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الثعر

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a poisonous substance derived from acacia trees, and by extension, to growths or blemishes. It also encompasses terms for a short man, specific plant parts, and the act of spreading false information.

Derived headwords

الثعرnoun
  1. 1.
    poisonous substanceclassical

    A toxic substance that emerges from the roots of the 'samar' tree (Acacia tortilis).

  2. 2.
    wartsmodern

    An abundance of warts.

ثعرverb
  1. 1.
    to be poisonousclassical

    To be a deadly poison.

الثعرورnoun
  1. 1.
    short manmodern

    A man who is short in stature.

  2. 2.
    plant partclassical

    The tip of a 'tarthooth' plant, or the 'th'ulool' (wart-like growth), or the root of an 'ansalah' plant, or small cucumbers.

  3. 3.
    fruitclassical

    The fruit of the 'th'athnoon' plant.

الثعرانnoun
  1. 1.
    appendagesclassical

    Two structures resembling nipples that surround the outer part of a quiver or the udder of a sheep.

الثعرورانnoun
  1. 1.
    appendagesclassical

    Two structures resembling nipples that surround the outer part of a quiver or the udder of a sheep.

الثعاريرnoun
  1. 1.
    plantmodern

    A plant resembling asparagus.

  2. 2.
    nasal fissureclassical

    A crack or fissure that appears in the nose.

ثعررverb
  1. 1.
    to crackclassical

    The nose became cracked or fissured.

أثعرverb
  1. 1.
    to spyclassical

    To spy out news with falsehoods or lies.

Parallel reading

الثعر، ويضم، ويحرك: لثى يخرج من أصول السمر، سم قاتل
Al-Tha'r, whether pronounced with damma, or with haraka: is a substance that comes out from the roots of the samar tree, a deadly poison.
وبالتحريك: كثرة الثآليل.
And with haraka: it means an abundance of warts.
والثعرور: الرجل القصير، والطرثوث، أو طرفه، والثؤلول، وأصل العنصل، والقثاء الصغير، وثمر الذؤنون.
And al-tha'roor: means a short man, and the tarthooth plant, or its tip, and the th'ulool (wart-like growth), and the root of the 'ansalah' plant, and small cucumbers, and the fruit of the 'th'athnoon' plant.
والثعران والثعروران: كالحلمتين يكتنفان القنب من خارج، ويكتنفان ضرع الشاة.
And al-tha'raan and al-tha'rooraan: are like two nipples that surround the outside of a quiver, and surround the udder of a sheep.
والثعارير: نبات كالهليون، وتشقق يبدو في الأنف.
And al-tha'areer: is a plant like asparagus, and a crack that appears in the nose.
وقد ثعرر الأنف
And the nose became cracked.
وأثعر: تجسس الأخبار بالكذب.
And ath'ara: means to spy out news with falsehood.