ضبر

Root entry · 36 derived lemmas

The root ضبر (ḍ-b-r) primarily relates to the concepts of gathering, collecting, and compacting. It extends to physical attributes like being well-built or muscular, and also describes specific actions like a horse's powerful leap or the stacking of objects.

Derived headwords

ضَبَرَ الفَرَسُverb

1.
to leap powerfullyclassical
Said of a horse when it gathers its legs and leaps forward powerfully, often described as a compact, forceful jump.

ضَبْرًاnoun

1.
a powerful leapclassical
The act of a horse leaping powerfully, gathering its legs for a strong thrust.

ضِبْرَانًاnoun

1.
a powerful leapclassical
The act of a horse leaping powerfully, gathering its legs for a strong thrust.

ضَبَرَ الكُتُبَverb

1.
to bundle books
To gather books together and make them into a bundle or collection.

ضَبَرَ الصُخْرَverb

1.
to stack rocksclassical
To pile or stack rocks one upon another.

ضَبْرٌadjective

1.
leapingclassical
Describing a horse or a man that leaps powerfully.

التَّضْبِيرُnoun

1.
gathering
The act of collecting or gathering things together.
2.
compactness of bonesclassical
The state of having tightly packed bones and well-developed muscle.

مَضْبُورٌadjective

1.
well-builtclassical
Describing a camel or horse with a compact, muscular build.

مُضَبَّرُ الخَلْقِadjective

1.
compactly builtclassical
Having a well-knit, sturdy physical structure.

ذُو ضَبَارَةٍadjective

1.
well-builtclassical
Possessing a compact and sturdy physique.

ضَبَارَةٌnoun

1.
compact buildclassical
A state of being well-built, compact, and sturdy in physique.

ضِبَارِمٌadjective

1.
fierceclassical
Describing a lion or other powerful creature, implying fierceness and strength.

ضِبَارِمَةٌadjective

1.
fierceclassical
Describing a lion or other powerful creature, implying fierceness and strength.

الإِضْبَارَةُnoun

1.
bundle of papers
A collection or bundle of documents, scrolls, or books.
2.
bundle of arrowsclassical
A collection or bundle of arrows.

ضِبَارٌnoun

1.
booksclassical
A collection of books, often used without a singular form.

ضَبْرٌnoun

1.
group of warriorsclassical
A group of people, especially warriors, who advance on foot.
2.
underground shelterclassical
A type of wooden structure covered with leather, used to approach fortifications for attack.

ضُبُورٌnoun

1.
underground sheltersclassical
Plural of ضبر (ḍabr), referring to siege engines or mobile shelters used to approach castle walls.

ضَبْرٌnoun

1.
wild walnut treeclassical
A type of wild walnut tree found in the mountains of Al-Sarāh.

ضَبْرٌnoun

1.
armpitclassical
The hollow part of the body under the arm.

ضَبَارٌnoun

1.
oak-like treeclassical
A tree resembling oak, whose wood is good for fuel.

ضُبَيْرَةٌname

1.
female nameclassical
A female given name.

ضَبَارٌname

1.
dog nameclassical
A proper name for a dog.

الضَّبُورُadjective

1.
lionclassical
An epithet for a lion, likely due to its strength and ferocity.

ضَبْرٌadjective

1.
fierceclassical
Describing something as strong or fierce, possibly applied to a lion.

مُضْبِرٌadjective

1.
lionclassical
An epithet for a lion, likely due to its strength and ferocity.

الضَّبِيرُadjective

1.
strongclassical
Intense or strong, derived from the concept of binding or gathering.
2.
maleclassical
Referring to the male sex, possibly due to strength.

ضَيْبَرٌname

1.
mountain nameclassical
A proper name for a mountain in the Hijaz region.

ضَبَارَىname

1.
male nameclassical
A proper name for a man from the Banu Tamim tribe.

ضُبَارَةُ بْنُ السَّلِيكِname

1.
a trusted narratorclassical
A reliable narrator of hadith.

ضَبَارَةُname

1.
leader of Rabi'ahclassical
A renowned warrior and leader of the Rabi'ah tribe.

الضَّبَارَةُnoun

1.
bundle
A bundle or collection of things, such as papers or arrows.

المَضْبُورُnoun

1.
sickleclassical
A tool used for reaping or cutting grass and crops.

الضَّبَائِرُnoun

1.
groups of peopleclassical
Scattered groups of people, possibly implying a dispersed collection.

الضَّبْرُnoun

1.
infantryclassical
Foot soldiers or infantry.
2.
povertyclassical
Destitution or extreme poverty.
3.
tightnessclassical
A state of being tight or constricted.

ضِنْبِرٌname

1.
a strong personclassical
A proper name, possibly derived from the root meaning 'strong' or 'leaping'.

ضِنْبَرٌname

1.
a proper nameclassical
A proper name, possibly derived from the root meaning 'strong' or 'leaping'.

Parallel reading

ضبر الفرس، و كذالك المقيد في عدوه يضبر، بالكسر، ضبرا، بالفتح، و ضبرانا، محركة، إذا عدا

The horse leaped powerfully, and likewise the one in fetters, when running, leaps, with a kasra, a powerful leap (ḍabran), with a fatha, and a powerful leap (ḍubrānan), with harakat.

وفي المحكم: جمع قوائمه ووثب

And in Al-Muḥkam: he gathered his legs and leaped.

إذا وثب الفرس فوقع مجموعة يداه، فذالك الضبر

If a horse leaps and its forelegs fall gathered, that is the ḍabr.

