الحصر

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

The root الحصر primarily denotes restriction, confinement, and limitation. It extends to concepts of being blocked, held back, or constricted, both physically and metaphorically, including tightness of chest, stinginess, and speech impediments.

Derived headwords

الحَصْرnoun

1.
Restrictionboth
The act of restricting or confining; limitation.
2.
Confinementboth
Being held back or imprisoned, especially from travel.
3.
Tightness of chestboth
A feeling of constriction or lack of breath in the chest.
4.
Stinginessboth
A state of being miserly or ungenerous.
5.
Speech impedimentboth
A difficulty or inability to speak clearly or fluently.

كالضَّرْب والنَّصْرother

1.
Like striking and victoryclassical
A comparative phrase indicating a pattern of derivation or meaning similar to 'ضرب' (to strike) and 'نصر' (to help/victory).

الحصر، كالضرب والنصر: التضييق — Restriction, like striking and victory: constriction

الإِحْصَارnoun

1.
Confinementboth
The state of being confined or prevented from proceeding, especially in the context of travel or pilgrimage.

كالإحصار — like confinement

الحِصَارnoun

1.
Tying up (a camel)classical
Specifically for a camel, tying it up securely.

وللبعير: شده بالحصار — And for a camel: tying it up securely

احتَصَرَverb

1.
To tie up (a camel)classical
To secure a camel by tying it.

كاحتصار — like tying up

احْتِبَاس ذي البَطْنnoun

1.
Constipationboth
A condition where a person or animal experiences difficulty in expelling feces.

وبالضم: احتباس ذي البطن — And with damma: constipation

حَصِرَverb

1.
To be constipatedboth
To suffer from constipation.
2.
To be unable to speakboth
To have a speech impediment or be unable to articulate words.

كعني — like 'ani (meaning 'to be weak/ill')

مَحْصُورadjective

1.
Constipatedboth
Suffering from constipation.
2.
Speech-impairedboth
Having a difficulty in speaking.

فهو محصور — so he is constipated/speech-impaired

أُحْصِرَverb

1.
To be confinedboth
To be prevented from proceeding or moving.

وأحصر — and he was confined

الحَصَرadjective

1.
Stingyboth
Miserly or ungenerous.

كالحصر — like the stingy

الحَصَرُnoun

1.
Tightness of chestboth
A feeling of constriction or difficulty in breathing.
2.
Stinginessboth
Miserliness.
3.
Speech impedimentboth
A defect in speech.
4.
Inability to readclassical
Being unable to recite or read something.

وأحصر وبالتحريك: ضيق الصدر، والبخل، والعي في المنطق، وأن يمتنع عن القراءة فلا يقدر عليه — And with haraka: tightness of chest, stinginess, speech impediment, and being unable to read so one cannot do it.

الحَصِيرnoun

1.
Tight-chestedboth
One who suffers from tightness of the chest.
2.
Matboth
A mat woven from reeds or palm leaves.
3.
Vein/tendon (in animal)classical
A vein or tendon extending across the flank of an animal.
4.
Layer of peopleclassical
A row or rank of people.
5.
Sword's edgeclassical
The edge or side of a sword.
6.
Miserboth
A stingy person.
7.
One who abstains from drinkclassical
Someone who refrains from drinking, out of stinginess.
8.
Woven itemclassical
Anything woven from any material.
9.
Decorated garmentclassical
An ornate, patterned garment that captivates the beholder.
10.
Valleyclassical
A dry riverbed or valley.
11.
Threshing floorclassical
A place for threshing dates.

