ضبر

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

The root ضبر (ḍ-b-r) primarily relates to concepts of firmness, compactness, and gathering. It extends to meanings of a hard nut, a group of warriors, and the act of gathering or piling things up. It also describes a sturdy build and a horse's powerful leap.

Derived headwords

الضبرnoun

1.
Hard nutclassical
A hard, woody fruit, specifically referring to a type of wild nut, distinct from wild pomegranate.
2.
Group of warriorsclassical
A company or group of people, particularly a band of warriors preparing for an expedition.

ضبرverb

1.
To gather and leapclassical
Said of a horse when it gathers its legs and leaps forward powerfully.
2.
To pile upclassical
To stack or pile things up, such as stones.

ضبارةnoun

1.
Bundleboth
A collection or bundle, often used for books or documents.

ضبارةnoun

1.
Sturdy buildclassical
A description of someone or something as having a strong, well-built constitution or form.

مضبرadjective

1.
Sturdily builtclassical
Describing a horse or camel that is powerfully and compactly built.

ضبرnoun

1.
Leaping horseclassical
A horse that is a powerful leaper.

يضبرverb

1.
To pile upclassical
Present tense of piling or stacking things, especially stones.

ضبرverb

1.
To pile upclassical
Past tense of piling or stacking things, especially stones.

اضبارةnoun

1.
Bundleboth
A collection or bundle, particularly of books or documents; the plural is أضابير.

ضبرتverb

1.
To bundleclassical
Past tense verb meaning to make into a bundle or collection.

أضبرهاverb

1.
To bundleclassical
Present tense verb meaning to make into a bundle or collection.

ضبراnoun

1.
Piling upclassical
The act of piling or stacking things, especially stones.

أضابيرnoun

1.
Bundlesboth
Plural of اضبارة, meaning collections or bundles, especially of books.

Parallel reading

الضبر: جوز البر، وهو جوز صلب، وليس هو الرمان البري، لأن ذلك يسمى المظ.

Al-ḍabr: The wild nut, which is a hard nut, and it is not the wild pomegranate, because that is called al-maẓ.

والضبر أيضا: الجماعة يغزون.

And al-ḍabr also: a group that goes to war.

فبينما هم يومًا كذلك راعهم * ضبرٌ لباسهم القتير مؤلب

While they were thus one day, a group, their armor dusty, stirred them up.

وفلان ذو ضبارة، أي موثق الخلق.

And so-and-so is dhu ḍabārah, meaning of firm build.

وكذلك فرس مضبر الخلق، وناقة مضبرة الخلق.

And likewise a horse of sturdy build, and a camel of sturdy build.

ضبر الفرس، إذا جمع قوائمه ووثب.

The horse leaped, when it gathered its legs and sprang.

لقد سما ابن معمر حين اعتمر * مغزى بعيدًا من بعيد وضبر

Ibn Mu'ammar indeed rose high when he undertook a distant campaign from afar and gathered forces.

يقول: ارتفع قدره حين غزا موضعا بعيدا من الشام وجمع لذلك جيشا.

He means: his status rose when he campaigned in a distant place in Syria and gathered an army for it.

وفرس ضبر، مثال طمر، أي وثاب.

And a ḍabr horse, like ṭamr, meaning a leaper.

وضبر عليه الصخر يضبره، إذا نضده.

And he piled stones upon it, piling them, when he stacked them.

ترى شؤون رأسها العواردا * مضبورة إلى شبا حدائدا * ضبر براطيل إلى جلامدا

You see the streams of its head running sideways, piled up to the sharp edges, piled up in heaps against the rocks.

والاضبارة بالكسر: الإضمامة.

And al-iḍbārah (with kasra): the bundle.

يقال: جاء فلان بإضبارة من كتب، وهي الأضابير.

It is said: So-and-so came with a bundle of books, and they are al-aḍābīr.

وقد ضبرت الكتب أضبرها ضبرا، إذا جعلتها إضبارة، عن ابن السكيت.

And the books were bundled, they are bundled, with bundling, when you make them into a bundle, according to Ibn al-Sikkit.