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مغر

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the color red, specifically a reddish-brown or ochre. It also extends to concepts of rapid movement, and in a specific context, to a ewe producing bloody milk.

Derived headwords

المَغَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    red ochreboth

    Reddish clay or earth, used as a pigment. It can be pronounced with or without vowel movement on the final letter.

الأَمْغَرadjective
  1. 1.
    reddish-brownboth

    Describing hair or skin that is reddish-brown, resembling the color of ochre.

  2. 2.
    reddish-brown horseclassical

    A type of horse whose coat is a shade of reddish-brown, with a color that is somewhat dull or muddy.

أمْغَرَتْverb
  1. 1.
    ewe produced bloody milkclassical

    Said of a ewe when blood comes out with its milk due to an illness.

مُمَغَارadjective
  1. 1.
    ewe with habitual bloody milkclassical

    A ewe that habitually produces bloody milk, implying a chronic condition.

مَغَرَverb
  1. 1.
    went quicklyclassical

    To travel through lands or regions with speed and haste.

مَغَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    red clayboth

    red clay

Parallel reading

المَغَرَة: الطين الأحمر، وقد يحرك.
Al-magrah: the red clay, and it may be pronounced with vowel movement.
والامغر: الاحمر الشعر والجلد، على لون المغرة.
And al-amghar: is red in hair and skin, in the color of ochre.
والأمغر من الخيل: نحو من الأشقر، وهو الذي شقرته تعلوها مغرة، أي كدرة.
And al-amghar among horses: is akin to blond, which is one whose blondness is overlaid with a dullness, meaning a muddiness.
وأمغرت الشاة، إذا حلبت فخرج مع لبنها دم من داء بها، فإن كان ذلك من عادتها فهي ممغار.
And the ewe became amghar, if it was milked and blood came out with its milk from an illness it had; if that was its habit, then it is mumghar.
ابن السكيت: يقال مغر في البلاد، إذا ذهب فأسرع.
Ibn al-Sikkit said: It is said 'he magara in the lands', if he went and hastened.
ورأيته يمغر به بعيره.
And I saw him making his camel magara (go quickly).
وقال أبو صاعد: مغرت في الأرض مغرة من مطر، وهى مطرة صالحة.
And Abu Sa'id said: 'Magarat in the land magarah of rain', and it is a good rainfall.