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النمرة

Root entry · 31 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to spotted or striped patterns, often associated with the leopard. It extends to describe markings, specific animals, geographical locations, and abstract concepts like anger or a portion of clouds.

Derived headwords

النمرةnoun
  1. 1.
    spotboth

    A spot of any color.

  2. 2.
    small cloud fragmentclassical

    A small piece of cloud.

  3. 3.
    striped garmentclassical

    A garment with white and black stripes, or a woolen cloak worn by Bedouins.

أنمرadjective
  1. 1.
    spottedboth

    Having a white spot and another black one; also called نمراء (namrā').

الأنمرadjective
  1. 1.
    spotted (animal)both

    Describing horses and livestock that have markings like a leopard.

النمرnoun
  1. 1.
    leopardboth

    A large feline animal, named for the spots it possesses. Its plurals include أنمر, أنمار, نمر, نمر, نمّار, نمّارة, and نمورة.

  2. 2.
    fresh waterclassical

    Pure, sweet water.

  3. 3.
    noble lineageclassical

    High status or noble ancestry.

  4. 4.
    abundanceclassical

    A large quantity or abundance.

الناجِع من الماءadjective
  1. 1.
    effective waterclassical

    Water that is beneficial and effective, whether it is sweet or not.

النامرةnoun
  1. 1.
    wolf trapclassical

    A trap for a wolf, often involving a tethered sheep, or an iron device with hooks baited with meat.

النمرةnoun
  1. 1.
    wolf trapclassical

    A trap for a wolf, often involving a tethered sheep, or an iron device with hooks baited with meat.

النامورةnoun
  1. 1.
    wolf trapclassical

    A trap for a wolf, often involving a tethered sheep, or an iron device with hooks baited with meat.

النامورnoun
  1. 1.
    bloodclassical

    Blood.

نَمِرَverb
  1. 1.
    to be angryboth

    To become angry and have bad temper.

تنمرverb
  1. 1.
    to be angryboth

    To become angry and have bad temper.

  2. 2.
    to stretch voiceclassical

    To lengthen one's voice when threatening, resembling a leopard.

  3. 3.
    to changeclassical

    To change one's demeanor, often in anger or threat.

  4. 4.
    to threatenclassical

    To make a threat, as leopards are perceived to act menacingly.

نَمَرَ في الجبلverb
  1. 1.
    to ascend mountainclassical

    To climb up a mountain.

نمرةnoun
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name, possibly referring to a mountain or a specific location near Mecca.

عقيق نمرةname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A valley located in the land of Tabala.

ذو نمرname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A valley in Najd.

النمرname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A mountain belonging to the tribe of Sulaym.

النمرname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A valley belonging to the tribe of Jusham, or a place near Yamama.

النمارةname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place with a specific day associated with it, also used as a name.

نميرة بيدانname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A mountain or plateau between Najd and Basra, or two plateaus near Al-Haw'ab, referred to as نميرتان (numayratān).

أنمار بن نزارname
  1. 1.
    ancestor nameclassical

    An ancestor, also called 'Anmār al-shāh'.

النمرانيةname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name in Al-Ghutah.

النمر بن قاسطname
  1. 1.
    tribal ancestorclassical

    The progenitor of a tribe, to whom the nisba (نسبة) is النمري (al-Numayrī).

النمرname
  1. 1.
    poet nameclassical

    A name of a poet who lived during the time of the Prophet Muhammad.

نمير بن عامرname
  1. 1.
    tribal ancestorclassical

    The progenitor of a tribe.

نَمَر السحابverb
  1. 1.
    cloud spottedclassical

    For clouds to take on the color or pattern of a leopard.

نمراءadjective
  1. 1.
    spottedboth

    Having a white spot and another black one; used as an adjective.

الأنمارnoun
  1. 1.
    stripes on legsclassical

    Stripes on the legs of a wild bull.

نمرىname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place in the regions of Egypt.

نمرname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name in the lands of the Hudhayl tribe.

تنمر في الصوتverb
  1. 1.
    to stretch voiceclassical

    To lengthen one's voice when threatening, resembling a leopard.

نمرانname
  1. 1.
    given nameclassical

    A given name, derived from the root, often implying fierceness or anger.

