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ءشر

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of arrogance, insolence, and boastfulness. It also extends to meanings related to marking, cutting, or grooving, particularly with tools like saws, and can describe a state of being marked or grooved.

Derived headwords

الأشرnoun
  1. 1.
    insolence, wantonnessboth

    insolence, wantonness

أشرverb
  1. 1.
    insolent, wantonboth

    insolent, wanton

  2. 2.
    he sawed the wood with the sawboth

    he sawed the wood with the saw

  3. 3.
    the worst of peopleboth

    the worst of people

أشرadjective
  1. 1.
    insolent, wantonboth

    insolent, wanton

  2. 2.
    he sawed the wood with the sawboth

    he sawed the wood with the saw

  3. 3.
    the worst of peopleboth

    the worst of people

أشرانadjective
  1. 1.
    insolent, wantonboth

    insolent, wanton

أشارىadjective
  1. 1.
    plural of 'ashir'both

    plural of 'ashir'

مئشيرadjective
  1. 1.
    Fast-moving, swiftclassical

    Describing a she-camel or a horse that is fast-moving or swift, applicable to both male and female.

تأشيرnoun
  1. 1.
    notching and sharpening their edgesboth

    notching and sharpening their edges

مؤشرnoun
  1. 1.
    Marked, groovedclassical

    Something that is marked or grooved, specifically referring to the 'aj'al' (beetle) having marked or grooved forelegs.

أشرnoun
  1. 1.
    insolent, wantonboth

    insolent, wanton

  2. 2.
    he sawed the wood with the sawboth

    he sawed the wood with the saw

  3. 3.
    the worst of peopleboth

    the worst of people

أشورadjective
  1. 1.
    Marked, groovedclassical

    Describing something that has marks or grooves, like a sword.

أشرتverb
  1. 1.
    To saw, cut with a sawboth

    To cut or shape a piece of wood using a saw.

مئشارnoun
  1. 1.
    Sawboth

    A tool used for sawing or cutting wood.

ناشرnoun
  1. 1.
    active participle of nashara (one who lives after death)both

    active participle of nashara (one who lives after death)

آشرهadjective
  1. 1.
    Sawed, cutclassical

    Passive participle meaning 'sawed' or 'cut', used to describe something that has been processed by a saw.

Parallel reading

الأشر: البطر.
Arrogance: insolence.
وقد أشر بالكسر يأشر أشرا، فهو أشر وأشران.
And he was arrogant (with kasra), he is arrogant, arrogance, so he is arrogant and insolent.
وقوم أشارى مثل سكران وسكارى.
And a people 'ashara' like 'sakran' (drunk) and 'sakara' (drunkards).
وخلت وعولا أشارى بها * وقد أزهف الطعن أبطالها
And I thought of a mountain goat, arrogant with it, and the thrust of the spear had exhausted its heroes.
ومنه ناقة مئشير، وجواد مئشير، يستوي فيه المذكر والمؤنث.
And from this is a swift she-camel, and a swift horse; the masculine and feminine are equal in it.
وتأشير الأسنان: تحزيزها وتحديد أطرافها.
And the grooving of teeth: marking them and defining their edges.
والجعل مؤشر العضدين.
And the beetle is marked on its forelegs.
ويقال: بأسنانه أشر وأشر، مثال شطب السيف وشطبه، وأشور أيضا.
And it is said: his teeth have marks and grooves, like the marking and grooving of a sword, and also 'ashur'.
سبتك بمصقول ترف أشوره
You captivated me with a polished sword whose marks I admire.
أعييتني بأشرفكيف بدردر.
You exhausted me with your grooved teeth.
وأشرت الخشبة بالمئشار، مهموز.
And I sawed the wood with the saw, it is hamzated.
لقد عيل الايتام طعنة ناشره
The orphans have suffered from the thrust of the sawyer.
أنا شر لا زالت يمينك آشره
I am a sawyer; may your right hand remain sharp.
أي مأشورة، مثل عيشة راضية أي مرضية.
Meaning 'sawed', like 'a contented life' meaning 'a pleasing life'.