الحصير: الضيق الصدر، كالحصور، والبارية، وعرق يمتد معترضا على جنب الدابة إلى ناحية بطنها، أو لحمة كذلك، أو العصبة التي بين الصفاق ومقط الأضلاع، والجنب، والملك، والسجن، والمجلس، والطريق، والماء، والصف من الناس وغيرهم، ووجه الأرض ج: أحصرة وحصر، وفرند السيف، أو جانباه، والبخيل، والذي لا يشرب الشراب بخلا، وجبل لجهينة، أو ببلاد غطفان، وكل ما نسج من جميع الأشياء، وثوب مزخرف موشى، إذا نشر، أخذت القلوب مآخذه لحسنه، والضيق الصدر، وواد، وحصن باليمن، وماء من مياه نملى، وبهاء: جرين التمر، واللحمة المعترضة في جنب الفرس، تراها إذا ضمر — The mat: tight-chested, like the abstainer, the reed mat, a vein extending across the flank of an animal towards its belly, or a similar fleshy part, or the sinew between the peritoneum and the ribs, the flank, the king, the prison, the assembly, the road, water, a row of people, the surface of the earth (pl. ahṣirah and ḥuṣur), the edge of a sword, or its sides, the miser, one who abstains from drinking out of stinginess, a mountain of Juhaynah, or in the lands of Ghatafan, anything woven, a decorated garment that captivates the heart, tightness of chest, a valley, a fortress in Yemen, water from the wells of Namlah, and bahāʾ: a date threshing floor, the transverse flesh in a horse's flank visible when it is lean.

الحَصُورadjective

1.
Tight-ibbed (she-camel)classical
A female camel whose udder opening is narrow.
2.
Abstinent (from women)both
One who refrains from sexual intercourse, either by choice or inability.
3.
Miserlyboth
Stingy or ungenerous.
4.
Timidclassical
Fearful or hesitant.
5.
One who conceals secretsclassical
Someone who keeps secrets.

والحصور: الناقة الضيقة الإحليل، وحصر، ككرم وفرح، وأحصر، ومن لا يأتي النساء وهو قادر على ذلك، أو الممنوع منهن، أو من لا يشتهيهن ولا يقربهن، والمجبوب، والبخيل، كالحصر، والهيوب المحجم عن الشيء، والكاتم للسر — And al-ḥaṣūr: the she-camel with a narrow teat opening, and ḥaṣara, like karuma and fariḥa, and aḥṣara, and one who does not approach women though able, or one prevented from them, or one who does not desire them nor approach them, the eunuch, the miser, like al-ḥaṣr, the timid one who refrains from things, and the concealer of secrets.

الحَصْرَاءadjective

1.
Imperforate (vagina)classical
A woman whose vagina is closed or imperforate.

والحصراء: الرتقاء — And al-ḥaṣrāʾ: the imperforate (woman).

الحِصَارnoun

1.
Groupclassical
A collective noun for a group of people or things.
2.
Saddle padboth
A cushion placed under a saddle or pack on a camel.

الحصار، ككتان: اسم جماعة — Al-ḥiṣār, like kittān: a name for a group.

وككتاب وسحاب: وساد يرفع مؤخرها، ويحشى مقدمها، كالرحل يلقى على البعير، ويركب، كالمحصرة، أو هي قتب صغير — And like kitāb and saḥāb: a cushion whose rear is raised and front is stuffed, like a pack placed on a camel and ridden, like al-muḥaṣṣarah, or it is a small saddle.

المُحْصَرَةnoun

1.
Saddle padclassical
A type of cushion or pad used with a saddle.

بَعِيرٌ مَحْصُورٌnoun

1.
Camel with a saddle padclassical
A camel equipped with the described saddle pad.

وبعير محصور: عليه ذلك — And a camel with a saddle pad: having that upon it.

الإِسْرَارَةnoun

1.
Drying rack for cheeseclassical
A rack used to dry curdled milk (aqṭ).

وبفتح الميم: الإشرارة يجفف عليها الأقط — And with fatha on the mim: the drying rack upon which curdled milk is dried.

أَحْصَرَهُ المَرَضُ أو البَوْلُverb

1.
To confine someone (illness)both
An illness or condition causing someone to be confined or unable to move freely.

أحصره المرض أو البول: جعله يحصر نفسه — Illness or urine confined him: made him confine himself.

المُحْتَصِرnoun

1.
Lionclassical
A name for a lion.

والمحتصر: الأسد — And al-muḥtaṣir: the lion.

مُحَاصَرَةُ العَدُوِّnoun

1.
Besieging the enemyboth
The act of surrounding and attacking an enemy's position.

محاصرة العدو: م — Besieging the enemy: m (likely indicating 'masdar' or 'movement')

حَصَرَهُverb

1.
To encompassboth
To include or contain something completely.
2.
To surround someoneboth
To encircle or hem in a person.

حصره: استوعبه — He encompassed it: he comprehended it.

والقوم بفلان: أطافوا به — And the people around a person: they surrounded him.

