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يرر

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to hardness, solidity, and unyieldingness, particularly in reference to stone. It also encompasses a descriptive term for something intensely hot, often used as an emphatic follow-up.

Derived headwords

أَيِرّadjective
  1. 1.
    a hard rockboth

    a hard rock

يَرِرnoun
  1. 1.
    hardnessclassical

    The state or quality of being hard and solid, as described by the adjective 'ayirr'.

يُرُnoun
  1. 1.
    hard stonesclassical

    The plural form of 'ayirr', referring to hard, solid stones.

حارٌّ يارٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely hotboth

    An emphatic descriptive phrase for something that is extremely hot, often used as an intensifier or an idiomatic expression.

حَرّانٌ يَرّانadjective
  1. 1.
    very intensely hotclassical

    A further emphatic form of 'ḥārr yārr', indicating an even greater degree of intense heat. It functions as an 'itbāʿ' (follow-up) to intensify the preceding adjective.

Parallel reading

الْحَجَرُ الْأَيِرّ
the hard stone
إِنَّهُ لَيُبْصِرُ أَثَرَ الذَّرِّ فِي الْحَجَرِ الْأَيِرِّ
He can see the trace of the ant in the hard stone.
سَنَابِكُ الْخَيْلِ يَصْدَعْنَ الْأَيِرَّ
The hooves of the horses split the hard stone
مِنَ الصَّفَا الْقَاسِي وَيَدْعَسْنَ الْغَدَرَ
from the hard rock and trample the mire.
وَالْجَمْعُ يُرٌّ
And the plural is 'yirr'.
شَيْءٌ حَارٌّ يَارٌّ
something intensely hot
وَحَرَّانٌ يَرَّان
and intensely hot (emphatic)