يعر

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to young goats, specifically a kid tied as bait for a lion. It also extends to the bleating or crying sound made by animals, and a specific type of sheep that urinates on its milker. Additionally, it touches upon a method of mating camels.

Derived headwords

اليعرnoun

1.
kid tied as baitclassical
A young goat (kid) that is tied up in a pit (زبية) as bait for a lion.

مقيما بأملاح كما ربط اليعر — staying in the salt flats like a tied kid.

اليعرةnoun

1.
kid tied as baitclassical
A young goat (kid) that is tied up in a pit (زبية) as bait for a lion.

يعرverb

1.
meaning, he brings something disliked upon his people, staining them with itboth
meaning, he brings something disliked upon his people, staining them with it

يعرت العنز تيعر بالكسر، يعارا بالضم، أي صاحت — The goat bleated, crying out.

يعاراnoun

1.
bleating, crying outboth
The masdar (verbal noun) for the sound of bleating or crying made by a female goat.

يعرت العنز تيعر بالكسر، يعارا بالضم، أي صاحت — The goat bleated, crying out.

ييعرverb

1.
to bleat, to cry outboth
The imperfect tense verb form indicating the bleating or crying sound made by a female goat.

بات ييعر حوله — it spent the night bleating around him.

اليعورnoun

1.
sheep that spoils milkclassical
A sheep that urinates on the person milking it and spoils the milk.

واليعور: الشاة التي تبول على حالبها وتيعر، وتفسد اللبن — And the 'ya'oor': the sheep that urinates on its milker and spoils the milk.

اليعارةnoun

1.
mating with a stud camelclassical
A method of mating a female camel (ناقة) with a stud camel (فحل) by leading her to him, where she is mounted if she desires it, otherwise not. This is done out of respect for her nobility.

قلائص لا يلحقن إلا يعارة — Young she-camels that can only be mounted through 'ya'arah'.

Parallel reading

أسائل عنهم كلما جاء راكب * مقيما بأملاح كما ربط اليعر

I ask about them whenever a rider comes, staying in the salt flats like a tied kid.

وفي المثل: " هو أذل من اليعر ".

And in the proverb: 'He is more humiliated than the kid.'

ويعرت العنز تيعر بالكسر، يعارا بالضم، أي صاحت.

The goat bleated, crying out.

عريض أريض بات ييعر حوله * وبات يسقينا بطون الثعالب

Arid Arid spent the night bleating around him, and spent the night giving us to drink the bellies of foxes.

هذا رجل ضاف رجلا وله عتود ييعر حوله.

This is a man who hosted a man, and he had a young goat bleating around him.

يقول: فلم يذبحه لنا، وبات يسقينا لبنا مذيقا كأنه بطون الثعالب لان اللبن إذا أجهد مذقه اخضر.

He says: 'He did not slaughter it for us, and spent the night giving us sour milk that was like the bellies of foxes because milk, when intensely churned, turns green.'

واليعور: الشاة التي تبول على حالبها وتيعر، وتفسد اللبن.

And the 'ya'oor': the sheep that urinates on its milker and spoils the milk.

وسمعت أبا الغوث يقول: هو البعور بالباء، يجعله مأخوذا من البعر والبول.

And I heard Abu al-Ghawth say: 'It is al-Ba'oor with a Ba', considering it derived from dung and urine.'

واليعارة بالفتح: أن يحمل على الناقة الفحل معارضة يقاد إليها، إن اشتهت ضربها وإلا فلا، وذلك لكرمها.

And 'al-Ya'arah' (with fatha): is to lead the she-camel to the stud camel, where she is mounted if she desires it, otherwise not, and that is due to her nobility.

قلائص لا يلحقن إلا يعارة * عراضا ولا يشرين (3) إلا غواليا

Young she-camels that can only be mounted through 'ya'arah', wide-bodied, and they are not sold except for high prices.