برس

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to cotton and its processing, extending to concepts of brightness, guidance, and even specific locations and tribes. It also encompasses terms for skill and intensity in dealings.

Derived headwords

البُرْسnoun

1.
cottonboth
The fibrous material obtained from the cotton plant, used for making textiles.
2.
cotton-like substanceclassical
Something resembling cotton in texture or appearance, possibly referring to reeds or other fluffy materials.

البُرْسnoun

1.
skill of a guideclassical
The expertise and adroitness possessed by a guide or someone leading others.

بَرَسَverb

1.
to be intense with a debtorclassical
To be harsh or severe with someone who owes you money.

النِّبْرَاسnoun

1.
lampboth
A source of light, typically a lamp or torch.
2.
spearheadclassical
The tip of a spear, or metaphorically, the leading part of something.

النَّبَارِسnoun

1.
lampsboth
Plural of 'nibras', referring to multiple lamps.
2.
spearheadsclassical
Plural of 'nibras' when referring to spearheads.

بُرْسَانname

1.
Bursan tribeclassical
A name for a tribe of Arabs.

البُرْنَاسَاءnoun

1.
peopleclassical
A collective term for people or mankind.

بُرْنَاسَاءnoun

1.
peopleclassical
An alternative form for the collective noun for people.

بِرْسname

1.
Birs (place)classical
A known marshy area in Iraq, now a village.

Parallel reading

البرس والبرس: القطن

Al-burs and al-burs: cotton.

ترمى اللغام على هاماتها قزعا، ... كالبرس طيره ضرب الكرابيل

It throws foam on its crests in scattered patches, ... like cotton, its birds are the type of cotton-beaters.

وهو مندف القطن

And it is a cotton-beater.

وقيل: البرس شبيه بالقطن

And it is said: Al-burs is similar to cotton.

وقيل: البرس قطن البردي

And it is said: Al-burs is the cotton of the papyrus reed.

كنديف البرس فوق الجماح

Like the fluff of cotton above the wild camel.

والنبراس: المصباح

And al-nibras: the lamp.

إذ الفتيلة في الأغلب إنما تكون من قطن

For the wick, in most cases, is made of cotton.

ويقال للسنان نبراس

And the spearhead is called a nibras.

جمعه النبارس

Its plural is al-nabaris.

إذ ردها الخيل تعدو وهي خافضة، ... حد النبارس مطرورا نواحيها

When the horses turn back, running and lowering their heads, ... the sharpness of the spearheads is blunted on its sides.

أي خافضة الرماح

Meaning lowering the spears.

البرس: حذاقة الدليل

Al-burs: the skill of the guide.

وبرس إذا اشتد على غريمه

And he was harsh with his debtor.

وبرسان: قبيلة من العرب

And Bursan: a tribe of Arabs.

والبرنساء: الناس

And al-bursanaa: the people.

وفيه لغات: برنساء ممدود غير مصروف مثل عقرباء، وبرناساء وبراساء

And it has variations: bursanaa, extended and indeclinable like 'aqrabaa', and burnasaa' and barasaa'.

هو أحل من ماء برس

It is more permissible than the water of Birs.

برس: أجمة معروفة بالعراق، وهي الآن قرية

Birs: a known marshy area in Iraq, which is now a village.