هرا

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to striking with a large stick or club, and by extension, to beating or thrashing. It also encompasses the idea of making something yellow or pale, and includes a place name.

Derived headwords

الهراوةnoun

1.
The large stickboth
The large stick

الهراوىnoun

1.
The plural is harāwā, with fatha on the ha and wawboth
The plural is harāwā, with fatha on the ha and waw

هرَوتهverb

1.
beat with a clubboth
To strike someone with a large stick or club (الهراوة).

تهريتهverb

1.
beat severely with a clubboth
To beat someone severely or repeatedly with a large stick or club.

الهاريهnoun

1.
one who beats with a clubclassical
A person who strikes or beats with a large stick or club.

وهريتverb

1.
made yellow/paleclassical
To make something yellow or pale, often referring to a turban or garment.

تهريةnoun

1.
making yellow/paleclassical
The act of making something yellow or pale.

هراةname

1.
he cooked it well, similar to the aboveboth
he cooked it well, similar to the above
2.
Name of a cityboth
Name of a city

الهرويةadjective

1.
of Hiraclassical
Pertaining to or originating from the city of Hira.

Parallel reading

الهراوة: العصا الضخمة

Al-harāwah: the large stick.

والجمع الهراوى بفتح الواو مثال المطايا

And the plural is al-harāwī, with a fatḥah on the wāw, like maṭāyā.

وهروته بالهراوة وتهريته، إذا ضربته بها

And I struck him with the club and thrashed him, if you hit him with it.

إذا تهرت عبدها الهاريه

When the striker thrashed its slave.

وهريت العمامة تهرية: صفرتها

And I made the turban yellow, a making yellow: I made it pale.

هراة: اسم بلد

Harāh: the name of a city.

عاود هراة وإن معمورها خربا

Return to Harāh, even if its inhabited part is ruined.

فإن وقفت عليها وقفت بالهاء

And if you stop at it, you stop with the ḥāʼ.

وإنما قيل معاذ الهراء، لانه كان يبيع الثياب الهروية

And Muʿādh al-Harawī was so named because he used to sell clothes from Hira.