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حزبر

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root entry is very brief and primarily discusses variations of a word for an old woman. It notes a variant with 'r' and its relation to a more common variant with 'n'.

Derived headwords

الحيزبورnoun
  1. 1.
    old womanclassical

    A term referring to an old woman. The entry notes this form is less common or possibly a variant.

الحيزبونnoun
  1. 1.
    old womanclassical

    A term for an old woman, presented as the more common or standard form compared to 'الحيزبور'.

Parallel reading

الحيزبور، بالراء، أهمله الجوهري.
Al-Hayzabor, with the letter 'r', was neglected by Al-Jawhari.
وقال الصغاني: هي لغة في الحيزبون، بالنون: للعجوز.
And Al-Saghani said: it is a dialectal variant of Al-Hayzaboon, with the letter 'n': for an old woman.
ولم يذكره المصنف لا في الباء ولا في النون، وقد أشرنا في حرف الموحدة إلى ذالك فراجعه.
And the author did not mention it, neither in the 'b' section nor in the 'n' section, and we have already referred to that in the section of the letter 'b', so consult it.