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هعر

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a woman who is restless, lacking in chastity, and prone to wandering. It can also refer to a cunning or troublesome person, particularly an old woman, and is associated with a 'calamity' or 'disaster'.

Derived headwords

الهيعرةnoun
  1. 1.
    Restless, unchaste womanclassical

    A woman who does not stay in one place, lacking in chastity, similar to 'al-'ayharah.

هيعرتverb
  1. 1.
    To be restlessclassical

    The woman was restless and did not stay in one place.

تهيعرتverb
  1. 1.
    To be restlessclassical

    The woman was restless and did not stay in one place.

العيهرةnoun
  1. 1.
    Unchaste, restless womanclassical

    A woman who is restless and lacks chastity. It is suggested that 'al-hay'arah might be an inversion of this word due to their shared meaning.

الهيعرونnoun
  1. 1.
    Calamity, disasterclassical

    A great calamity or disaster.

  2. 2.
    Old womanclassical

    An old woman, named after a calamity or disaster.

Parallel reading

الهيعرة من النساء: التي لا تستقر من غير عفة كالعيهرة
Al-hay'arah among women: she who does not settle down, lacking chastity, like al-'ayharah.
والفعل كالفعل
And the verb is like the verb.
هيعرت المرأة وتهيعرت إذا كانت لا تستقر في مكان
The woman 'hay'arat' and 'tahay'arat' if she does not settle in a place.
كأنه عنده مقلوب من العيهرة لأنه جعل معناهما واحدا
It is as if, in his view, it is an inversion of al-'ayharah because he made their meanings the same.
قال بعضهم الهيعرون الداهية
Some of them said: al-hay'arun is the calamity.
ويقال للعجوز المسنة: هيعرون، سميت بالداهية
And the old, aged woman is called: hay'arun, named after the calamity.