الوذرة

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of cutting, a small piece, or a wound. It also extends to describe physical attributes like lips and scent, and is used metaphorically in insults and place names.

Derived headwords

الوذرةnoun

1.
small piece of meatboth
A small piece of meat, specifically one without a bone, or a piece cut across its width.
2.
woundclassical
A wound, or the act of cutting.
3.
virginityclassical
A woman's virginity, or its loss through defloration.

وذرهverb

1.
to cutboth
To cut a piece of meat or flesh.
2.
to woundclassical
To inflict a wound.
3.
to lose virginityclassical
To deflower a woman.

وذرnoun

1.
piecesclassical
Plural of 'wadhirah', referring to pieces of meat or wounds.

الوذرتانnoun

1.
lipsclassical
The two lips, referring to the labia or mouth.

وذرverb

1.
to leaveboth
To leave something or someone, to let go.

يذرverb

1.
he leavesboth
Present tense of 'wadhara', meaning he leaves or lets go.

تركاnoun

1.
leavingclassical
The act of leaving or abandonment, used as a masdar for 'wadhara'.

وذرnoun

1.
smellyclassical
Describing a woman who is foul-smelling or has thick lips.

الوذارةnoun

1.
tailor's dummyclassical
A tailor's dummy or mannequin.

وذارname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, specifically mentioned as a town in Samarkand and Isfahan.

وذرnoun

1.
insultclassical
A term used in an insult, 'Ya ibn shamat al-wadhar', referring metaphorically to male genitalia.

وذرname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, specifically mentioned as a town in Akshuna, Andalusia.

Parallel reading

الوذرة من اللحم: القطعة الصغيرة لاعظم فيها

Al-wadhirah of meat: the small piece without a bone in it.

أو ماقطع منه مجتمعا عرضا

Or what is cut from it, gathered widthwise.

وبظارة المرأة ج: وذر

And the virginity of a woman, its plural is 'wadhar'.

وذره، كوعده: قطعه، وجرحه

Wadharahu, like wa'adahu: he cut it, and he wounded it.

والوذرة: بضعها، وقطعها، كوذرها

And al-wadhirah: her virginity, and its loss, like its cutting.

والوذرتان: الشفتان

And al-wadhiratan: the two lips.

والوذرة، كفرحة: الكثيرة الوذر

And al-wadhirah, like farhah: the one with much 'wadhar' (foul smell or thick lips).

والمرأة الكريهة الرائحة، أو الغليظة الشفة

And the woman who is foul-smelling, or thick-lipped.

ويا ابن شامة الوذر: قذف

And 'O son of the mole of 'wadhar': an accusation (of sexual misconduct).

وهي كناية عن المذاكير والكمر

And it is a metaphor for male genitalia and the groin.

وذره، أي: دعه، يذره تركا

Wadharahu, meaning: leave it, it leaves it, a leaving.

ولا تقل وذرا، وأصله وذره يذره، كوسعه يسعه

And do not say 'wadhara', and its origin is 'wadharahu yadharuhu', like 'wasa'ahu yasa'uhu' (he made it wide, it was wide).

لكن ما نطقوا بماضيه، ولابمصدره، ولا باسم الفاعل

But they did not use its past tense, nor its masdar, nor its active participle.

أو قيل: وذرته شاذا

Or it was said: 'wadharatuhu' is irregular.

وذرة: ع بأكشونية الأندلس

Wadhirah: a village in Akshuna, Andalusia.

والوذارة، بالضم: قوارة الخياط

And al-wadhara, with dammah: a tailor's dummy.

وذار، كسحاب: ة بسمرقند، وبأصبهان

Wadhar, like sahab: a town in Samarkand, and in Isfahan.