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صعبر

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to smallness, specifically a small head, and also to a type of tree.

Derived headwords

الصعبورnoun
  1. 1.
    small-headed personclassical

    A person who is small-headed, according to some accounts.

الصعروبnoun
  1. 1.
    small-headed personclassical

    Allegedly, a person with a small head.

الصعبرnoun
  1. 1.
    small-headed personclassical

    A person with a small head.

الصنعبرnoun
  1. 1.
    type of treeclassical

    A tree similar to the Sidr tree.

الصعنبرnoun
  1. 1.
    type of treeclassical

    A tree similar to the Sidr tree.

Parallel reading

هو الصعروب: زعموا، وهو الصغير الرأس من الناس
It is the small-headed one, they claim, and it is the small-headed person.
وغيهم
and their kind/group.
والصعبر، كجعفر، (والصنعبر، كسمندل، وتقدم العين) فيقال: الصعنبر: (شجر كالسدر)
And as-Sa'bar, like Ja'far, and as-San'abar, like Samandal, and the 'ayn has preceded it, it is said: as-San'abar: a tree like the Sidr.
كذا في اللسان
Thus it is in Al-Lisan.