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حظرب

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of filling, tightening, and being constricted or intense. It extends to describing a tightly twisted rope, a full waterskin, and a person who is strong-willed, ill-tempered, or narrow-minded.

Derived headwords

حَظْرَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to tightenclassical

    To tighten a bowstring, meaning to increase its tension.

  2. 2.
    to fillclassical

    To fill a waterskin.

حَظْرَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to twist tightlyclassical

    To twist a rope or bowstring well and strongly.

تَحَظْرَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to become fullmodern

    To become full, whether with enmity, food, or other things.

  2. 2.
    to be full (stomach)classical

    To have a full stomach.

مُحَظْرَبadjective
  1. 1.
    tightly twistedclassical

    Describing something that is strongly and well-twisted, like a rope or bowstring.

  2. 2.
    strong-willedclassical

    A person who is strong-willed and firm, particularly in their resolve.

  3. 3.
    ill-temperedclassical

    A person of harsh disposition or difficult character.

  4. 4.
    narrow-mindedclassical

    Describing someone with a constricted or narrow nature.

مُحَظْرَبnoun
  1. 1.
    strong-willed personclassical

    A person characterized by strength of will and firmness.

مُحَظْرَبadjective
  1. 1.
    narrow teatsclassical

    Describing the narrow teats of a female animal.

Parallel reading

حظرب قوسه إذا شد توتيرها
He tightened his bowstring when he increased its tension.
حظرب السقاء: ملأه
He filled the waterskin: he filled it.
فتحظرب امتلأ
And so it became full.
المحظرب: الشديد الفتل
The tightly twisted: strongly twisted.
حظرب الحبل والوتر: أجاد فتله
He twisted the rope and the bowstring: he perfected their twisting.
المحظرب: الرجل الشديد الشكيمة
The strong-willed: the man of strong resolve.
وقيل شديد الخلق والعصب مفتولهما
And it was said: strong in character and their sinews twisted.
هو الضيق الخلق
He is of constricted character.
وكائن ترى من لوذغي محظرب وليس له عند العزيمة جول
And how many you see of a cunningly twisted one who has no resilience when it comes to resolve.
ضرع محظرب: ضيق الأخلاف
Narrow teats: constricted udders.
تحظرب الرجل: امتلأ عداوة أو طعاما وغيره
The man became full: he became full of enmity, or food, or other things.
التحظرب: امتلاء البطن
Al-tahazdub: the filling of the stomach.