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هشر

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to lightness, thinness, and weakness, often applied to physical objects or beings. It also extends to describe certain types of plants and trees, particularly those that are thin, tall, or have shedding leaves. Additionally, it denotes specific conditions in camels.

Derived headwords

الهَشَرnoun
  1. 1.
    lightness and thinnessboth

    Refers to the quality of something being light and thin.

هَيشَرadjective
  1. 1.
    weak and tallclassical

    Describes a man who is weak, frail, and tall.

الهَيشرnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of tree/plantclassical

    A type of tree or plant, described as soft and tall, with a bud on top resembling a young ostrich's neck.

الهَيشورnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of tree/plantclassical

    A type of tree or plant, similar to الهيشر, growing in sand, tall and straight, with seeds on top and a truffle-like growth.

هَيشورnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of plantclassical

    A plant, possibly a variant of الهيشر, mentioned in the context of grazing animals.

الهَيشورnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of treeclassical

    A tree that grows in sand, is tall and straight, and has a truffle-like growth on its head.

الهَيشومnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of plantclassical

    A plant, possibly a variant of الهيشر or الهيشور.

الهَيشَرnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of plantclassical

    A plant that grows in sand, similar to the plant called نكر البر.

الهُشَيرةnoun
  1. 1.
    conceit or arroganceclassical

    A diminutive form of الهشرة, referring to boastfulness or arrogance.

هَشُورadjective
  1. 1.
    shedding leaves quicklyclassical

    Describes a tree whose leaves fall off quickly.

هَشرَةnoun
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    shedding leaves quicklyclassical

    Describes a tree whose leaves fall off quickly.

هُمورnoun
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    shedding leaves quicklyclassical

    Describes a tree whose leaves fall off quickly.

هَمرةnoun
  1. 1.
    shedding leaves quicklyclassical

    Describes a tree whose leaves fall off quickly.

الهَيشرnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of herbclassical

    A type of herb with a thorny leaf and large spines, which grows tall with yellow flowers and a stalk longer than a man.

هَيشرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a single plant of الهيشرclassical

    The singular form of الهيشر, referring to a single plant of this type.

المِهشارadjective
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    camel eager for matingclassical

    Describes a female camel that is eager for the male before other camels.

المَهشورadjective
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    camel with burnt lungsclassical

    Describes a camel whose lungs are burnt or severely affected.

Parallel reading

الهشر: خفة الشيء ورقته.
Al-hashar: lightness and thinness of a thing.
ورجل هيشر: رخو ضعيف طويل.
And a man is hayshar: soft, weak, and tall.
والهيشر والهيشور: شجر، وقيل: نبات رخو فيه طول على رأسه برعومة كأنه عنق الرأل؛
And al-hayshar and al-hayshur: trees, and it was said: a soft plant with length, having a bud on its head like the neck of a young ostrich;
كأن أعناقها كراث سائفة ... طارت لفائفه، أو هيشر سلب أي مسلوب الورق؛
As if their necks were trailing onions... their wrappings flew off, or hayshar salab, meaning stripped of leaves;
باتت تعشى الحمض بالقصيم ... لباية من همق هيشور
It spent the night grazing on the Atraphaxis in Al-Qaseem... a choice portion of a tall hayyshur plant.
وقيل: الهيشور شجر ينبت في الرمل يطول ويستوي وله كمأة، البزر في رأسه.
And it was said: Al-hayyshur is a tree that grows in the sand, it is tall and straight, and has a truffle-like growth, the seeds are on its head.
السائفة: ما استرق من الرمل.
As-sa'ifah: what is thin of the sand.
الهيشر كنكر البر ينبت في الرمال.
Al-hayshar is like the wild onion, growing in the sands.
ابن الأعرابي: الهشيرة تصغير الهشرة، وهي البطر.
Ibn Al-A'rabi: Al-husheirah is the diminutive of Al-hasharah, and it is boastfulness.
شجرة هشور وهشرة وهمور وهمرة إذا كان ورقها يسقط سريعا.
A tree is hashur, hasharah, humoor, and hamrah if its leaves fall quickly.
من العشب الهيشر وله ورقة شاكة فيها شوك ضخم وهو يسمق، وزهرته صفراء وتطول، له قصبة من وسطه حتى تكون أطول من الرجل، واحدته هيشرة.
Among the herbs is al-hayshar, and it has a thorny leaf with large spines, and it grows tall, its flower is yellow and it grows long, it has a stalk from its middle until it is longer than a man, its singular is hayyshirah.
والمهشار من الإبل: التي تضبع قبلها
And Al-mihshar of the camels: she who is eager for the male before others.
والمهشور من الإبل: المحترق الرئة.
And Al-mahshur of the camels: the one with burnt lungs.