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هصر

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of breaking or bending, particularly a branch. It extends to describe the forceful action of bending a branch towards oneself and is also used metaphorically for a lion.

Derived headwords

الهَصْرnoun
  1. 1.
    breakingboth

    The act of breaking something, often used in the context of a branch.

هَصَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to breakboth

    To break something, such as a branch.

  2. 2.
    to bend (a branch)both

    To take hold of the head of a branch and bend it towards oneself.

اهْتَصَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to breakboth

    To break something; this verb form is synonymous with هَصَرَ.

  2. 2.
    to bend (a branch)both

    To bend a branch towards oneself; synonymous with هَصَرَ.

الهَيْصَرnoun
  1. 1.
    lionclassical

    A name for a lion, indicating its strength and ferocity.

الهَيْصُورnoun
  1. 1.
    lionclassical

    Another name for a lion, similar to الهيصر.

الهِصَارnoun
  1. 1.
    lionclassical

    A further appellation for a lion, sharing the same meaning as الهيصر and الهيصور.

Parallel reading

الهصر: الكسر.
Al-hasr: The breaking.
وقد هصره واهتصره، بمعنى.
And he broke it and bent it, meaning the same.
وهصرت الغصن وبالغصن، إذا أخذت برأسه فأملته إليك.
And I bent the branch, if you took its head and inclined it towards you.
فلما تنازعنا الحديث وأسمحت هصرت بغصن ذي شماريخ ميال
And when we debated the talk and she yielded, I bent a branch with hanging clusters.
والهيصر: الأسد، وهو الهصور، والهصار، والهصر.
And Al-hayṣar: the lion, and he is Al-hayṣūr, and Al-hiṣār, and Al-haṣr.