لقد سما ابن معمر حين اعتمر مغزى بعيدا من بعيد وضبر

Ibn Mu'ammar has indeed risen high when he undertook a distant campaign from afar and leaped powerfully.

يقول: ارتفع قدره حين غزا موضعا بعيدا من الشام، وجمع لذالك جيشا

He means: his status rose when he campaigned in a distant place in Syria and gathered an army for that purpose.

الضبر ضبر البلقاء، والطعن طعن أبي محجن

The leap is the leap of Al-Balqā', and the thrust is the thrust of Abū Muḥjan.

فجعل لا يحمل على ناحية من العدو إلا هزمهم

And he would charge at no side of the enemy without routing them.

ضبرت الكتب يضبرها ضبرا: جعلها إضبارة

He bundled books, bundling them, with a fatha: he made them into a bundle.

ترى شؤون رأسها العواردا مضبورة إلى شبا حدائدا

You see the transverse bones of its head, piled up to sharp edges.

ضبر براطيل إلى جلامدا

Stacked, strong ones, to solid rocks.

وفرس ضبر، كطمر: وثاب

And a horse that is ḍabr, like ṭamr: leaping.

والتضبير: الجمع

And Al-Taḍbīr: the gathering.

يقال: ضبرت الكتب وغيرها تضبيرا: جمعتها

It is said: I bundled books and other things, bundling them: I gathered them.

يقال: جمل مضبور، أي مجتمع الخلق أملس

It is said: a well-built camel, meaning compact in build and smooth.

وفرس مضبر الخلق، أي موثقه

And a horse of compact build, meaning well-knit.

ورجل ذو ضبارة في خلقه، كـ سحابة: مجتمع الخلق

And a man with a ḍabārah in his build, like saḥābah: compact in build.

وكذا أسد ضبارم وضبارمة، بضمهما

And likewise a lion ḍibārim and ḍibārimah, with damma on both.

ج: أضابير

Plural: aḍābīr.

يقال: جاء فلان بأضبارة من كتب وإضمامة من كتب

It is said: So-and-so came with a bundle of books and a collection of books.

أقول لنفسي واقفا عند مشرف على عرصات كالضبار النواطق

I say to myself, standing at Mushrif, upon open grounds like eloquent bundles (of writings).

خرج ضبر من بني فلان

A group of infantry went forth from the Banu Fulan.

بينا هم يوما كذالك راعهم ضبر لباسهم القتير مؤلب

While they were one day in that state, a group of warriors, their armor being mail, gathered, surprised them.

الضبور هي الدبابات التي تقرب للحصون لتنقب من تحتها، الواحد ضبرة

Al-ḍubūr are the siege engines that approach fortifications to undermine them from beneath; the singular is ḍabrah.

جعل الله عنبهم الأراك، وجوزهم الضبر، ورمانهم المظ

Allah made their grapes the 'arak, their walnuts the ḍabr, and their pomegranates the maẓ.

الذي يسميه أهل الحضر جوزبويا، وبعضهم جوزبوا

Which the city dwellers call jawzbuya, and some call jawzabū.

ولا يؤوب مضمرا في ضبري زادي وقد شول زاد السفر

And I do not return hoarding my provisions, while the provisions for the journey have been depleted.

فإذا جمع حطبه رطبا، ثم أشعلت فيه النار فرقع فرفعة المخاريق

And when its wood is gathered while wet, and then fire is lit in it, it crackles and makes a loud noise.

بكرية لم تكن داري لها أمما ولا ضبيرة ممن تيمت صدد

A Bakrite, my dwelling was not her origin, nor Ḍubayrah from those who captivated Ṣadad.

فذكت حين تبرقعت ضبارا

And she became aroused when she veiled herself, Ḍibār.

وقد حال من رضوى وضيبر دونهم شماريخ للأروى بهن حصون

And the peaks of mountains, with ibexes having fortresses upon them, have intervened between them and Raḍwā and Ḍaybar.

وضبطه الصاغاني بالفتح: فارس ربيعة

And Al-Ṣāghānī recorded it with a fatha: the knight of Rabī'ah.

وهو ضبارة بن عبد الله بن مالك بن أبي السليك الحضرمي

And he is Ḍabārah ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Mālik ibn Abī Al-Sulayk Al-Ḥaḍramī.

وغير الليث لا يجيز ضبارة من كتب، ويقول إضبارة، كما تقدم

And others besides Al-Layth do not permit ḍabārah for books, and they say iḍbārah, as previously mentioned.

والضبائر: جماعات الناس في تفرقة، كأنه جمع ضبارة، مثل عمارة وعمائر

And Al-Ḍabā'ir: groups of people in dispersion, as if it were the plural of ḍabārah, like 'imārah and 'amā'ir.

وعن ابن الأعرابي: الضبر: الفقر، والضبر: الشد

And from Ibn Al-A'rābī: Al-ḍabr: poverty, and Al-ḍabr: tightness.

أحسب أن النون فيه زائدة

I think the 'nūn' in it is superfluous.

وهو فنعل من الضبر، وهو الوثب، قاله الصاغاني

And it is a fa'lal pattern from Al-ḍabr, which is leaping, said Al-Ṣāghānī.

المطلب بن وداعة بن ضبيرة، مصغرا، حكاه السهيلي عن الخطابي

Al-Muṭallib ibn Wudā'ah ibn Ḍubayrah, in diminutive form, narrated by Al-Suhaylī from Al-Khaṭṭābī.