بطر

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns excessive joy, arrogance, and haughtiness, often stemming from prosperity or intoxication. It can also denote confusion, astonishment, or overburdening someone. Additionally, it relates to the act of splitting or dissecting, particularly in a medical context.

Derived headwords

البَطَرُnoun

1.
insolenceboth
insolence
2.
excessive merrimentboth
excessive merriment

بَطِرَverb

1.
To be arrogant, haughtyboth
To become excessively joyful, proud, and insolent, especially due to wealth or intoxication.
2.
To be confused, astonishedclassical
To be bewildered or stunned.

وقد بطر بالسكر يبطر — He became arrogant from intoxication.

أَبْطَرَverb

1.
money made him insolentboth
money made him insolent

وأبطره المال — And wealth made him arrogant.

وأبطره، أي أدهشه — And it astonished him, meaning it bewildered him.

وأبطرت فلانا ذرعه، إذا كلفته أكثر من طوقه — And you overburdened someone, if you tasked them with more than they could bear.

بَطَرَتْ عَيْشَتُكَphrase

1.
Your life has become spoiled/corruptclassical
An expression indicating that one's life has become characterized by arrogance, luxury, and a lack of proper guidance or contentment.

بَطَرَverb

1.
To split, to dissectclassical
To cut or split something open, particularly used in the context of surgical procedures.

بطرت الشئ أبطره بطرا: شققته — He split the thing, meaning he cut it open.

البَيْطَارُnoun

1.
Veterinarian, farrierboth
A physician or surgeon who treats animals, especially horses. The name derives from the act of splitting or dissecting.

المُبَيْطِرُnoun

1.
Veterinarian, farrierclassical
An alternative form for a veterinarian or animal surgeon, derived from the same root meaning to split or dissect.

يَبْطِرُverb

1.
To split, to dissectclassical
A less common conjugation for the verb meaning to split or dissect, used analogously to 'hazbara'.

وربما قالوا يبطر، مثال هزبر — And sometimes they say 'yabtar', similar to 'hazbara'.

البَيْطَرَةُnoun

1.
Veterinary medicine, farrieryboth
The practice or art of treating animals, particularly horses, involving dissection and surgery.

ومعالجته البيطرة — And his treatment of it was veterinary medicine.

بَطَرًاnoun

1.
In vain, fruitlesslyclassical
Used adverbially to describe something that is wasted, lost, or without consequence, like spilled blood.

وذهب دمه بطرا بالكسر، أي هدرا — And his blood was shed in vain, meaning fruitlessly.

Parallel reading

الأشر، وهو شدة المرح.

Arrogance, which is excessive joy.

وقد بطر بالسكر يبطر.

And he became arrogant from intoxication.

وأبطره المال.

And wealth made him arrogant.

يقال: بطرت عيشتك، كما قالوا: رشدت أمرك.

It is said: 'Your life has become spoiled', just as they said: 'Your affair has become righteous'.

والبطر أيضا: الحيرة والدهش.

And al-batar also means: confusion and astonishment.

وأبطره، أي أدهشه.

And it astonished him, meaning it bewildered him.

وأبطرت فلانا ذرعه، إذا كلفته أكثر من طوقه.

And you overburdened someone, if you tasked them with more than they could bear.

بطرت الشئ أبطره بطرا: شققته، ومنه سمى البيطار وهو المبيطر.

He split the thing, meaning he cut it open, and from this the veterinarian (al-baytar) is named, who is the animal surgeon (al-mubaytir).

شك الفريسة (1) بالمدرى فأنفذها * شك (2) المبيطر إذ يشفي من العضد

He pierced the prey with the probe and made it pass through * like the piercing of the veterinarian when he operates on the arm.

وربما قالوا يبطر، مثال هزبر.

And sometimes they say 'yabtar', similar to 'hazbara'.

شق البيطر مدرع الهمام (3) *

The veterinarian split the armor of the mighty.

يساقطها تترى بكل خميلة * كبزغ (4) البيطر الثقف (5) رهص الكوادن -

He makes them fall one after another in every thicket * like the incision of the skilled veterinarian testing the young mares -

ومعالجته البيطرة.

And his treatment of it was veterinary medicine.

وذهب دمه بطرا بالكسر، أي هدرا.

And his blood was shed in vain, meaning fruitlessly.