حير

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to enclosed areas, enclosures, or places of confinement, often with connotations of confusion, being lost, or a large gathering. It extends to concepts of permanence, vastness, and specific geographical locations.

Derived headwords

الحيرnoun

1.
Enclosureboth
A type of enclosure, similar to a pen or a protected area.
2.
Palaceclassical
A palace, specifically one that was located in Samarra.

والحير، بفتح فسكون: شبه الحظيرة أو الحمى — And al-hayr, with fath then sukun: a شبه of a pen or a protected area.

حيرnoun

1.
Confusionboth
The state of being confused or lost.

التحير — Confusion.

حَيِّرverb

1.
To confuseboth
To cause someone to become confused or bewildered.

حيرته فتحير — He confused him, and he became confused.

تحيّرverb

1.
To be confusedboth
To become bewildered, lost, or perplexed.
2.
To be lostclassical
To stray from the right path or become disoriented.

تحير: ضل — To be confused: to go astray.

الحارةnoun

1.
Neighborhoodboth
A residential area or quarter where people live close together.
2.
Courtyardclassical
A circular open space within a settlement.

كل محلة دنت منازلهم، فهم أهل حارة — Every quarter where their homes are close together, so they are people of a neighborhood.

حارةnoun

1.
Neighborhoodboth
A specific neighborhood, often named after a tribe or family.

حارة بدمشق — A neighborhood in Damascus.

الحويرةnoun

1.
Small neighborhoodboth
A diminutive form of 'حارة', referring to a small neighborhood.

تصغير الحارة — Diminutive of al-ḥārah.

حير بيرname

1.
Hayr Bīrclassical
A place name, possibly referring to a well or a confused place, used in an idiom for ruin or perdition.

إنه في حير بير — He is in Hayr Bīr.

حائرnoun

1.
Enclosureclassical
An enclosed area, similar to a حائر (ḥāʾir).
2.
Lakeclassical
A body of water, often referring to a large lake or marshy area.

المحارة: الحائر — Al-maḥārah: al-ḥāʾir.

حائرadjective

1.
Confusedboth
Bewildered or lost.

روضة حيرى: متحيرة بالماء — A meadow, hayrā: filled with water.

مستحيرadjective

1.
Permanentclassical
Enduring, constant, and not easily interrupted.
2.
Confusedclassical
Bewildered or lost.

لكل شيء ثابت دائم لا يكاد ينقطع: مستحير — For everything that is fixed and permanent, which hardly ceases: mustaḥīr.

متحيرةadjective

1.
Confusedboth
Bewildered or lost.
2.
Abundantclassical
Rich in fat or oil, referring to food.

مرقة متحيرة: كثيرة الإهالة والدسم — A mutaḥayyarah broth: abundant in fat and richness.

إحارةnoun

1.
Fatnessclassical
Abundance of fat or richness, especially in food.

كثيرة الإحارة — Abundant in fatness.

المحارةnoun

1.
Enclosureclassical
An enclosed area or a place of confinement.

المحارة: الحائر — Al-maḥārah: al-ḥāʾir.

حيراتnoun

1.
Numerousclassical
Plural of 'حيرة', referring to numerous animals or people.

أنعام حيرات: أي متحيرة كثيرة — Ḥīrāt livestock: meaning numerous and confused.

الحاريةadjective

1.
Made in Al-Hiraclassical
Referring to swords or other items manufactured in the city of Al-Hira.

السيوف الحارية: المعمولة بالحيرة — Al-ḥāriyah swords: made in Al-Hira.

الحاريnoun

1.
Type of carpetclassical
A type of patterned carpet or mat made in Al-Hira, used to adorn saddles.

أنماط نطوع تعمل بالحيرة تزين بها الرحال — Patterns of dyed cloths made in Al-Hira, used to adorn saddles.

حَيْرُونname

1.
Hebronclassical
A place name, possibly referring to Hebron, though the text suggests it might be a misspelling.

حيرون، بفتح فسكون — Ḥayrūn, with fath then sukun.

