قطر

Root entry · 31 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of dripping, falling in drops, or flowing. It extends to related ideas like falling, moving quickly, and even metaphorical senses of falling into ruin or being struck down. It also encompasses geographical locations and specific substances.

Derived headwords

قَطَرَverb

1.
to dripboth
Water, tears, or other liquids fall in drops.
2.
to fallclassical
To descend or drop from a higher place.
3.
to goclassical
To move or proceed, often quickly.
4.
to strike downclassical
To cause someone to fall forcefully.
5.
to sewclassical
To stitch or mend a garment.

قطر الماء والدمع قطرا وقطورا — Water and tears dripped and dropped.

قَطَرٌnoun

1.
a dropboth
A small amount of liquid that has fallen or dripped.
2.
Qatarboth
A specific geographical region, a country in the Arabian Peninsula.
3.
copperclassical
Molten copper or an alloy made from it.
4.
brocadeclassical
A type of woven fabric, possibly a patterned silk.

القطر: ما قطر — The drop: what has dripped.

قَطْرَةٌnoun

1.
a dropboth
A single small drop of liquid.
2.
a small amountboth
A tiny, insignificant, or worthless quantity.

القطرة: ما قطر من الشيء، والقليل من الماء — The drop: what dripped from something, and a little water.

أعطني منه قطرة وقطيرة — Give me a drop and a little bit of it.

قُطُورٌnoun

1.
drippingclassical
The act or state of dripping.
2.
flowingclassical
The movement of liquid.

قطر الماء والدمع قطرا وقطورا — Water and tears dripped and dropped.

قَطُورٌadjective

1.
drippingclassical
Describing clouds that are heavy with rain and about to drip.
2.
abundantclassical
Describing something that produces a lot of drops or rain.

وسحاب قطور ومقطار: كثير القطر — And clouds, qatur and miqtar: abundant in dripping (rain).

قَطَرَانٌnoun

1.
tarboth
A thick, dark, viscous liquid obtained from the distillation of wood, coal, or other organic materials.
2.
pitchclassical
A black, sticky substance used for waterproofing.

والقطران، بالفتح وبالكسر وكظربان: عصارة الأبهل والأرز ونحوهما — And al-qutran, with fatha, kasra, and like 'azraban: the extract of the abhal, cedar, and the like.

مَقْطُورٌadjective

1.
dripped uponclassical
Covered or treated with a liquid that has dripped.
2.
tarredclassical
Coated with tar or pitch.

وأرض مقطورة: ممطورة — And a land maqturah: rained upon.

والمقطور والمقطرن: المطلي به — And al-maqtur and al-muqatern: coated with it (tar).

اُسْتُقْطِرَverb

1.
to try to extractclassical
To attempt to cause a substance to drip or be extracted.

واستقطره: رام قطرانه — And istaqtara: he sought to extract its dripping.

أَقْطَرَverb

1.
to cause to dripclassical
To make something drip or fall in drops.
2.
to be time to dripclassical
The time has come for something to drip or be ready.
3.
to bring togetherclassical
To gather or arrange animals, like camels, in a line.

وقطره الله وأقطره وقطره — And God made it drip, and caused it to drip, and it dripped.

وأقطر: حان أن يقطر — And aqtar: it was time for it to drip.

قَطَّارَةٌnoun

1.
drippingsboth
The liquid that has dripped from something.
2.
a small amount of waterboth
A very little bit of water.

والقطارة، بالضم: ما قطر من الشيء، والقليل من الماء — And al-qattarah, with damma: what dripped from something, and a little water.

قَطَرَverb

1.
to dripclassical
Used in the context of anal passage.

وقطرت استه: مصلت — And his anus dripped: it passed stool.

قَطَرَانٌnoun

1.
tarclassical
The viscous substance derived from plants like abhal and cedar.

مُقَطَّرٌadjective

1.
tarredclassical
Coated with tar or pitch.

والمقطور والمقطرن: المطلي به — And al-maqtur and al-muqatern: coated with it (tar).

قُطْرِيٌّadjective

1.
of Qatarboth
Relating to the region of Qatar.
2.
copperclassical
Made of copper.
3.
brocadeclassical
A type of fine fabric, possibly silk.

