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حظرب

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of tightness, fullness, and intensity. It describes actions like stretching a bowstring, filling a waterskin, and being tightly bound or packed. It also extends to describing people who are strong, ill-tempered, or full of animosity.

Derived headwords

حَظْرَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to stretch tightlyboth

    To stretch something to its maximum tension, like the string of a bow.

  2. 2.
    to fill completelyboth

    To fill a container, such as a waterskin, to its utmost capacity.

تَحَظْرَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be full ofboth

    To be filled with something, whether it be animosity, food, or other substances.

المُحَظْرَبnoun
  1. 1.
    tightly twistedclassical

    Describing something that has been twisted with great force and tightness.

  2. 2.
    strong of buildclassical

    Referring to a person who is robust and powerfully constructed.

  3. 3.
    ill-temperedclassical

    Describing a person who is difficult to deal with due to their disposition.

Parallel reading

حظرب قوسه: شد توتيرها
He stretched his bowstring tightly.
و السقاء: ملأه
And the waterskin: he filled it.
فتحظرب
And it became full.
والمحظرب: الشديد الفتل
And Al-Muḥaẓrab: the intensely twisted.
والرجل الشديد الخلق
And the man of strong build.
والضيق الخلق
And the ill-tempered one.
وتحظرب: امتلأ عداوة أو طعاما وغيره
And Taḥaẓraba: it became full of enmity or food and other things.