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غطرس

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns arrogance, haughtiness, and pride. It extends to related concepts like injustice, conceit, and boastfulness, often manifested in one's demeanor or actions.

Derived headwords

الغَطْرَسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    arroganceboth

    Self-admiration and looking down upon peers; also defined as injustice and haughtiness.

  2. 2.
    conceitboth

    A feeling of excessive pride in oneself or one's abilities.

تَغَطْرَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to be arrogantboth

    To exhibit arrogance, self-admiration, and disdain for others.

  2. 2.
    to swaggerboth

    To walk with a conceited, proud, or boastful manner.

  3. 3.
    to act unjustlyclassical

    To behave oppressively or unjustly towards others.

  4. 4.
    to take a difficult pathclassical

    To deviate from the proper or easy way, to act unreasonably.

المُتَغَطْرِسadjective
  1. 1.
    arrogantboth

    One who is arrogant, haughty, and looks down on others.

  2. 2.
    oppressiveclassical

    One who is unjust and tyrannical.

  3. 3.
    stingyclassical

    A stingy or miserly person, according to the speech of the Hudhail tribe.

الغَطْرِسadjective
  1. 1.
    arrogantclassical

    An arrogant and haughty person.

  2. 2.
    oppressiveclassical

    An unjust and tyrannical person.

الغَطْرِيسadjective
  1. 1.
    arrogantclassical

    An arrogant and haughty person.

  2. 2.
    oppressiveclassical

    An unjust and tyrannical person.

الغَطَارِسnoun
  1. 1.
    arrogant onesclassical

    Plural of الغطرس or الغطريس, referring to arrogant and oppressive people.

Parallel reading

الإعجاب بالشيء والتطاول على الأقران
Self-admiration and looking down upon peers.
كم فيهم من فارس متغطرس شاكي السلاح، يذب عن مكروب
How many a boastful knight is among them, fully armed, defending the distressed.
هو الظلم والتكبر
It is injustice and haughtiness.
الظالم المتكبر
The unjust, the arrogant.
ولولا حبال منكم هي أمرست جنائبنا، ... كنا الأتاة الغطارسا
And were it not for ties from you that have made our flanks accustomed... we would be the arrogant ones.
لولا التغطرس ما غسلت يدي
Were it not for arrogance, I would not wash my hands.
التغطرس: الكبر
Arrogance: pride.
تغطرس في مشيته إذا تبختر
He swaggered in his walk if he strutted.
تغطرس إذا تعسف الطريق
He acted unreasonably when he took a difficult path.
رجل متغطرس: بخيل
An arrogant man: stingy.