وثياب قطرية، بالكسر على غير قياس — And qutriyyah garments, with kasra, irregularly.

قُطْرِيَّاتٌadjective

1.
swiftclassical
Describing fast-moving or excellent camels.

ونسائب قطريات، بالتحريك — And swift female camels, with haraka.

تَقَاطَرَverb

1.
to face each otherclassical
Describing regions or areas that are opposite or adjacent to each other.

والتقاطر: تقابل الأقطار — And taqatur: the facing of the regions.

قَطَّرَverb

1.
to dripboth
To cause something to drip, often repeatedly.
2.
to measure grainclassical
To weigh or measure a portion of grain and calculate the remainder.
3.
to throw ontoclassical
To cast or throw something onto a horse or other surface.

قطر ثوبه تقطيرا — He stitched his garment taqtiran.

وتقطرت المرأة، وبالتحريك: أن يزن الرجل جلة أو عدلا من حب، فيأخذ ما بقي على حساب ذلك، ولا يزنه، كالمقاطرة — And the woman taqattarat, and with haraka: a man weighs a large sack or a measure of grain, takes what remains based on that calculation, and does not weigh it, like muqatara.

تَقَطَّرَverb

1.
to dripboth
To fall in drops, often slowly or intermittently.
2.
to prepare for battleclassical
To get ready for combat, to brace oneself.
3.
to throw oneself downclassical
To leap or fall from a height.
4.
to split openclassical
Describing a trunk or log that splits apart.

وتقطر: تهيأ للقتال، ورمى بنفسه من علو — And taqattara: he prepared for battle, and threw himself from a height.

حَيَّةٌ قَطَارِيَّةٌadjective

1.
black snakeclassical
A black snake, or one that lives near palm trees, or from which venom drips profusely.

وَحَيَّةٌ قَطَارِيَّةٌ وَقَطَارِيٌّ، بِضَمِّهِمَا: سَوْدَاءُ، أَوْ تَأْوِي إِلَى جِذْعِ النَّخْلِ، أَوْ يَقْطُرُ مِنْهَا السَّمُّ لِكَثْرَتِهِ — And a qatariyyah and qatariyyah snake, with damma: black, or one that shelters by the trunk of a palm tree, or from which venom drips due to its abundance.

اِقْطَرَّverb

1.
to witherclassical
Describing plants that are fading and beginning to dry out.
2.
to become angryclassical
Describing a person who is enraged.
3.
to become frightenedclassical
Describing a female camel that becomes startled or agitated.

واقطار النبت اقطيرارا: ولى، وأخذ يجف. كاقطر اقطرارا — And the plant's iqtirara: it faded, and began to dry. Like iqtarra iqtirara.

والرجل: غضب — And the man: became angry.

اِقْطَرَّتْverb

1.
to become pregnantclassical
Describing a female camel that has conceived and shows signs of pregnancy.

أو اقطرت، فهي مقطرة: لقحت، فشالت بذنبها، وشمخت برأسها — Or iqtarrat, and she is muqattarah: she conceived, and lifted her tail, and held her head high.

قَطَرَverb

1.
to goclassical
To move swiftly or quickly.
2.
to bring togetherclassical
To arrange camels in a line or close formation.

قطر الإبل قطرا وقطرها وأقطرها: قرب بعضها إلى بعض على نسق — Qatara the camels qatran and qatarrha and aqtarha: brought them close to each other in a formation.

مَقْطَرَةٌnoun

1.
incense burnerboth
A vessel used for burning incense.
2.
stocksclassical
A wooden device with holes to confine the legs of prisoners.

والمقطرة: المجمرة، كالمقطر، بكسرهما، وخشبة فيها خروق على قدر سعة رجل المحبوسين — And al-maqtarah: the censer, like al-maqtar, with kasra for both, and a wooden board with holes sized for the legs of prisoners.

قَطَرَverb

1.
to goclassical
To move rapidly.
2.
to strike downclassical
To cause someone to fall forcefully.
3.
to sewclassical
To stitch or mend clothing.