Parallel reading

والحير، بفتح فسكون: شبه الحظيرة أو الحمى

And al-hayr, with fath then sukun: a شبه of a pen or a protected area.

ومن المثل (من اعتمد على حير جاره أصبح عيره في الندى)

And from the proverb (He who relies on his neighbor's enclosure finds his donkey in the dew).

والحير: قصر كان بسر من رأى

And al-hayr: a palace that was in Samarra.

وحيار بني القعقاع، بالكسر: صقع ببرية قنسرين

And Ḥiyār Bani Al-Qa'qa', with kasr: a region in the desert of Qinnasrin.

والحارة: كل محلة دنت منازلهم، فهم أهل حارة

And al-ḥārah: every quarter where their homes are close together, so they are people of a neighborhood.

هي مستدار من فضاء

It is a circular space of an open area.

وبالطائف حارات، منها حارة بني عوف

And in Taif there are neighborhoods, including the neighborhood of Bani 'Awf.

والحويرة، تصغير الحارة: حارة بدمشق

And al-ḥuwayrah, the diminutive of al-ḥārah: a neighborhood in Damascus.

إنه في حير بير، مبنيا على الفتح فيهما

He is in Hayr Bīr, constructed with fath in both.

وحير بير، بالخفض فيهما، كحور بور

And ḥayr bi'r, with kasr in both, like ḥawr būr.

فتحير

And he became confused.

والحير، بالتحريك: التحير

And al-hayr, with taḥrīk: confusion.

وتحير: ضل

And taḥayyara: to go astray.

وبالبصرة حائر الحجاج، معروف، يابس لا ماء فيه، وأكثر الناس يسميه الحير

And in Basra is Ḥāʾir Al-Ḥajjāj, well-known, dry with no water in it, and most people call it Al-Hayr.

واستعمل حسان بن ثابت الحائر في البحر

And Hassan bin Thabit used al-ḥāʾir in the sea.

وقالوا: لهاذه الدار حائر واسع

And they said: This dwelling has a wide enclosure.

والعامة تقول حير، وهو خطأ

And the common people say hayr, and that is a mistake.

والعرب تقول: لكل شيء ثابت دائم لا يكاد ينقطع: مستحير

And the Arabs say: For everything that is fixed and permanent, which hardly ceases: mustaḥīr.

ومرقة متحيرة: كثيرة الإهالة والدسم

And a mutaḥayyarah broth: abundant in fat and richness.

وأتى بمرقة كثيرة الإحارة

And he brought a broth abundant in fatness.

وروضة حيرى: متحيرة بالماء

And a meadow, ḥayrā: filled with water.

والمحارة: الحائر

And al-maḥārah: al-ḥāʾir.

هاذه أنعام حيرات: أي متحيرة كثيرة

These are ḥīrāt livestock: meaning numerous and confused.

والسيوف الحارية: المعمولة بالحيرة

And al-ḥāriyah swords: made in Al-Hira.

يقول: إنهم احتبوا بالسيوف، وكذالك الرحال الحاريات

He says: They girded themselves with swords, and likewise the ḥāriyah saddles.

والحاري: أنماط نطوع تعمل بالحيرة تزين بها الرحال

And al-ḥāri: patterns of dyed cloths made in Al-Hira, used to adorn saddles.

عقما ورقما وحاريا تضاعفه على قلائص أمثال الهجانيع

With patterns and designs, and ḥāriyā which you double on she-camels like the swift ones.

واستحار الشراب: أسيغ

And the drink was easy to swallow: asīgh.

تسمع للجرع إذا استحيرا

You hear the gulps when they are easy to swallow.

وحيار بن مهنا، ككتاب: من أمراء عرب الشام

And Ḥiyār bin Muhannā, like kitāb: from the princes of the Arab tribes of Syria.

ودفن مع أخيه يعقوب في مزرعة حيرون، هاكذا بالحاء والياء

And he was buried with his brother Jacob in the farm of Ḥayrūn, thus with ḥāʾ and yāʾ.