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الغطرس

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns arrogance, haughtiness, and oppressive pride. It extends to actions associated with such attitudes, like swaggering, injustice, and even anger or stinginess.

Derived headwords

الغطرسnoun
  1. 1.
    oppressorclassical

    A person who is unjust and arrogant.

الغطريسnoun
  1. 1.
    oppressorclassical

    A person who is unjust and arrogant.

غطارسnoun
  1. 1.
    oppressorsclassical

    Plural of the one who is unjust and arrogant.

غطاريسnoun
  1. 1.
    oppressorsclassical

    Plural of the one who is unjust and arrogant.

الغطرسةnoun
  1. 1.
    arroganceboth

    Self-admiration and haughtiness.

  2. 2.
    overbearingboth

    Acting superior and condescending towards peers.

  3. 3.
    prideboth

    An excessive sense of self-importance and superiority.

غطرسهverb
  1. 1.
    to angerclassical

    To cause someone to become angry.

تغطرسverb
  1. 1.
    to swaggerboth

    To walk with a proud, arrogant, and ostentatious gait.

  2. 2.
    to be arrogantboth

    To behave in a haughty and self-important manner.

  3. 3.
    to be stingyclassical

    To be miserly or unwilling to spend money.

  4. 4.
    to act unjustlyclassical

    To deviate from the right path or behave oppressively.

Parallel reading

الغطرس والغطريس، بكسرهما: الظالم المتكبر
Al-ghatris and al-ghatris, with their kasra: the unjust, the arrogant.
ج: غطارس وغطاريس.
Plural: ghaṭāris and ghaṭārīs.
والغطرسة: الإعجاب بالنفس، والتطاول على الأقران، والتكبر.
And al-ghatrasah: self-admiration, acting superior to peers, and arrogance.
وغطرسه: أغضبه.
And ghaṭrasahu: it angered him.
وتغطرس: تغضب، و في مشيته: تبختر، وتعسف الطريق، وبخل.
And taghaṭrasa: to be angry, and in his walk: to swagger, to take an unjust path, and to be stingy.