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شعفر

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to be primarily used for proper nouns, including a woman's name, a tribal subdivision, and a horse's name. It also includes a reference to a poet and a related term for a type of bird or creature.

Derived headwords

شَعْفَرname
  1. 1.
    woman's nameclassical

    A proper name for a woman, mentioned by Ibn al-A'rabi.

شَعْفَرname
  1. 1.
    tribal nameclassical

    A name for a branch or subdivision of the Banu Tha'labah tribe, who are also referred to as Banu al-Sa'laah.

شَعْفَرname
  1. 1.
    horse nameclassical

    The name of a horse belonging to Samir ibn al-Harith al-Dabbi.

ابن شعفرةname
  1. 1.
    poet's nameclassical

    A poet from the Banu Kilb tribe, who was engaged in a poetic feud with the poet al-Mar'ash.

شَعْفُورname
  1. 1.
    rare nameclassical

    A name that is rarely used, considered an addition in rarity to the word 'sa'fuq'.

Parallel reading

هو اسم (امرأة)
It is the name of a woman.
صادتك يوم الرملتين شعفر
Sha'far captured you on the day of the two sandy plains.
هي شغفر، بالغين
It is Shaghafara, with a ghain.
يا ليت أني لم أكن كريا ولم أسق بشعفر المطيا
I wish I had not been a noble and had not drunk from the flowing Sha'far.
شعفر: (بطن ن بني ثعلبة، يقال لهم: بنو السعلاة)
Sha'far: A branch of Banu Tha'labah, who are called Banu al-Sa'laah.
بكسر السين
With a kasra on the sin.
شعفر: (فرس سمير بن الحارث الضبي.
Sha'far: The horse of Samir ibn al-Harith al-Dabbi.
ابن شعفرة، (بهاء: شاعر من) بني (كلب)
Ibn Sha'farah, (with the honorific 'Baha'): a poet from the Banu Kilb.
الذي (هاجاه المرعش) الشاعر
Whom the poet (al-Mar'ash) satirized.
واسم المرعش حمل بن مسعود.
And al-Mar'ash's name is Haml ibn Mas'ud.
وقد سموا شعفورا، وهو ملحق في الندرة بصعفوق، كذا في التكملة.
And they named him Sha'fura, and it is an addition in rarity to 'Sa'fuq', as stated in al-Takmilah.