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الهيرة

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of ease, softness, and vastness, often applied to land, night, and water. It also encompasses terms for falsehood, deception, and things that are insubstantial or deceptive, like mirages and lies. Some derived terms refer to specific objects or creatures.

Derived headwords

الهيرةnoun
  1. 1.
    Easy landclassical

    Refers to land that is flat, smooth, and easy to traverse.

الهيرnoun
  1. 1.
    Nightclassical

    Refers to a portion of the night, with variations in pronunciation.

  2. 2.
    North windclassical

    A term for the wind blowing from the north.

الهترnoun
  1. 1.
    Idle talkclassical

    Refers to nonsensical or empty speech.

الهيرونnoun
  1. 1.
    Dates (type)classical

    A specific type of date fruit.

اليهيرnoun
  1. 1.
    Hard stoneclassical

    A very hard type of stone.

  2. 2.
    Pebblesclassical

    Stones that are roughly the size of a palm.

  3. 3.
    Large resinclassical

    A substantial amount of resin or gum.

  4. 4.
    Mirageclassical

    An optical illusion, often seen in deserts, that appears like water.

  5. 5.
    Stubbornnessclassical

    Persistence in argument or action, often to an unreasonable degree.

  6. 6.
    Lyingclassical

    The act of telling falsehoods.

  7. 7.
    Large rodentclassical

    A small animal that is larger than a rat.

  8. 8.
    Colocynthclassical

    The bitter apple, a plant with purgative properties.

  9. 9.
    Poisonclassical

    A substance that can cause death or illness.

  10. 10.
    Acacia gumclassical

    The gum secreted by the acacia tree.

  11. 11.
    Generous she-camelclassical

    A female camel whose milk flows abundantly.

اليهيرىnoun
  1. 1.
    Abundant waterclassical

    A large quantity of water.

  2. 2.
    Falsehoodclassical

    That which is untrue or deceptive.

  3. 3.
    Plant/Treeclassical

    A type of plant or tree, with variations in its metrical form.

هيرname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A location situated in the desert region.

الهيارnoun
  1. 1.
    That which collapsesclassical

    Something that falls down or collapses.

Parallel reading

الهيرة: الأرض السهلة.
Al-Hīrah: The easy land.
والهير من الليل بالكسر والفتح وكسيد: الهتر، وريح الشمال.
And Al-Hayr (with kasra or fatha and with kasid) of the night: idle talk, and the north wind.
والهيرون: تمر م.
And Al-Hayrūn: dates (a type).
واليهير: الحجر الصلب، أو حجارة أمثال الأكف، والصمغة الكبيرة، والسراب.
And Al-Yahīr: the hard stone, or stones like palms (in size), and the large resin, and the mirage.
ومننه: "أكذب من اليهير".
And from it: 'More lying than Al-Yahīr'.
واللجاجة، والكذب، ودويبة أعظم من الجرذ، والحنظل، والسم، وصمغ الطلح، وبهاء من النوق: التي يسيل لبنها كثرة.
And stubbornness, and lying, and a small animal larger than a rat, and the colocynth, and poison, and acacia gum, and a magnificent she-camel: one whose milk flows abundantly.
واليهيرى، مقصورا مشددا: الماء الكثير، والباطل، ونبات، أو شجر، زنته يفعلى أو فعيلى أو فعللى.
And Al-Yahīrī (shortened and stressed): abundant water, falsehood, and a plant, or a tree, its weight is yaf'alā or fa'īlā or fa'lalā.
وهير، بالكسر: ع بالبادية.
And Hayr (with kasra): a water source in the desert.
والهيار، كسحاب: الذي ينهار ويسقط.
And Al-Hayār (like Sahāb): that which collapses and falls.