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هطر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of killing, specifically with a wooden object. It also extends to the concept of humbling or debasing someone, particularly a poor person before a wealthy one.

Derived headwords

هَطَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to kill with woodclassical

    To kill an animal, particularly a dog, using a wooden object or club.

هَطَرَ الكلبُ يهطِرُهُ هَطْراً — He killed the dog with wood.
هَطْراًnoun
  1. 1.
    killing with woodclassical

    The act of killing, specifically a dog, with a wooden instrument.

هَطَرَ الكلبُ يهطِرُهُ هَطْراً — He killed the dog with wood.
الهَطْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    humiliation of the poorclassical

    The act of debasing or humbling a poor person before a wealthy one, especially when the poor person is asking for something.

الهَطْرَةُ تذللُ الفقيرَ للغني إذا سأله — The hatrah is the humbling of the poor to the rich when he asks him.

Parallel reading

هَطَرَ الكلبُ يهطِرُهُ هَطْراً: قتله بالخشب.
The dog was killed with wood, meaning it was killed with a wooden object.
قال الليث: هطره يهطره هطرا كما يهيج الكلب بالخشبة.
Al-Layth said: He struck it (the dog) with wood, as one provokes a dog with a stick.
ابن الأعرابي: الهطرة تذلل الفقير للغني إذا سأله.
Ibn al-A'rabi said: Al-hatrah is the humbling of the poor to the rich when he asks him.