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نتر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

The root نتر (n-t-r) primarily relates to a forceful or abrupt pulling or tearing action, often with a sense of harshness or roughness. It extends to meanings of corruption, destruction, and a sharp, cutting quality.

Derived headwords

نَتَرَverb
  1. 1.
    a pull with harshnessboth

    a pull with harshness

  2. 2.
    he pulled his penis (after urinating)both

    he pulled his penis (after urinating)

  3. 3.
    he pulled out the thingboth

    he pulled out the thing

نَتْرnoun
  1. 1.
    a pull with harshnessboth

    a pull with harshness

  2. 2.
    he pulled his penis (after urinating)both

    he pulled his penis (after urinating)

  3. 3.
    he pulled out the thingboth

    he pulled out the thing

وفى الحديث: " فلينتر ذكره ثلاث نترات "، يعنى بعد البول — And in the hadith: " Let him shake his penis three times (with a pulling motion) ", meaning after urination.
ناتِرَةadjective
  1. 1.
    cutting, sharpclassical

    Describing something that cuts or tears, often due to its hardness or sharpness, like a bowstring that snaps its string.

قوس ناترة: تقطع وترها لصلابتها — A nātirah bow: one whose string it snaps due to its hardness.

Parallel reading

النتر: جذب في جفوة.
An-natr: pulling with harshness.
وفى الحديث: " فلينتر ذكره ثلاث نترات "، يعنى بعد البول.
And in the hadith: " Let him shake his penis three times (with a pulling motion) ", meaning after urination.
والطعن النتر، مثل الخلس.
And an-natr stabbing, like a snatch.
وقوس ناترة: تقطع وترها لصلابتها.
A nātirah bow: one whose string it snaps due to its hardness.
قال الشاعر (4) : قطوف برجل كالقسى النواتر (5)
And the poet said: Moving with a leg like snapping bows.
والنتر بالتحريك: الفساد والضياع.
And an-natr (with harakat): corruption and ruin.
واعلم بأن ذا الجلال قد قدر * في الكتب الاولى التى كان سطر * أمرك هذا فاجتنب منه النتر
And know that the One of Majesty has decreed * in the first books which He inscribed * this command of yours, so avoid from it corruption.