عثر

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root عثر primarily relates to stumbling, falling, or encountering something unexpectedly. It extends to meanings of finding, discovering, and also to negative concepts like ruin, falsehood, and punishment. The root also encompasses terms for dust, windstorms, and specific locations.

Derived headwords

عَثَرَverb

1.
to stumbleboth
To trip and lose one's balance, often due to an obstacle.
2.
to fallboth
To fall down, often as a consequence of stumbling.
3.
to findboth
To discover or come across something.
4.
to failclassical
To be unsuccessful or to fall short.
5.
to lieclassical
To utter falsehoods.

عثر، كضرب وعلم وكرم، عثرا وعثيرا وعثارا وتعثر: كبا — He stumbled, as in 'daraba', 'alima', and 'karuma', with the masdars 'athran', 'atheeran', 'uthāran', and 'ta'aththur': to trip.

تَعَثَّرَverb

1.
to stumbleboth
To trip and lose one's balance.
2.
to falterclassical
To hesitate or waver, especially in speech or action.

تعثر: كبا — To stumble: to trip.

أَعْثَرَهُverb

1.
to make stumbleboth
To cause someone to stumble or fall.
2.
to informclassical
To make someone aware of something or to inform them.

وأعثره وعثره فيهما — And He made him stumble, and He stumbled him in them.

العَاثُورnoun

1.
pitfallclassical
A trap or a hidden danger in the ground, designed to make someone fall.
2.
ruinclassical
Destruction or a state of being ruined.
3.
evilclassical
Wickedness or a source of harm.
4.
wellclassical
A deep hole dug in the ground to obtain water.

والعاثور: المهلكة من الأرضين، والشر، كالعثار، وما أعد ليقع فيه أحد، والبئر — And the 'āthūr: a destructive place on earth, and evil, like 'ithār, and what is prepared for someone to fall into, and a well.

العُثُورnoun

1.
discoveryboth
The act of finding or coming across something.
2.
findingboth
The state of having found something.

والعثور: الاطلاع، كالعثر — And al-'uthūr: finding out, like al-'athr.

العَثَرnoun

1.
stumblingclassical
The act of tripping or stumbling.
2.
falsehoodclassical
A lie or untruth.
3.
punishmentclassical
A penalty or retribution for wrongdoing.

والعثر، بالضم: العقاب، والكذب، ويحرك — And al-'athr, with damma: punishment, and lying, and it is vocalized.

العَثِيرnoun

1.
dustboth
Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter.
2.
dust stormboth
A strong wind carrying a dense cloud of dust.
3.
mudclassical
Soft, sticky earth or mud.
4.
hidden traceclassical
A faint or obscure sign or track.

والعثير، كحذيم: التراب، والعجاج، وما قلبت من الطين بأطراف رجليك، والأثر الخفي، كالعيثر، بتقديم المثناة التحتية وفتح العين فيهما — And al-'atheer, like 'hudhaym: dust, and dust storms, and what you churned up of mud with the tips of your feet, and the hidden trace, like al-'aythar, with the ta' preceding the ya' and the 'ayn being fathah in both.

العَيْثَرnoun

1.
hidden traceclassical
A faint or obscure sign or track.

والأثر الخفي، كالعيثر، بتقديم المثناة التحتية وفتح العين فيهما — And the hidden trace, like al-'aythar, with the ta' preceding the ya' and the 'ayn being fathah in both.

العَثَرِيّadjective

1.
rain-fedboth
Watered by rain, referring to plants or land.
2.
indifferentclassical
Not concerned about worldly or religious matters.

والعثري: ما سقته السماء، كالعثر، والذي لا يكون في طلب دنيا ولا آخرة، وقد تشدد ثاؤه المثلثة، والصواب: تخفيفها — And al-'uthriyy: what is watered by the sky, like al-'athr, and that which is not seeking worldly or otherworldly gain, and its thaa' is often doubled, but the correct pronunciation is with it un-doubled.

عَثِيرnoun

1.
lion's denclassical
A place where lions live or a place of great danger.

وكبقم: مأسدة — And like 'baqam': a lion's den.

عَثِيرnoun

1.
city in Yemenclassical
A place name, specifically a city located in Yemen.

وكبحر: د باليمن — And like 'baHr': a city in Yemen.

عُثَيْرnoun

1.
valleyclassical
A low area of land between hills or mountains.

