ظرا

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of intelligence, shrewdness, and keenness, often associated with being clever or astute. It also extends to meanings of physical swelling or distension, particularly due to overeating or richness, and in a more obscure sense, to the act of biting or running.

Derived headwords

الظرورىadjective

1.
cleverboth
Possessing intelligence and shrewdness; astute.

رجل ظرورىadjective

1.
clever manboth
A man who is characterized by intelligence and shrewdness.

ظريverb

1.
to be cleverboth
To possess intelligence and shrewdness; to be astute.
2.
to be softclassical
To become soft or yielding.

يظرىverb

1.
he is cleverboth
He possesses intelligence and shrewdness; he is astute.
2.
he is softclassical
He becomes soft or yielding.
3.
he runsclassical
He moves quickly or flows.

اظرورىverb

1.
to be clever and shrewdclassical
To be exceptionally clever, shrewd, and discerning.
2.
to swell upclassical
To become distended or bloated, especially the stomach.

اظريراءnoun

1.
bloatingclassical
A condition of the stomach becoming distended and bloated, often due to overeating or richness.

اِطْرُورَىverb

1.
to swell upclassical
To become distended or bloated, especially the stomach.

اِطْرِيرَاءnoun

1.
bloatingclassical
A condition of the stomach becoming distended and bloated, often due to overeating or richness.

مَطْرُورadjective

1.
bloatedclassical
Suffering from bloating or distension, particularly of the stomach.

مَظْرُورadjective

1.
bloatedclassical
Suffering from bloating or distension, particularly of the stomach.

الظرىnoun

1.
water stagnationclassical
Stagnant water, especially due to extreme cold causing it to freeze or become immobile.

الظاريadjective

1.
bitingclassical
One who bites.

Parallel reading

الظرورى: الكيس.

Al-ẓurūrī: The intelligent one.

رجل ظرورى: كيس.

A ẓurūrī man: intelligent.

وظري يظرى إذا كاس.

And he became clever, he is clever, if he is astute.

قال أبو عمرو: ظرى إذا لان، وظرى إذا كاس، واظرورى كاس وحذق

Abu Amr said: He became soft if he was yielding, and he became clever if he was astute, and he became exceptionally clever and shrewd.

واظرورى الرجل اظريراء: اتخم فانتفخ بطنه

And the man became bloated with bloating: he overate and his stomach swelled.

واظرورى بطنه إذا انتفخ

And his stomach became bloated if it swelled.

الأزهري: قرأت في نوادر الأعراب الاطريراء والاظريراء البطنة، وهو مطرور ومظرور

Al-Azhari said: I read in the rare sayings of the Arabs about al-iṭrirā' and al-iẓrirā' the bloating, and it is being bloated and having one's stomach distended.

أبو زيد اظرورى الرجل غلب الدسم على قلبه فانتفخ جوفه فمات

Abu Zayd said: The man became bloated, richness overcame his heart, so his insides swelled and he died.

ورواه الشيباني: اطرورى، والشيباني ثقة، وأبو زيد أوثق منه.

And Al-Shaybani narrated it as: iṭrūrā, and Al-Shaybani is trustworthy, and Abu Zayd is more trustworthy than him.

ابن الأنباري: ظرى بطنه يظري إذا لم يتمالك لينا.

Ibn Al-Anbari said: His stomach became soft, it is becoming soft, if he cannot control its softness.

ويقال: أصاب المال الظرى فأهزله، وهو جمود الماء لشدة البرد.

And it is said: The wealth was affected by stagnation, and it made it lean, which is the freezing of water due to the intensity of the cold.

ابن الأعرابي: الظاري العاض.

Ibn Al-Arabi said: Al-ẓārī is the biter.

وظرى يظري إذا جرى.

And he ran, he is running, if he moved quickly.