeated roaring of a lion.

وهرهرة الأسد: ترديد زئيره، وهي التي تسمى الغرغرة — And the lion's 'harharah': the repetition of its roar, which is called 'ghargarah'.

Parallel reading

ومن هر أطراف القنا خشية الردى ... فليس لمجد صالح بكسوب

And whoever dislikes the tips of spears for fear of death... then for a noble person, it is not profitable.

أجد في وجهه هرة وهريرة أي كراهية

I find in his face a dislike and a strong dislike, meaning aversion.

هر فلان الكأس والحرب هريرا أي كرهها

So-and-so disliked the cup and the war intensely.

حلفنا لهم، والخيل تردي بنا معا ... نزايلكم حتى تهروا العواليا

We swore to them, and the horses were throwing us together... we will not leave you until you dislike the high spears.

أرى الناس هروني وشهر مدخلي ... ففي كل ممشى أرصد الناس عقربا

I see people have disliked me and made my entry public... so in every path I walk, people watch for me like a scorpion.

أرى الحق لا يعيا علي سبيله ... إذا ضافني ليلا مع القر ضائف

I see the truth, its path is not difficult for me... when a guest visits me at night with the cold.

إذا كبد النجم السماء بشتوة ... على حين هر الكلب، والثلج خاشف

When the star (Pleiades) is in the middle of the sky in winter... at the time the dog barks, and the snow is falling.

إن الكلب يهر من وراء أهله

Indeed, the dog barks from behind its family.

لا أعقل الكلب الهرار أي إذا قتل الرجل كلب آخر لا أوجب عليه شيئا إذا كان نباحا لأنه يؤذي بنباحه

I do not hold liable for the 'harrar' dog, meaning if a man kills another dog, I do not impose anything on him if it was barking because it harms with its barking.

المرأة التي تهار زوجها أي تهر في وجهه كما يهر الكلب

The woman who 'tahaarru' her husband, meaning she barks at his face like a dog barks.

وعاد لها المطي هارا أي يهر بعضها في وجه بعض من الجهد

And the mounts returned to her, 'haaran', meaning they barked at each other due to exhaustion.

إني سمعت هريرا كهرير الرحى أي صوت دورانها

Indeed, I heard a 'hareer' like the 'hareer' of a mill, meaning the sound of its rotation.

شر أهر ذا ناب

Evil is what makes the fanged one bark.

نهى عن أكل الهر وثمنه

He prohibited eating the cat and its price.

رعين الشبرق الريان حتى ... إذا ما هر، وامتنع المذاق

They grazed on the lush 'shibriq' until... when it became dry and stiff, and the taste was refused.

ما يعرف هرا من بر

He does not know 'hirr' from 'birr'.

فإلا يكن فيها هرار، فإنني ... بسل يمانيها إلى الحول خائف

If there is no 'hirrar' in it, then I am afraid of its Yemeni cure lasting until the year.

ولا يصادفن إلا آجنا كدرا ... ولا يهر به منهن مبتقل

And they should not encounter anything but stagnant, muddy water... and no 'hirrar' should afflict them from it.

ما يعرف الهرهرة من البربرة

He does not know 'al-harharah' from 'al-barbarah'.

وساق الفجر هراريه، حتى ... بدا ضوآهما غير احتمال

And the dawn drove its 'hirraaraan' until... their light appeared, not to be endured.

يجري عليك المور بالتهرهر

The wind flows over you with a 'tahrahar' sound.