بَخِلَverb

1.
To be stingyboth
To be ungenerous or miserly.

وكفرح: بخل — And like fariḥa: he was stingy.

امْتَنَعَ عَنِ المَرْأَةِverb

1.
To refrain from intercourseboth
To abstain from sexual relations with a woman.

وعن المرأة: امتنع عن إتيانها — And from a woman: he refrained from approaching her.

صَانَ بِالسِّرِّverb

1.
To keep a secretboth
To guard or conceal a secret.

وبالسر: صانه — And with a secret: he kept it.

الحِصْرِيُّname

1.
Name of scholarsclassical
A nisba (attribution) referring to several scholars, including Ali bin Abdul Ghani Al-Maqri and Nasr bin Abi Al-Faraj.

والحصري، بالضم: علي بن عبد الغني المقرئ شيخ الفراء، وبرهان الدين أبو الفتوح، نصر بن أبي الفرج المحدث، وآخرون، والحسن بن حبيب الحصائري: محدث — And al-ḥiṣrī, with damma: Ali bin Abdul Ghani Al-Maqri, teacher of Al-Farra', Burhan al-Din Abu al-Futuḥ, Nasr bin Abi Al-Faraj the traditionist, and others, and Al-Hasan bin Habib Al-Ḥiṣāʾirī: a traditionist.

Parallel reading

الحصر، كالضرب والنصر: التضييق، والحبس عن السفر وغيره، كالإحصار، و للبعير: شده بالحصار، كاحتصار وبالضم: احتباس ذي البطن، حصر، كعني، فهو محصور، وأحصر وبالتحريك: ضيق الصدر، والبخل، والعي في المنطق، وأن يمتنع عن القراءة فلا يقدر عليه، الفعل كفرح.

Al-ḥaṣr, like aḍ-ḍarb and an-naṣr: constriction, and confinement from travel and other things, like al-iḥṣār; and for a camel: tying it securely with al-ḥiṣār, like iḥtiṣār; and with damma: constipation (iḥtibās dhī al-baṭn), ḥaṣira, like 'aniya, so he is maḥṣūr; and aḥṣara with haraka: tightness of chest, stinginess, speech impediment, and being unable to read so one cannot do it; the verb form is like fariḥa.

And al-ḥaṣūr: the she-camel with a narrow teat opening, and ḥaṣara, like karuma and fariḥa, and aḥṣara, and one who does not approach women though able, or one prevented from them, or one who does not desire them nor approach them, the eunuch, the miser, like al-ḥaṣr, the timid one who refrains from things, and the concealer of secrets.

الحصار، ككتان: اسم جماعة.

Al-ḥiṣār, like kittān: a name for a group.

وككتاب وسحاب: وساد يرفع مؤخرها، ويحشى مقدمها، كالرحل يلقى على البعير، ويركب، كالمحصرة، أو هي قتب صغير.

And like kitāb and saḥāb: a cushion whose rear is raised and front is stuffed, like a pack placed on a camel and ridden, like al-muḥaṣṣarah, or it is a small saddle.

وبفتح الميم: الإشرارة يجفف عليها الأقط.

And with fatha on the mim: the drying rack upon which curdled milk is dried.

أحصره المرض أو البول: جعله يحصر نفسه.

Illness or urine confined him: made him confine himself.

والمحتصر: الأسد.

And al-muḥtaṣir: the lion.

محاصرة العدو: م.

Besieging the enemy: m.

حصره: استوعبه.

He encompassed it: he comprehended it.

والقوم بفلان: أطافوا به.

And the people around a person: they surrounded him.

وكفرح: بخل.

And like fariḥa: he was stingy.

وعن المرأة: امتنع عن إتيانها.

And from a woman: he refrained from approaching her.

وبالسر: صانه.

And with a secret: he kept it.

والحصري، بالضم: علي بن عبد الغني المقرئ شيخ الفراء، وبرهان الدين أبو الفتوح، نصر بن أبي الفرج المحدث، وآخرون، والحسن بن حبيب الحصائري: محدث.

And al-ḥiṣrī, with damma: Ali bin Abdul Ghani Al-Maqri, teacher of Al-Farra', Burhan al-Din Abu al-Futuḥ, Nasr bin Abi Al-Faraj the traditionist, and others, and Al-Hasan bin Habib Al-Ḥiṣāʾirī: a traditionist.