وكسكارى، بالضم: واد — And like 'sakārā', with damma: a valley.

عَثَّرَ الشيءverb

1.
to identifyclassical
To recognize or determine the identity of something.
2.
to pinpointclassical
To locate or specify something precisely.

وعثير الشيء: عينه، وشخصه — And 'athara the thing: to identify it, to pinpoint it.

عَثْرَةnoun

1.
place nameclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific location, mentioned in hadith.

وعثرة، كزنخة، في الحديث: اسم أرض، وتقدم في خ ض ر — And 'Athrah, like 'zankhah', in the hadith: the name of a land, and it was previously mentioned under the root Kh-D-R.

أَعْثَرَ به عند السلطانverb phrase

1.
to slanderclassical
To speak maliciously and falsely about someone to an authority figure.
2.
to defameclassical
To damage the good reputation of someone by stating false information.

وأعثر به عند السلطان: قدح فيه — And to make him stumble before the Sultan: to slander him.

عَيْثَرname

1.
Ibn al-Qasimclassical
A male given name, specifically referring to Ibn al-Qasim, a hadith narrator.

وعيثر، كحيدر، ابن القاسم: محدث — And 'Aythar, like 'Haydar', Ibn al-Qasim: a traditionist.

عُثْرَانname

1.
proper nameclassical
A given name or a proper noun.

وعثران، بالكسر وكزبير وأمير وحذيم: أسماء — And 'Uthran, with kasr and like 'Zubayr', 'Amir', and 'Hudhaym': names.

Parallel reading

عثر، كضرب وعلم وكرم، عثرا وعثيرا وعثارا وتعثر: كبا

He stumbled, as in 'daraba', 'alima', and 'karuma', with the masdars 'athran', 'atheeran', 'uthāran', and 'ta'aththur': to trip.

وأعثره وعثره فيهما

And He made him stumble, and He stumbled him in them.

والعاثور: المهلكة من الأرضين، والشر، كالعثار، وما أعد ليقع فيه أحد، والبئر

And the 'āthūr: a destructive place on earth, and evil, like 'ithār, and what is prepared for someone to fall into, and a well.

والعثور: الاطلاع، كالعثر

And al-'uthūr: finding out, like al-'athr.

وأعثره: أطلعه

And He made him aware: He informed him.

وعثر: كذب

And he stumbled: he lied.

والعثير، كحذيم: التراب، والعجاج، وما قلبت من الطين بأطراف رجليك، والأثر الخفي، كالعيثر، بتقديم المثناة التحتية وفتح العين فيهما

And al-'atheer, like 'hudhaym: dust, and dust storms, and what you churned up of mud with the tips of your feet, and the hidden trace, like al-'aythar, with the ta' preceding the ya' and the 'ayn being fathah in both.

وعيثر الطير: رآها جارية فزجرها

And 'aythara the bird: he saw it flying and shooed it away.

والعثر، بالضم: العقاب، والكذب، ويحرك

And al-'athr, with damma: punishment, and lying, and it is vocalized.

والعثري: ما سقته السماء، كالعثر، والذي لا يكون في طلب دنيا ولا آخرة، وقد تشدد ثاؤه المثلثة، والصواب: تخفيفها

And al-'uthriyy: what is watered by the sky, like al-'athr, and that which is not seeking worldly or otherworldly gain, and its thaa' is often doubled, but the correct pronunciation is with it un-doubled.

وكبقم: مأسدة

And like 'baqam': a lion's den.

وكبحر: د باليمن

And like 'baHr': a city in Yemen.

وكسكارى، بالضم: واد

And like 'sakārā', with damma: a valley.

وعثير الشيء: عينه، وشخصه

And 'athara the thing: to identify it, to pinpoint it.

وعثرة، كزنخة، في الحديث: اسم أرض، وتقدم في خ ض ر

And 'Athrah, like 'zankhah', in the hadith: the name of a land, and it was previously mentioned under the root Kh-D-R.

وأعثر به عند السلطان: قدح فيه

And to make him stumble before the Sultan: to slander him.

وعيثر، كحيدر، ابن القاسم: محدث

And 'Aythar, like 'Haydar', Ibn al-Qasim: a traditionist.

وعثران، بالكسر وكزبير وأمير وحذيم: أسماء

And 'Uthran, with kasr and like 'Zubayr', 'Amir', and 'Hudhaym': names.