وقطر قطورا: ذهب، وأسرع — And qatara quturan: he went, and hastened.

وفلانا: صرعه صرعة شديدة — And fulanan: he struck him down with a severe blow.

و الثوب: خاطه — And al-thawb: he sewed it.

مُقَطِّرٌnoun

1.
incense burnerclassical
A device for burning incense.

والمقطرة: المجمرة، كالمقطر، بكسرهما — And al-maqtarah: the censer, like al-maqtar, with kasra for both.

مُقْطَرٌّadjective

1.
angryclassical
Describing someone who is enraged or furious.

والمقطئر، كمطمئن: الغضبان — And al-muqtahir, like mutma'inn: the angry one.

قَاطِرٌnoun

1.
dragon's bloodclassical
A red resin obtained from certain plants, known as 'blood of the two brothers'.
2.
leaking camelclassical
A camel that constantly drips urine.
3.
gumclassical
Any gum or resin that drips.

والقاطر: دم الأخوين، وبعير لا يزال يقطر بوله، وكل صمغ يقطر — And al-qatir: the blood of the two brothers, a camel that constantly drips its urine, and every gum that drips.

قُطُورَاءٌnoun

1.
a plantclassical
A type of plant.

وقطوراء، بالمد: نبت — And qutura', with madd: a plant.

مُقَاطَرَةٌnoun

1.
measuring grainclassical
The act of weighing a portion of grain and calculating the remainder.
2.
going and comingclassical
The act of moving back and forth.

وأكراه مقاطرة، أي: ذاهبا وجائيا — And his compulsion muqatara, meaning: going and coming.

قُطْرِيَّةٌnoun

1.
regionclassical
A specific area or district, particularly in Yamama.

والقطرية: ناحية باليمامة — And al-qutriyyah: a district in Yamama.

قَطْرُونِيَةٌnoun

1.
a townclassical
A place name, a town in Roman territory.

وقطرونية، (مخففة) : د بالروم — And Qatruniyyah, (lightened) : a town in Roman territory.

Parallel reading

قطر الماء والدمع قطرا وقطورا، بالضم، وقطرانا، محركة، وقطره الله وأقطره وقطره.

Water and tears dripped and dropped, with damma, and qatrana, with haraka, and God made it drip, and caused it to drip, and it dripped.

والقطر: ما قطر، الواحدة قطرة ج: قطار، وع بين واسط والبصرة، وقطر، ود بين شيراز وكرمان.

And al-qutr: what has dripped, its singular is qatrah, and a place between Wasit and Basra, and a place, and a place between Shiraz and Kerman.

وسحاب قطور ومقطار: كثير القطر.

And clouds, qatur and miqtar: abundant in dripping (rain).

وأرض مقطورة: ممطورة.

And a land maqturah: rained upon.

واستقطره: رام قطرانه.

And istaqtara: he sought to extract its dripping.

وأقطر: حان أن يقطر.

And aqtar: it was time for it to drip.

والقطارة، بالضم: ما قطر من الشيء، والقليل من الماء.

And al-qattarah, with damma: what dripped from something, and a little water.

وقطرت استه: مصلت.

And his anus dripped: it passed stool.

والقطران، بالفتح وبالكسر وكظربان: عصارة الأبهل والأرز ونحوهما.

And al-qutran, with fatha, kasra, and like 'azraban: the extract of the abhal, cedar, and the like.

والمقطور والمقطرن: المطلي به.

And al-maqtur and al-muqatern: coated with it (tar).

والقطر، بالكسر: النحاس الذائب، أو ضرب منه، وضرب من البرود، كالقطرية.

And al-qutr, with kasra: molten copper, or a type of it, and a type of brocade, like al-qutriyyah.

وبذرت قطر أبي: أكلت ماله، وبالضم: الناحية ج: أقطار، والعود الذي يتبخر به.

And I sowed my father's qatr: I ate his wealth, and with damma: the region, pl. aqtar, and the wood used for incense.

وقطر ثوبه تقطيرا، وتقطرت المرأة، وبالتحريك: أن يزن الرجل جلة أو عدلا من حب، فيأخذ ما بقي على حساب ذلك، ولا يزنه، كالمقاطرة، ود بين القطيف وعمان.

