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القعبري

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes someone who is intensely stingy, ill-tempered, or harsh towards their family or associates. It also refers to a specific historical figure.

Derived headwords

القَعْبَرِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Intensely stingyboth

    Describes a person who is extremely miserly and unwilling to spend money.

  2. 2.
    Ill-temperedboth

    Refers to someone with a bad disposition, prone to anger or harshness.

  3. 3.
    Harsh towards family/associatesboth

    Specifically denotes someone who is severe or unkind to their household, companions, or tribe.

قَعْبَرٌname
  1. 1.
    Name of a Tabi'iclassical

    Refers to 'Alim ibn Qa'bar, a follower of the Prophet's companions.

قُعَيْرٌname
  1. 1.
    Misspellingclassical

    Indicates that 'Qu'ayr' is a textual error or misspelling, likely intended to be another name.

Parallel reading

القعبري، كجعبري: الشديد البخيل السيئ الخلق، أو الشديد على أهله أو صاحبه أو عشيرته.
Al-Qa'bari, like Ja'bari: the intensely stingy, ill-tempered one, or the one severe towards his family, his companion, or his tribe.
وعليم بن قعبر، كقنفذ: تابعي،
And 'Alim ibn Qa'bar, like Qunfudh: a Tabi'i (follower).
وقُعير، مصغرا، تصحيف.
And Qu'ayr, in diminutive form, is a misspelling.