الطهر

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of purity, cleanliness, and freedom from impurity, both physical and spiritual. It extends to the state of a woman after menstruation and the act of purification itself.

Derived headwords

الطُهْرnoun

1.
purityboth
The opposite of impurity or defilement; a state of cleanliness.
2.
cleanlinessboth
The state of being clean, free from dirt or contamination.

طَهُرَverb

1.
to be pureboth
To be clean, free from impurity or defilement.
2.
to be clean (after menstruation)classical
To cease menstruating and become ritually pure.

طَاهِرadjective

1.
pureboth
Possessing purity; clean and free from defilement.
2.
cleanboth
Free from dirt, contamination, or impurity.

طُهْرadjective

1.
pureclassical
Possessing purity; clean and free from defilement.

طَهِيرadjective

1.
pureclassical
Possessing purity; clean and free from defilement.

أَطْهَارnoun

1.
days of purityclassical
The days of a woman's purity, i.e., when she is not menstruating.

طَهُرَتْverb

1.
her menstruation ceasedclassical
She ceased menstruating and became ritually pure.
2.
she purified herselfclassical
She performed ritual purification after menstruation or other impurity.

تَطَهَّرَverb

1.
to purify oneselfboth
To cleanse oneself, especially ritually.
2.
to abstain from sinclassical
To refrain from wrongdoing or sin.

طَهَّرَverb

1.
to purify (with water)both
To cleanse something with water.
2.
to cleanseboth
To make something pure or free from impurity.
3.
to removeclassical
To move something away; to distance it.

الطُّهْرَةnoun

1.
purificationclassical
The act or process of purification.

المِطْهَرَةnoun

1.
purification vesselclassical
A container used for purification.
2.
water skinclassical
A container for water, often a leather bag.
3.
purification roomclassical
A place or room where purification takes place.

الطَّهُورnoun

1.
purification (source)both
The source or act of purification; the masdar.
2.
purifying agentboth
That which is used for purification, especially water.
3.
pure and purifyingclassical
Describing something that is inherently pure and also purifies others.

طَهْرَانname

1.
city nameclassical
A place name, referring to cities in Isfahan and Ray.

اِطَّهَرَverb

1.
to purify oneselfclassical
To cleanse oneself, especially ritually. This form is an assimilation of 'tatahhara'.

Parallel reading

الطهر، بالضم: نقيض النجاسة، كالطهارة

Purity, with damma, is the opposite of impurity, like cleanness.

فهو طاهر وطهر وطهير

So he is pure, pure, and purifying.

ج: أطهار وطهارى وطهرون

Plural: at-har, tahara, and tahirun.

والأطهار: أيام طهر المرأة

And al-at-har: the days of a woman's purity.

طهرت وطهرت: انقطع دمها، واغتسلت من الحيض وغيره، كتطهرت

She became pure and purified: her blood ceased, and she performed ghusl from menstruation and other things, like purifying herself.

وطهره بالماء: غسله به

And he purified it with water: he washed it with it.

والاسم: الطهرة، بالضم

And the noun: at-tuhrah, with damma.

والمطهرة، بالكسر والفتح: إناء يتطهر به، والإداوة، وبيت يتطهر فيه

And al-mit-harah, with kasra and fatha: a vessel one purifies oneself with, a water skin, and a house one purifies oneself in.

والطهور: المصدر، واسم ما يتطهر به، أو الطاهر المطهر

And at-tahur: the masdar, and the name of what one purifies oneself with, or the pure and purifying.

وطهره، كمنعه: أبعده

And he removed it, like 'man'a': he distanced it.

وطهران، بالكسر: ة بأصفهان، وة بالري

And Tahran, with kasra: a town in Isfahan, and a town in Ray.

والتطهر: التنزه والكف عن الإثم

And at-tatahhur: abstaining and refraining from sin.

واطهر اطهرا، أصله تطهر تطهرا أدغمت التاء في الطاء

And he purified himself, a purification; its origin is tatahhara tatahhuran, where the ta' was assimilated into the ta'.