هرع

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of speed, haste, and rapid movement, often with connotations of urgency or even panic. It extends to related ideas like quickness in crying, emotional responsiveness, and swiftness in wind.

Derived headwords

هرعverb

1.
to hastenboth
To move or act with great speed and urgency.

هرعadjective

1.
quick to cryclassical
Describing a person, particularly a man, who is prone to weeping easily.

الهرعةnoun

1.
woman who descendsclassical
A woman who readily submits or descends to sexual intercourse when approached by a man.

المهروعadjective

1.
epilepticclassical
A person who is afflicted with epilepsy or seizures, often implying a state of being overcome.

الإهراعnoun

1.
hasteningboth
The act of making haste or moving with great speed.

يهرعونverb

1.
they hastenboth
They move quickly and urgently, often implying mutual encouragement or compulsion.

مهرعadjective

1.
tremblingclassical
Describing someone who is trembling due to anger, fever, or fear.

الهيرعadjective

1.
cowardlyclassical
Describing someone who is weak and timid, lacking courage.

ريح هيرعadjective

1.
swift windclassical
A wind that blows with great speed and force.

هيرعةnoun

1.
shepherd's pipeclassical
A reed or pipe used by a shepherd for playing music, sometimes also called 'yarā'ah'.

يراعةnoun

1.
shepherd's pipeclassical
A reed or pipe used by a shepherd for playing music, also referred to as 'hayra'ah'.

اهرمعverb

1.
to hastenclassical
To move quickly in one's walking, or to be quick to weep and shed tears.

Parallel reading

دم هرع: أي جار بين الهرع.

Dam hara': meaning to run between hastening.

ورجل هرع: سريع البكاء.

And a man is hara': quick to cry.

والهرعة: المرأة التي تنزل حين يخالطها الرجل.

And al-hara'ah: the woman who descends when a man mixes with her.

والمهروع: المجنون الذي يصرع.

And al-mahrū': the madman who is struck by seizures.

والإهراع: الإسراع.

And al-ihrā': hastening.

وجاءه قومه يهرعون إليه

And his people came to him hastening towards him

أي يستحثون إليه، كأنه يحث بعضهم بعضا.

Meaning they urge each other towards him, as if one urges another.

أهرع الرجل على ما لم يسم فاعله، فهو مهرع، إذا كان يرعد من غضب أو حمى أو فزع.

The man was made to tremble, it is said, and he is mahrā', if he is trembling from anger, fever, or fear.

والهيرع: الجبان الضعيف.

And al-hayra': the cowardly, the weak.

وريح هيرع: سريعة الهبوب.

And a hayra' wind: swift in blowing.

وربما سموا قصبة الراعي التي يزمر بها هيرعة ويراعة.

And sometimes they name the shepherd's reed with which he plays music 'hayra'ah' and 'yarā'ah'.

واهرمع الرجل، أي أسرع في مشيه، وكذلك إذا كان سريع البكاء والدموع.

And the man ahrama', meaning he hastened in his walking, and likewise if he was quick to cry and shed tears.