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غطرس

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root describes arrogance, haughtiness, and tyrannical pride. It encompasses the concepts of being unjust, overbearing, and displaying excessive self-importance, often associated with oppressive rulers.

Derived headwords

الغطريسnoun
  1. 1.
    Tyrant, arrogant oneclassical

    A person who is unjust and excessively proud or haughty. This term denotes someone who oppresses others with their arrogance.

غطرسverb
  1. 1.
    To be arrogantboth

    To act with excessive pride, haughtiness, and arrogance. It implies a display of superiority and disdain for others.

  2. 2.
    To be tyrannicalclassical

    To behave in an oppressive and unjust manner, characterized by arrogance and overbearing pride.

تغطرسverb
  1. 1.
    To act arrogantlyboth

    To behave in a proud, haughty, and overbearing manner. This is the active form of displaying arrogance.

متغطرسadjective
  1. 1.
    Arrogant, haughtyboth

    One who exhibits arrogance and haughtiness in their demeanor and actions. This describes someone who is puffed up with pride.

الغطارساnoun
  1. 1.
    The proud onesclassical

    A plural form referring to those who are arrogant and haughty. It denotes a group of people characterized by their overbearing pride.

Parallel reading

الغطريس: الظالم المتكبر.
Al-Ghaṭrīs: The unjust, the arrogant.
فلولا حبال منكم هي أسلست جنائبنا كنا الاباة الغطارسا
Were it not for ties from you that made our mounts easy, we would have been the proud, defiant ones.
وقد تغطرس فهو متغطرس.
And he has acted arrogantly, so he is arrogant.