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وءر

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of fear, fright, and sudden flight, particularly among animals like camels. It also extends to meanings related to fire, hearths, and cooking, as well as certain types of earth formations and animal fat.

Derived headwords

وأرَ الرجلُverb
  1. 1.
    to be frightenedclassical

    The man was seized by fear and terror.

وأراnoun
  1. 1.
    fear, frightclassical

    The masdar denoting the state of being frightened or terrified.

يُؤَرُ بهاverb
  1. 1.
    to be startledclassical

    It is used passively, meaning the animal was not startled or disturbed.

آرىverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to joinclassical

    I caused the animal to join another and share a feeding trough.

آريnoun
  1. 1.
    feeding troughclassical

    A place where animals feed, often shared.

وأرَ الرجلُverb
  1. 1.
    to throw downclassical

    The man threw him down in a bad or harmful way.

استوأرت الإبلverb
  1. 1.
    to stampedeclassical

    The camels followed each other in a stampede, especially in open plains.

الواثرُadjective
  1. 1.
    fearfulclassical

    One who is frightened or terrified.

الإرةُnoun
  1. 1.
    hearth, fire pitboth

    A place where fire is made, a hearth or fire pit.

  2. 2.
    fireclassical

    The fire itself, or the intensity of fire.

  3. 3.
    fat of the humpclassical

    The fatty tissue from the camel's hump.

  4. 4.
    cooked meat dishclassical

    A dish made of meat cooked in a stomach or similar preparation.

  5. 5.
    dried meatclassical

    Preserved or dried meat.

  6. 6.
    enmityclassical

    Hostility or animosity.

  7. 7.
    place for baking breadclassical

    The spot where bread is baked, often a hearth.

  8. 8.
    broth, stewclassical

    A liquid preparation, possibly a stew or broth, made by boiling meat and vinegar.

وأرَ لها إرةًverb
  1. 1.
    to make a hearthclassical

    To prepare or make a hearth or fire pit for someone.

الوُؤرةُnoun
  1. 1.
    pit, hollowclassical

    A pit or hollow in the ground, specifically one associated with salt or a hearth.

وأرٌnoun
  1. 1.
    pitsclassical

    Plural of وُؤرة, referring to pits or hollows.

أورٌnoun
  1. 1.
    pitsclassical

    An alternative plural for وُؤرة, referring to pits or hollows.

الإرةُnoun
  1. 1.
    dried meatclassical

    Dried meat, also known as قديد.

ائتِنا بإرةٍphrase
  1. 1.
    bring fireclassical

    A request to bring fire.

أرضٌ وئرةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    hot, aridclassical

    Land that is intensely hot, characterized by heat (أوار).

وأرَت إرةًverb
  1. 1.
    to dig a hearthclassical

    To dig a pit for making a fire, used for heating baths or kilns.

أئرَهاnoun
  1. 1.
    its hearthclassical

    The specific hearth or fire pit belonging to something.

الوِئارُnoun
  1. 1.
    mud, clayclassical

    A type of extended mud or clay used for plastering basins or water tanks.

Parallel reading

وأر الرجل يئره وأرا: فزعه وذعره
The man was seized by fear and terror.
تسلب الكانس لم يوأر بها شعبة الساق، إذا الظل عقل
It strips the resting one, its leg's joint not startled, when the shade is observed.
الدابة تأري الدابة إذا انضمت إليها وألفت معها معلفا واحدا
The animal joins another animal when it is brought near it and they share a single feeding trough.
ووأر الرجل: ألقاه على شر
And the man threw him down in a bad way.
واستوأرت الإبل: تتابعت على نفار
And the camels stampeded: they followed each other in flight.
إذا نفرت الإبل فصعدت الجبل فإذا كان نفارها في السهل قيل: استأورت
If the camels flee and ascend the mountain, but their flight is in the plain, it is said: they stampeded.
حتى استأوروا وتبددوا
Until they stampeded and scattered.
والإرة: موقد النار
And the 'irrah' is a hearth for fire.
والجمع إرات وإرون
And the plural is 'irrat' and 'irun'.
وأرها ووأر لها وأرا وإرة: عمل لها إرة
He made for it a hearth, and made for it a hearth, 'awaran' and 'irrat': he made for it a hearth.
الوؤرة في وزن الوعرة حفرة الملة
The 'wu'rah', on the pattern of 'wu'rah', is the pit of the salt-lick.
والجمع وأر مثل وعر
And the plural is 'wa'r' like 'wa'r'.
ومنهم من يقول أور مثل عور
And some of them say 'awr' like 'awr'.
والإرة: شحمة السنام
And the 'irrah' is the fat of the hump.
وفي الحديث: أهدي لهم إرة أي لحم في كرش
And in the Hadith: They were gifted 'irrah', meaning meat in a stomach.
ائتنا بإرة أي بنار
Bring us 'irrah', meaning fire.
والإرة: العداوة أيضا
And the 'irrah' is also enmity.
والإرة الموضع الذي تكون فيه الخبزة
And the 'irrah' is the place where the bread is.
وأرض وئرة، مثل فعلة، وهي شديدة الأوار، وهو الحر
And a 'wi'rah' land, like 'fi'lah', which is intensely hot, meaning the heat.
يقال: وأرت إرة، وهي إرة موؤورة
It is said: 'He made a hearth', and it is a prepared hearth.
إذا حفرت حفرة لإيقاد النار
When you dig a pit for lighting a fire.
يقال: وأرتها أئرها وأرا وإرة
It is said: 'He dug its hearth', 'awaran' and 'irrat'.
الوئار الممددة وهي مخاض الطين الذي يلاط به الحياض
The extended 'wi'ar' are the viscous muds with which basins are plastered.