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يعر

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns young goats or sheep, particularly those in a vulnerable state. It also extends to the sounds these animals make, and metaphorically to sounds of distress or complaint. Additionally, it encompasses specific geographical locations and a type of desert shrub.

Derived headwords

اليَعَرُnoun
  1. 1.
    Tethered young goat/sheepclassical

    A young sheep or goat that is tied up near the den of a wolf or lion, symbolizing vulnerability.

  2. 2.
    Young goatclassical

    A young goat, as explained by Abu Ubaid regarding a poetic verse.

  3. 3.
    Type of shrubclassical

    A type of desert shrub that camels eat.

اليَعَرَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    Young goat/sheepclassical

    A young sheep or goat, specifically a female kid (عناق) with a still eye, tied up.

اليَعَارُnoun
  1. 1.
    Bleating soundboth

    The sound of sheep, or specifically goats. It can also refer to a loud or intense sound made by sheep.

يَعَرْتُverb
  1. 1.
    To bleatboth

    The sound made by a goat or sheep, particularly a bleating sound.

يَعِرُverb
  1. 1.
    To bleatboth

    A goat bleated, making a sound.

يُعَيِّرُverb
  1. 1.
    To bleatboth

    A goat bleated, making a sound.

اليَاعِرَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    Bleating soundclassical

    The bleating sound of goats, often used to describe a goat that makes a lot of noise.

  2. 2.
    Bleating goatclassical

    A goat that bleats loudly or excessively.

اليَعُورُnoun
  1. 1.
    Goat that soils milkclassical

    A sheep or goat that urinates on the milker or soils the milk, thus spoiling it. It is also described as being prone to making the 'ya'ar' sound.

اليَعَارَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    Mating attemptclassical

    When a male camel (stallion) approaches a female camel (mare) and attempts to mate, but without full penetration or commitment, often due to the mare's high status or refusal.

  2. 2.
    Mating by chanceclassical

    A mating that occurs by chance, where a stallion from another herd might mount a mare without the owner's direct intention.

يُعَارِضُverb
  1. 1.
    To approach for matingclassical

    A stallion approaches a mare, engaging in a mating attempt without full commitment.

يُعَارِضُverb
  1. 1.
    To approach for matingclassical

    A stallion approaches a mare, engaging in a mating attempt without full commitment.

يُعَارِضُverb
  1. 1.
    To approach for matingclassical

    A stallion approaches a mare, engaging in a mating attempt without full commitment.

يُعَارِضُverb
  1. 1.
    To approach for matingclassical

    A stallion approaches a mare, engaging in a mating attempt without full commitment.

الرَّجِيعُname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A place name mentioned in the context of a journey.

الأَمْلَاحُname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A place name mentioned in the context of a journey.

يَعِرُname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A place name mentioned in the context of a journey.

Parallel reading

فإن أمس شيخا بالرجيع وولده ... ويصبح قومي دون أرضهم مصر
If yesterday I was an old man in Al-Raji' and his son... and today my people are without their land, Egypt.
أسائل عنهم كلما جاء راكب ... مقيما بأملاح، كما ربط اليعر
I ask about them whenever a rider comes... staying in Al-Amlah, like the tethered young goat.
وترويه فيقة اليعرة
And the milk in the udder between milkings is abundant for her.
هو أذل من اليعر
He is more humiliated than the tethered young goat.
وأما أشجع الخنثى فولوا ... تيوسا، بالشظي، لها يعار
As for Ashja' the hermaphrodite, they led... goats, with a sharp stone, making a bleating sound.
عريض أريض بات ييعر حوله ... وبات يسقينا بطون الثعالب
A wide, expansive one spent the night bleating around him... and he spent the night giving us to drink the bellies of foxes.
لا يجيء أحدكم بشاة لها يعار
Let none of you come with a sheep that has a bleating sound.
بشاة تيعر
With a sheep that bleats.
إن لهم الياعرة
Indeed, they have the bleating sound.
مثل المنافق كالشاة الياعرة بين الغنمين
The likeness of the hypocrite is like the bleating sheep between two flocks.
شاة يعور إذا كانت كثيرة اليعار
A goat is 'ya'oor' if it is prone to making the 'ya'ar' sound.
أن يعارض الفحل الناقة فيعارضها معارضة من غير أن يرسل فيها
That the stallion approaches the mare and attempts to mate with her without full penetration.
قلائص لا يلقحن إلا يعارة
Young she-camels do not conceive except through a chance mating.
لا يلقح إلا أن يفلت فحل من إبل أخرى فيعير ويضربها في عيرانه
It does not conceive unless a stallion from another herd escapes and mounts it among its own herd.
حين نيلت يعارة في عراض
When it was mounted by chance in a broad manner.
إذا امتنعت على الفحل عارت منه أي نفرت، تعار، فيعارضها الفحل في عدوها حتى ينالها فيستنيخها ويضربها
If she refused the stallion, she would shy away from him, fleeing, and the stallion would pursue her in her running until he reached her, made her kneel, and mounted her.
وعاد لها اليعار مجرنثما
And the desert shrub returned to it, dense.
تركتهم وظلت بجر يعر
I left them and remained in the land of Ya'ar.