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صقر

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to birds of prey, specifically falcons, and by extension, things associated with them or their characteristics. It also extends to meanings related to intense heat, sourness, and specific types of dates or date products.

Derived headwords

الصَّقْرnoun
  1. 1.
    the bird used for hunting (falcon)both

    the bird used for hunting (falcon)

  2. 2.
    date syrup according to the people of Medinaboth

    date syrup according to the people of Medina

صَقَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Intensity of sunboth

    The intensity of the sun's heat or impact.

صَقَرَتْهُ الشَّمْسُverb
  1. 1.
    Sun beat down onboth

    The sun intensely beat down on someone or something.

صَقْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Sournessclassical

    A sour taste or quality, specifically referring to milk.

صَقْرnoun
  1. 1.
    Intensity of sunboth

    The intensity of the sun's heat or impact.

صَقْرverb
  1. 1.
    To break stonesclassical

    To break stones using a large pickaxe.

المُصَقَّرadjective
  1. 1.
    Hardened (dates)classical

    Refers to hardened dates onto which date syrup is poured to soften them.

صَقْرnoun
  1. 1.
    Date syrupclassical

    Date syrup, specifically the type suitable for making syrup.

الصَّاقُورnoun
  1. 1.
    Large pickaxeclassical

    A large, single-headed, slender pickaxe used for breaking stones.

صَقَرverb
  1. 1.
    To break stonesclassical

    To break stones using a large pickaxe.

Parallel reading

الصقر: الطائر الذي يصاد به.
The falcon: the bird with which one hunts.
والصقر أيضا: اللبن الشديد الحموضة.
And the falcon also: intensely sour milk.
يقال: جاءنا بصقرة تزوي الوجه، كما يقال: بصربة.
It is said: He brought us sour milk that puckers the face, just as it is said: with a sour substance.
والصقر أيضا: الدبس عند أهل المدينة.
And the falcon also: date syrup among the people of Medina.
يقال: رطب صقر، للذي يصلح للدبس.
It is said: 'Sakr' dates, for those suitable for date syrup.
والمصقر من الرطب: المصلب يصب عليه الدبس ليلين.
And the hardened dates: the solidified ones onto which date syrup is poured to soften them.
أبو عمرو: الصاقور: الفأس العظيمة التي لها رأس واحد دقيق تكسر به الحجارة، وهو المعول أيضا.
Abu Amr: The large pickaxe: the great axe that has one slender head with which stones are broken, and it is also the pickaxe.
وقد صقرت الحجارة صقرا، إذا كسرتها بالصاقور.
And one has broken stones with a 'saqr', if you broke them with the large pickaxe.
والصقر والصقرة: شدة وقع الشمس.
And the falcon and the intensity of heat: the intensity of the sun's impact.
يقال: صقرته الشمس.
It is said: The sun beat down intensely on him.
إذا ذابت الشمس اتقى صقراتها * بأفنان مربوع الصريمة معبل
When the sun melts, he seeks refuge from its intensity * in the branches of the mid-sized, sap-laden desert shrub.