عصفر

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the color yellow or saffron, and by extension, things that are yellow or dyed with saffron. It also extends to specific objects and creatures that share this characteristic or are named after it, such as a type of bird, anatomical features, and parts of a saddle.

Derived headwords

العصفرnoun

1.
Saffron dyeboth
A dye, typically yellow or reddish-yellow, derived from the safflower plant.
2.
Yellow colorboth
The color yellow, often associated with saffron.

عصفّرverb

1.
dyeboth
dye
2.
he dyed the garment with safflowerboth
he dyed the garment with safflower

وقد عصفرت الثوب فتعصفر — I dyed the garment with saffron, and it became dyed.

تعصفرverb

1.
it became dyed with safflowerboth
it became dyed with safflower

وقد عصفرت الثوب فتعصفر — I dyed the garment with saffron, and it became dyed.

العصفورnoun

1.
Birdboth
A small bird, commonly known as a sparrow or similar small avian creature.
2.
Bony prominenceclassical
A prominent bone on the forehead of a horse; there are two such prominences, one on the right and one on the left.
3.
Part of the brainclassical
A piece of the brain, appearing as if detached, with a membrane separating it.

عصفورةnoun

1.
the femaleboth
the female

عصافير القتبnoun

1.
Saddle frame partsclassical
The crossbars or supports of a saddle frame (Qatab), specifically four wooden pegs placed between the curves of the saddle frame, secured with straps or camel hide.

عصفور إلا كافnoun

1.
Saddle crossbarclassical
A piece of wood forming a crossbar between the front parts of a saddle frame, likely a variant or related term to 'عصافير القتب'.

عصافير المنذرnoun

1.
Royal swift camelsclassical
A type of swift female camels belonging to kings, specifically mentioned in relation to Al-Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir.

Parallel reading

العصفر: صبغ.

Al-'Usfur: dye.

وقد عصفرت الثوب فتعصفر.

And I dyed the garment with saffron, and it became dyed.

والعصفور: طائر، والأنثى عصفورة.

And the 'usfur: a bird, and the female is 'usfura.

والعصفور: عظم ناتئ في جبين الفرس، وهما عصفوران يمنة ويسرة.

And the 'usfur: a prominent bone on the forehead of a horse, and they are two 'usfurs, right and left.

والعصفور: قطعة من الدماغ، كأنه بائن منه، وبينهما جليدة.

And the 'usfur: a piece of the brain, as if detached from it, with a membrane between them.

وعصافير القتب: عراصيفها، مقلوبة منها، وهي أربعة أوتاد يجعلن بين رءوس أحناء القتب، في رأس كل حنو وتدان مشدودان بالعقب أو بجلود الإبل.

And the 'asafir of the qatab: its crossbars, a reversal from it, which are four pegs placed between the heads of the curves of the qatab, at the head of each curve are two pegs tied with straps or camel hides.

وعصفور إلا كاف: عرصوفه، على القلب، وهو قعطة خشب، مشدود بين الحنوين المقدمين.

And 'usfur illa kaf: its 'arsuf, inverted, which is a piece of wood, tied between the two front curves.

" قد حرمت المدينة أن تعضد أو تخبط إلا لعصفور قتب، أو مسد محالة، أو عصا حديدة ".

"The city is forbidden to be pruned or broken except for a qatab's 'usfur, or a pulley's rope, or an iron staff."

وعصافير المنذر: إبل كانت للملوك نجائب.

And the 'asafir of al-Mundhir: swift camels that belonged to kings.

فما حسدت أحدا حسدي للنابغة حين أمر له النعمان بن المنذر بمائة ناقة بريشها من نوق عصافيره، وجام وآنية من فضة.

So I envied no one more than I envied Al-Nābighah when Al-Nu'mān ibn Al-Mundhir ordered for him one hundred she-camels with their trappings from his 'asafir camels, and a goblet and vessels of silver.