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الطرس

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to writing, erasing, and the physical medium of writing, such as a page or parchment. It also extends to concepts of refinement, selectivity, and a specific geographical location.

Derived headwords

الطَّرْسnoun
  1. 1.
    page, sheetboth

    A written page or sheet of paper or parchment.

  2. 2.
    erased writingclassical

    A page or document that has been erased and then written upon again.

أَطْرَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    pages, sheetsboth

    The plural of الطرس, referring to multiple pages or sheets.

طُرُوسnoun
  1. 1.
    pages, sheetsboth

    Another plural form of الطرس, referring to multiple pages or sheets.

طَرَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to erase, to obliterateboth

    To remove or wipe out writing from a surface.

تَطْرِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    blackening a doorclassical

    The act of blackening or darkening a door, possibly for decoration or protection.

  2. 2.
    rewriting over erased textclassical

    The act of writing again over text that has been erased.

تَطَرَّسَverb
  1. 1.
    to abstain from food and drinkclassical

    To refrain from eating and drinking, particularly good or pleasant things.

  2. 2.
    to be courteous, to avoidclassical

    To act with politeness or to deliberately avoid something.

المُتَطَرِّسadjective
  1. 1.
    refined, selectiveclassical

    One who is refined, discerning, or chooses the best.

طَرَسُوسname
  1. 1.
    Tarsusboth

    A fertile Islamic city, historically belonging to the Armenians, and later restored to Islamic rule in modern times.

Parallel reading

الطَّرْس، بالكسر: الصحيفة، أو التي محيت ثم كتبت
Al-Tars, with a kasra: the page, or that which was erased then written.
ج: أَطْرَاس و طُرُوس
Plural: atras and turus.
وَطَرَسَهُ كَضَرَبَهُ: مَحَاهُ
And Tarsahu, like Darabahu: erased it.
وَالتَّطْرِيسُ: تَسْوِيدُ البَابِ، وَإِعَادَةُ الكِتَابَةِ عَلَى المَكْتُوبِ
And Al-Tatrees: blackening the door, and rewriting over the written.
وَالتَّطَرُّسُ: أَنْ لَا تُطْعِمَ وَلَا تَشْرَبَ إِلَّا طَيِّبًا
And Al-Tatarrus: that you do not eat nor drink except good things.
وَعَنِ الشَّيْءِ: التَّكَرُّمُ عَنْهُ، وَالتَّجَنُّبُ
And from the thing: being courteous about it, and avoiding it.
وَالمُتَطَرِّسُ: المُتَأَنِّقُ المُخْتَارُ
And Al-Mutatarris: the refined, the chosen.
وَطَرَسُوس، كَحَلَزُون: د إِسْلَامِيٌّ مُخْصِبٌ، كَانَ لِلْأَرْمَنِ، ثُمَّ أُعِيدَ لِلْإِسْلَامِ فِي عَصْرِنَا
And Tarsus, like Halazun: a fertile Islamic city, it was for the Armenians, then it was returned to Islam in our era.