Parallel reading

النمرة، بالضم: النكتة من أي لون كان.
Al-numrah (with dammah): A spot of any color.
والأنمر: ما فيه نمرة بيضاء وأخرى سوداء، وهي نمراء.
And al-anmar: that which has a white spot and another black one, and it is called namrā'.
والنمر، ككتف وبالكسر: سبع م، سمي للنمر التي فيه ج: أنمر وأنمار ونمر ونمر ونمار ونمارة ونمورة.
And al-namir, like 'katif' and with kasrah: a feline animal, named for the spots it has; its plurals are anmar, anmār, nimr, nimr, nammār, nammārah, and nammūrah.
والنمرة، كفرحة: القطعة الصغيرة من السحاب ج: نمر، والحبرة، وشملة فيها خطوط بيض وسود، أو بردة من صوف تلبسها الأعراب.
And al-numrah, like 'farhah': a small piece of cloud, its plural is nimr, and al-ḥabrah, and a garment with white and black stripes, or a woolen cloak worn by the Bedouins.
والنمر، كفرح وأمير: الزاكي من الماء، و من الحسب، والكثير، و من الماء: الناجع، عذبا كان أو غير عذب.
And al-namir, like 'fariḥ' and 'amīr': pure water, and noble lineage, and abundance, and from water: effective, whether sweet or not.
والنامرة والنمرة، كفرحة، والنامورة: مصيدة تربط فيها شاة للذئب، أو حديدة لها كلاليب، تجعل فيها لحمة، يصاد بها الذئب.
And al-nāmirah and al-numrah, like 'farhah', and al-nāmūrah: a trap tied with a sheep for the wolf, or an iron device with hooks, into which meat is placed, by which the wolf is hunted.
والنامور: الدم.
And al-nāmūr: blood.
ونمر، كفرح، وتنمر: غضب، وساء خلقه.
And namira, like 'fariḥ', and tanammara: became angry, and his disposition worsened.
ونمر في الجبل، كنصر: صعد.
And namara in the mountain, like 'naṣara': he ascended.
وعقيق نمرة: ع بأرض تبالة.
And 'Aqīq Numrah: a valley in the land of Tabala.
وذو نمر، ككتف: واد بنجد.
And Dhū Nimr, like 'katif': a valley in Najd.
وككتاب: جبل لسليم.
And like 'kitāb': a mountain belonging to Sulaym.
وكغراب: واد لجشم، أو ع بشق اليمامة.
And like 'ghurāb': a valley belonging to Jusham, or a valley in the region of Yamama.
والنمارة، كعمارة: ع له يوم، واسم.
And al-Nammārah, like 'ʿammārah': a place with a day for it, and a name.
ونميرة بيدان، كجهينة: جبل، أو هضبة بين نجد والبصرة، أو هضبتان قرب الحوأب، وهما نميرتان.
And Numayrah Baydān, like 'Juhaynah': a mountain, or a plateau between Najd and Basra, or two plateaus near Al-Haw'ab, and they are Numayratān.
وأنمار بن نزار، ويقال له: أنمار الشاة، وذكر في ح م ر.
And Anmār ibn Nizār, and he is called: Anmār al-shāh, and mentioned under H M R.
والنمرانية، بالضم: ة بالغوطة.
And Al-Numayrānīyah, with dammah: a place in Al-Ghutah.
والنمر بن قاسط، ككتف: أبو قبيلة، والنسبة: بفتح الميم، ومنه المثل: "اسق أخاك النمري يصطبح"، منهم: حاتم بن عبيد الله، والحافظ يوسف ابن عبد الله بن عبد البر.
And Al-Nimr ibn Qāsiṭ, like 'katif': the father of a tribe, and the nisba is with fatḥah on the mīm, and from it is the saying: 'Give your brother Al-Numayrī a drink, he will have breakfast', among them: Ḥātim ibn ʿUbayd Allāh, and Al-Ḥāfiẓ Yūsuf ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Barr.
والنمر، ككتف، ابن تولب، ويقال: النمر، بالفتح وبالكسر: شاعر مخضرم، لحق النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم.
And Al-Nimr, like 'katif', ibn Tulb, and it is said: Al-Nimr, with fatḥah and with kasrah: a contemporary poet, who met the Prophet, peace be upon him.
ونمير بن عامر، كزبير: أبو قبيلة.
And Numayr ibn ʿĀmir, like 'Zubayr': the father of a tribe.
ونمر السحاب، كفرح: صار على لون النمر.
And namara al-saḥāb, like 'fariḥ': became the color of a leopard.
وفي المثل: "أرنيها نمرة، أركها مطرة"، والقياس: نمراء، يضرب لما يتيقن وقوعه، إذا لاحت مخايله.
And in the proverb: 'Show it to me spotted, I will show it to you rainy', and the standard form is: namrā', used for something whose occurrence is certain, when its signs appear.
والأنمر من الخيل والنعم: ما على شية النمر.
And al-anmar of horses and livestock: that which has the markings of a leopard.
وأنمر: صادف ماء نميرا.
And anmara: he encountered pure water.
وتنمر: تمدد ms0641 في الصوت عند الوعيد، وتشبه بالنمر، و له: تنكر، وتغير، وأوعده، لأن النمر لا يلقى إلا متنكرا غضبان، وسموا: نمران، بالكسر.
And tanammara: stretched his voice when threatening, and resembled a leopard, and it means: he became unrecognizable, and changed, and threatened, because the leopard is only encountered disguised and angry, and they named (people): Namrān, with kasrah.
والأنمار: خطوط على قوائم الثور الوحشي.
And al-anmār: stripes on the legs of the wild bull.
ونمرى، كذكرى: ة من نواحي مصر.
And Numrā, like 'dhikrā': a place in the regions of Egypt.
ونمر، بالضم: ع ببلاد هذيل
And Numir, with dammah: a valley in the lands of Hudhayl.