He stitched his garment taqtiran, and the woman taqattarat, and with haraka: a man weighs a large sack or a measure of grain, takes what remains based on that calculation, and does not weigh it, like muqatara, and a place between Al-Qatif and Oman.

وثياب قطرية، بالكسر على غير قياس، ونجائب قطريات، بالتحريك.

And qutriyyah garments, with kasra, irregularly, and swift female camels, with haraka.

والتقاطر: تقابل الأقطار.

And taqatur: the facing of the regions.

وقطره على فرسه تقطيرا، وأقطره وتقطر به: ألقاه على قطره.

He stitched it onto his horse taqtiran, and aqtarahu and taqattara bihi: he threw him onto his side.

وتقطر: تهيأ للقتال، ورمى بنفسه من علو، والجذع: انجعف.

And taqattara: he prepared for battle, and threw himself from a height, and the trunk: split open.

وحية قطارية وقطاري، بضمهما: سوداء، أو تأوي إلى جذع النخل، أو يقطر منها السم لكثرته.

And a qatariyyah and qatariyyah snake, with damma: black, or one that shelters by the trunk of a palm tree, or from which venom drips due to its abundance.

واقطار النبت اقطيرارا: ولى، وأخذ يجف. كاقطر اقطرارا، والرجل: غضب، والناقة: نفرت.

And the plant's iqtirara: it faded, and began to dry. Like iqtarra iqtirara, and the man: became angry, and the she-camel: became frightened.

أو اقطرت، فهي مقطرة: لقحت، فشالت بذنبها، وشمخت برأسها.

Or iqtarrat, and she is muqattarah: she conceived, and lifted her tail, and held her head high.

وقطر الإبل قطرا وقطرها وأقطرها: قرب بعضها إلى بعض على نسق.

Qatara the camels qatran and qatarrha and aqtarha: brought them close to each other in a formation.

وجاءت الإبل قطارا، بالكسر، أي: مقطورة.

And the camels came qitaran, with kasra, meaning: arranged in a line.

والمقطرة: المجمرة، كالمقطر، بكسرهما، وخشبة فيها خروق على قدر سعة رجل المحبوسين.

And al-maqtarah: the censer, like al-maqtar, with kasra for both, and a wooden board with holes sized for the legs of prisoners.

وقطر قطورا: ذهب، وأسرع، وفلانا: صرعه صرعة شديدة، والثوب: خاطه.

And qatara quturan: he went, and hastened, and fulanan: he struck him down with a severe blow, and al-thawb: he sewed it.

وما أدري من قطره ومن قطر به، أي: أخذه.

And I do not know who took him and who took him with him, meaning: he took him.

والمقطئر، كمطمئن: الغضبان.

And al-muqtahir, like mutma'inn: the angry one.

والقاطر: دم الأخوين، وبعير لا يزال يقطر بوله، وكل صمغ يقطر.

And al-qatir: the blood of the two brothers, a camel that constantly drips its urine, and every gum that drips.

وقطوراء، بالمد: نبت.

And qutura', with madd: a plant.

ومري بن قطري، محركة: تابعي.

And Mary bin Qutri, with haraka: a Tabi'i (successor).

وقطري بن الفجاءة: شاعر.

And Qutri bin Al-Fajja'ah: a poet.

وأكراه مقاطرة، أي: ذاهبا وجائيا.

And his compulsion muqatara, meaning: going and coming.

والقطرة، بالضم: التافه اليسير الخسيس.

And al-qutrah, with damma: the trivial, little, base thing.

أعطني منه قطرة وقطيرة.

Give me a drop and a little bit of it.

وبه تقطير، أي: لم يستمسك بوله.

And he has taqtir, meaning: he cannot hold his urine.

وتقطر عنه: تخلف.

And taqattara 'anhu: he lagged behind.

والقطرية: ناحية باليمامة.

And al-qutriyyah: a district in Yamama.

وقطرونية، (مخففة) : د بالروم.

And Qatruniyyah, (lightened) : a town in Roman territory.