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عرطس

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes the act of withdrawing from a group or conflict, often due to submission, humility, or fear. It implies a yielding or backing down from a confrontation or challenge.

Derived headwords

عَرَطَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to withdraw, to back downboth

    To withdraw from a group of people or from a confrontation, especially due to submission or humility.

عَرْطَسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    withdrawal, submissionclassical

    The act of withdrawing from a group or conflict, characterized by submission or humility.

عُرْطُسadjective
  1. 1.
    submissive, yieldingclassical

    Describing someone who withdraws from a confrontation due to submission or humility.

Parallel reading

عرطس الرجل مثل عرطز، إذا تنحى عن القوم وذل عن مناوأتهم ومنازعتهم
The man withdrew like he backed down, if he moved away from the people and humbled himself from confronting or disputing them.
وقد أتاني أن عبدا طمرسا * يوعدني ولو رآني عرطسا
And it has reached me that a dark slave * threatens me, even if he saw me as submissive.