اليعر

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns young goats, specifically male ones, and their characteristics. It also extends to sounds made by sheep or goats, and specific behaviors related to animal mating and stubbornness.

Derived headwords

الْيَعْرُnoun

1.
young male goatboth
A young male goat, especially one tied up near a predator's den (like a wolf or lion) or generally a young goat.
2.
plantclassical
A type of tree or shrub.
3.
mountainclassical
A mountain.

يَعِرَةnoun

1.
young male goatboth
A young male goat, similar to اليعر.

الْيَعَارُnoun

1.
bleating soundboth
The sound of sheep or goats, or a loud sound made by them.

يَعِرَverb

1.
to bleat loudlyboth
The verb form indicating the making of a loud sound, specifically by sheep or goats.

يَعِرُverb

1.
to bleat loudlyboth
The verb form indicating the making of a loud sound, specifically by sheep or goats.

الْيَعُورُnoun

1.
sheep that urinates on milkerclassical
A ewe that urinates on the person milking her, thus spoiling the milk.
2.
loud bleaterclassical
A female sheep or goat that bleats excessively.

يَعَارَةnoun

1.
mating postureclassical
A stallion's posture when approaching a mare, where he confronts her and makes her kneel.
2.
special mating accessclassical
A situation where a mare is not brought to the herd but is led to the stallion for mating, due to her high value or status.

Parallel reading

هو أذل من اليعر

He is more humiliated than the young male goat.

يعرت تيعر وتيعر، كيضرب ويمنع، يعارا

It (sheep/goat) bleated loudly, making a sound like 'ya'ir' or 'ta'ir', as in the verbs 'daraba' and 'mana'a', producing the sound 'ya'ara'.

واعترض الفحل الناقة يعارة، بالفتح: إذا عارضها فتنوخها

And the stallion approached the mare in the posture of 'ya'arah', meaning he confronted her and made her kneel.

أو اليعارة: أن لا تضرب مع الإبل، بل يقاد إليها الفحل لكرمها

Or 'al-ya'arah': is that she (the mare) is not brought to the herd, but the stallion is led to her because of her nobility.