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بردر

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to place names and possibly a diminutive form, with discussions focusing on its etymology and grammatical structure rather than a core semantic meaning.

Derived headwords

بَرْدَرَاياname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A place name, possibly in Nahrawan near Baghdad, mentioned by Sibawayh and other grammarians.

بُرَيْدِرname
  1. 1.
    Diminutive formclassical

    A diminutive form of 'Bardraya', following the pattern 'juwayfir'.

Parallel reading

وهو (ع) أظنه بالنهروان من بغداد
And it is a place name, I think it is in Nahrawan, from Baghdad.
كذا في المعجم (عن سيبويه)
Thus it is in the dictionary (from Sibawayh).
كذا ذكره أئمة التصريف عنه
Thus the imams of morphology mentioned it from him.
وهو في الكتاب
And it is in Al-Kitab (Sibawayh's grammar book).
قالوا: فيه ثلاثة زوائد كلها في آخره
They said: it has three extra letters, all at its end.
فإذا أريد تصغيره حذفت تلك الزوائد كلها
And when its diminutive is intended, all those extra letters are removed.
وقيل: بريدر، وزان جعيفر، قاله شيخنا
And it was said: Buraydir, on the pattern of Juwayfir, this was said by our shaykh.