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حتر

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of giving or providing, often in small amounts. It also extends to meanings of securing, sufficiency, and experiencing something, particularly food.

Derived headwords

حَتْرnoun
  1. 1.
    small giftclassical

    A small, modest gift or donation.

حَتَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to give a littleclassical

    To give a small amount of something, a modest gift.

أَحْتَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to give a littleclassical

    To give a small amount, synonymous with 'حترت له شيئا'.

  2. 2.
    to secureclassical

    To make something firm or secure, like a knot.

حَتْرًاnoun
  1. 1.
    giving a littleclassical

    The act of giving a small amount or a modest gift.

أَقَلَّverb
  1. 1.
    someone else made it littleboth

    someone else made it little

  2. 2.
    he became poorboth

    he became poor

  3. 3.
    he was able to carry the jarboth

    he was able to carry the jar

أَحْتَرَتْverb
  1. 1.
    she gave a littleclassical

    Past tense verb indicating she provided a small amount.

أَقَلَّتْverb
  1. 1.
    she gave a littleclassical

    Past tense verb indicating she provided a small amount.

أَحْتَرَتْ العُقْدَةَverb
  1. 1.
    she secured the knotclassical

    The act of making a knot firm and secure.

الحِتَارnoun
  1. 1.
    sufficiencyclassical

    That which is enough; sufficiency.

حِتَارُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    its surroundingclassical

    Anything that surrounds and encircles something.

حَتَرٌnoun
  1. 1.
    surroundingsclassical

    Plural of 'حِتَار', referring to things that surround or encircle.

حَتَرْتُ البَيْتَverb
  1. 1.
    I raised the tent baseclassical

    To raise the lower part of a tent from the ground to create a covering.

الحُتْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a feastclassical

    A feast or banquet, specifically a wedding feast.

حَتَرَ لَنَاverb
  1. 1.
    he feasted for usclassical

    To hold a feast or banquet for someone.

مَا حَتَرْتُ اليَوْمَ شَيْئًاverb
  1. 1.
    I tasted nothing todayclassical

    An expression meaning one has not eaten or tasted anything.

الحَتْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a single suckleclassical

    A single instance of suckling or nursing.

Parallel reading

العطية اليسيرة
A small gift.
حترت له شيئا أحتر حترا
I gave him something, I give him something, giving a little.
فإذا قالوا أقل وأحتر قالوه بالألف
And if they say 'aqalla' and 'ahtara', they say it with alif.
وأم عيال قد شهدت تقوتهم * إذا أطعمتهم أحترت وأقلت
And a mother of children whose sustenance I have witnessed; when she fed them, she gave a little and gave a little.
وأحترت العقدة: أحكمتها
And 'ahtara al-'uqdah': she secured the knot.
والحتار: الكفاف
And 'al-hitar': sufficiency.
وكل ما أحاط بالشئ واستداربه فهو حتاره وكفافه
And everything that surrounds a thing and encircles it is its 'hitara' and its sufficiency.
يقال: حترت البيت حترا، وذلك إذا ارتفع أسفل الخباء عن الارض وقلص فوصلت به ما يكون سترا
It is said: 'hatartu al-bayt hatran', and that is when the lower part of the tent is raised from the ground and gathered, so you connect to it what serves as a covering.
والحترة، بالضم: الوكيرة
And 'al-hutrah', with dammah: a feast.
يقال: حتر لنا، أي وكر لنا
It is said: 'hatara lana', meaning 'he feasted for us'.
وماحترت اليوم شيئا، أي ما ذقت
And I have not 'hatartu' today anything, meaning I have not tasted.
والحترة، بالفتح: الرضعة الواحدة
And 'al-hatrah', with fatha: a single suckle.