برر

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of righteousness, piety, kindness, and doing good. It extends to meanings of recognizing, distinguishing, and even sounds associated with animals. It also encompasses terms for specific people, places, and actions.

Derived headwords

برnoun

1.
righteousness, pietyboth
The quality of being righteous, pious, or virtuous, often in a religious context.
2.
kindness, favorclassical
An act of kindness, favor, or benevolence.
3.
distinguishingclassical
The act of distinguishing or recognizing something.
4.
foodclassical
Bread, as a staple food.

يبرverb

1.
to be righteous, piousboth
To act righteously, piously, or virtuously.
2.
to be kind, do goodboth
To show kindness, favor, or benevolence towards someone.
3.
to distinguish, recognizeclassical
To distinguish or recognize something, especially between right and wrong or between different things.

تبررverb

1.
to act righteously, cautiouslyclassical
To act with piety, righteousness, or to be cautious and scrupulous in one's actions.

تبارىverb

1.
to compete in righteousnessclassical
To vie with one another in acts of piety or righteousness.

بارverb

1.
to be righteous, piousclassical
To be righteous, pious, or virtuous.

برةnoun

1.
kindness, compassionboth
A quality of being kind, compassionate, or affectionate, especially towards children.
2.
pietyclassical
Piety or righteousness.

برةname

1.
name of a womanclassical
A proper name for women, mentioned in historical contexts.

برةnoun

1.
breadclassical
Bread, a common food item.

برةnoun

1.
a villageclassical
A village, specifically mentioned as a location in Egypt.

برةnoun

1.
compassionate oneclassical
An epithet for the earth, implying it is compassionate or nurturing.

برةnoun

1.
compassionate motherclassical
A mother who is compassionate and affectionate towards her children.

أبررverb

1.
to seek favor, to do goodclassical
To seek favor, to do good deeds, or to draw closer to God through acts of kindness.

يبررverb

1.
to have mercy, be kindboth
To show mercy, kindness, or compassion towards someone.

هرnoun

1.
discord, enmityclassical
Discord, hostility, or enmity.

بربرnoun

1.
calling sheepclassical
The act of calling or driving sheep, especially towards pasture.

بربرnoun

1.
bleating of goatsclassical
The sound made by goats, their bleating.

بربرnoun

1.
loud-voiced manclassical
A man who is very loud or vociferous.

بربرnoun

1.
Abyssinians, Berbersclassical
A term referring to certain ethnic groups, possibly Abyssinians or Berbers.

بربرةnoun

1.
bleating of goatsclassical
The sound made by goats, their bleating.

هرهرةnoun

1.
bleating of sheepclassical
The sound made by sheep, their bleating.

برانيةnoun

1.
a villageclassical
A village, specifically mentioned as a location in Egypt.

بربرname

1.
name of a personclassical
A name associated with a person, possibly a scholar or figure mentioned in historical records.

برابرnoun

1.
young goatsclassical
Young goats.

Parallel reading

فلان لا يعرف هرا من بر

So-and-so does not know enmity from kindness.

أي ما يهره مما يبره

Meaning, he does not know what he hates from what he likes.

أو ما يعرف القط من الفأر

Or he does not know a cat from a mouse.

أو ما يعرف دعاء الغنم من سوقها

Or he does not know the calling of sheep from their driving.

البر: دعاء الغنم إلى العلف

Al-birr: calling the sheep to pasture.

فالهر: العقوق، والبر: اللطف

So, al-hirr is disobedience, and al-birr is kindness.

فالهر: الخصومة والكراهية، والبر: الأكرام

So, al-hirr is dispute and hatred, and al-birr is honoring.

فالهرهرة: صوت الضأن، والبربرة: صوت المعزى

So, al-harharah is the sound of sheep, and al-barbarah is the sound of goats.

الرجل الكثير الأصوات، كالبربار

A man of many voices, like al-barbar.

البر، بالكسر: التقى

Al-birr, with kasra: piety.

وما البر إلا مضمرات من التقى

And piety is nothing but hidden intentions of righteousness.

وإن البر دون الإثم

And indeed, righteousness is distinct from sin.

أي إن الوفاء بما جعل على نفسه دون الغدر والنكث

Meaning, fulfilling what one has vowed upon oneself, rather than treachery and breaking oaths.

قد تبررت في أمرنا

You have acted righteously concerning our affair.

تبررت في جنبنا وما كنت فينا حديثا

You acted cautiously on our behalf, though you were not new among us.

برت سلعته، إذا نفقت

His commodity sold well, meaning it was in demand.

ورجى برها عاما فعاما

And hoped for its goodness year after year.

وهو بر بوالده!

And he is dutiful to his father!

تمسحوا بالأرض فإنها برة بكم

Rub yourselves with the earth, for it is compassionate to you.

أي مشفقة عليكم، كالولادة البرة بأولادها

Meaning, it is compassionate towards you, like a mother who is compassionate to her children.

أرأيت أمورا كنت أبررتها

Have you seen deeds for which I sought favor?

أي أطلب بها البر والإحسان إلى الناس، والتقرب إلى الله تعالى

Meaning, seeking through them righteousness and kindness to people, and drawing near to God Almighty.

والله يبر عباده

And God shows mercy to His servants.

هو أقصر من برة

He is shorter than Burrah.

أطعمنا ابن برة

Give us to eat, son of Burrah.

وهو الخبز

And it is bread.

البرانية، بالفتح: قرية بمصر

Al-biraniyyah, with fatha: a village in Egypt.

أبو البر بالكسر صدقة بن جروان البواب

Abu al-Birr, with kasra, is Sadaqah bin Jarwan the doorkeeper.

والبرابر: الجداء

And al-barābir: young goats.