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ذءر

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of inciting, provoking, or instigating someone against another. It also extends to meanings of becoming bold, defiant, or accustomed to something, and can describe a camel that rejects its young.

Derived headwords

أذأرverb
  1. 1.
    to inciteboth

    To incite a person against their companion, to make them hostile or eager to confront them.

إذارnoun
  1. 1.
    incitementclassical

    The act of inciting or provoking someone against another.

ذئرverb
  1. 1.
    to become boldboth

    To become bold or audacious towards someone, especially after being incited.

  2. 2.
    to be defiantboth

    To be defiant, refractory, or estranged, particularly women towards their husbands.

ذئرadjective
  1. 1.
    boldboth

    Describing someone who is bold, audacious, or defiant.

  2. 2.
    defiantboth

    Describing a woman who is defiant or estranged towards her husband.

امرأة ذئر على فاعل — a woman bold towards someone
ذئرواverb
  1. 1.
    they became defiantclassical

    They became defiant, estranged, or disapproving of something.

ذئرverb
  1. 1.
    to be estrangedclassical

    To be estranged from something, to dislike and turn away from it.

ذئرهverb
  1. 1.
    to dislikeclassical

    To dislike something and turn away from it.

مذائرadjective
  1. 1.
    rejecting its youngclassical

    Describing a she-camel that rejects its newborn offspring for a while, or one that nudges with its nose and whose affection is not genuine.

ذئر بالشئverb
  1. 1.
    to become accustomed toboth

    To become accustomed to something, to grow familiar and bold with it.

ضرىverb
  1. 1.
    with a kasra, ḍarāwa with a fatḥa: meaning he became accustomedboth

    with a kasra, ḍarāwa with a fatḥa: meaning he became accustomed

  2. 2.
    he became accustomed to such-and-such also, becoming accustomedboth

    he became accustomed to such-and-such also, becoming accustomed

Parallel reading

أذأرت الرجل بصاحبه إذآرا، أي حرشته وأولعته به.
I incited the man against his companion with incitement, meaning I provoked him and made him eager for him.
وقد ذئر عليه حين أذأرته، أي اجترأ عليه.
And he became bold against him when I incited him, meaning he dared to confront him.
" ذئر النساء على أزواجهن "
"Women are defiant towards their husbands"
يعني نفرن ونشزن واجترأن.
Meaning they are estranged, defiant, and audacious.
يقال منه: امرأة ذئر على فاعل، مثل الرجل
It is said from it: a woman bold towards someone, like a man.
ولقد أتانا (1) عن تميم أنهم * ذئروا لقتلى عامر وتغضبوا
And indeed, it has come to us from Tamim that they became defiant/estranged regarding the slain of Amir and became angry.
يعني نفروا من ذلك وأنكروه.
Meaning they were estranged from that and disapproved of it.
وإن شؤونك لذئرة.
And indeed, your affairs are difficult/troublesome.
وقد ذئره، أي كرهه وانصرف عنه.
And he disliked it, meaning he hated it and turned away from it.
وناقة مذائر: تنفر عن الولد ساعة تضعه، ويقال هي التي ترأم بأنفها ولا يصدق حبها.
And a rejecting she-camel: she rejects her young for an hour after giving birth, and it is said she is one who nudges with her nose and her love is not genuine.
وذئر بالشئ، أي ضرى به واعتاده.
And he became accustomed to the thing, meaning he grew familiar with it and used to it.