ضطر

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes men of large stature, often with negative connotations of being clumsy, foolish, or ignoble. It also extends to terms for a stationary merchant, someone entering the market without capital, and a term for hunger or foolish people.

Derived headwords

الضوطرnoun

1.
big manboth
A man of great stature and size.
2.
clumsy manclassical
A large man who is ineffective or lacks capability.

الضيطرnoun

1.
big manboth
A man of great stature and size.
2.
clumsy manclassical
A large man who is ineffective or lacks capability.
3.
ignoble manclassical
A large, ignoble man.

صاح ألم تعجب لذاك الضيطر — Cried out, 'Are you not amazed by that big man?'

الضيطارnoun

1.
big manboth
A man of great stature and size.
2.
clumsy manclassical
A large man who is ineffective or lacks capability.
3.
stationary merchantclassical
A merchant who does not leave his place, perhaps due to his bulk and immobility.

تعرض ضيطارو فعالة دوننا — His large stature was displayed before us.

الضيطرىnoun

1.
big manboth
A man of great stature and size.
2.
clumsy manclassical
A large man who is ineffective or lacks capability.
3.
foolish peopleclassical
A term for foolish people.

ضياطرةnoun

1.
big menclassical
Plural of ضيطار, referring to large men who lack capability.

من يعذرني من هاؤلاء الضياطرة — Who will excuse me from these large, incapable men?

ضيطارونnoun

1.
big menclassical
A plural form of ضيطار, referring to large, incapable men.

ضياطرونnoun

1.
big menclassical
A plural form of ضيطر, referring to large, incapable men.

الضوطارnoun

1.
person without capitalclassical
One who enters the market without capital and resorts to trickery to earn a living.

بنو ضوطرىnoun

1.
hungerclassical
A name for hunger.
2.
foolish peopleclassical
A term used for people who are foolish or ineffective.

تعدون عقر النيب أفضل مجدكم بني ضوطرى — You consider the slaughter of she-camels the height of your glory, O sons of the foolish!

أبو ضوطرىnoun

1.
hungerclassical
A kunya (patronymic-like name) for hunger.

Parallel reading

الضوطر، والضيطر، والضيطار: العظيم من الرجال.

The Dawtar, the Daytar, and the Daytar: the great man.

الضيطر: الرجل الضخم الذي لا غناء عنده وكذالك الضوطر والضوطرى، قاله الجوهري.

The Daytar: the huge man who has no capability, and likewise the Dawtar and the Dawtry, said Al-Jawhari.

وقيل: هو الضخم اللئيم.

And it was said: he is the huge, ignoble one.

الضيطر، والضيطرى: الضخم الجنبين العظيم الاست، ج: ضياطرة، وضيطارون.

The Daytar, and the Daytari: the one with broad flanks and a great anus, plural: Diyatirah, Daytarun.

تعرض ضيطارو فعالة دوننا وما خير ضيطار يقلب مسطحا.

His large stature was displayed before us, and what good is a large man who fiddles with a flat object?

هم الضخام الذين لا غناء عندهم، الواحد ضيطار، والياء زائدة.

They are the huge ones who have no capability; the singular is Daytar, and the 'ya' is extra.

والضيطار: التاجر لا يبرح مكانه.

And the Daytar: the merchant who does not leave his place.

والضيطرى مقصورة، والضوطار: من يدخل السوق بلا رأس مال، فيحتال للكسب.

And the Daytari (shortened) and the Dawtar: one who enters the market without capital, and schemes to earn.

وبنو ضوطرى: الجوع.

And Banu Dawtry: hunger.

وقيل: الضوطرى: الحمقى، قال: وهو الصحيح.

And it was said: the Dawtry: the foolish ones, he said: and this is the correct view.

ويقال للقوم إذا كانوا لا يغنون غناء: بنو ضوطرى.

And the people are called Banu Dawtry if they are incapable.

تعدون عقر النيب أفضل مجدكم بني ضوطرى لولا الكمي المقنعا.

You consider the slaughter of she-camels the best of your glory, O sons of the foolish, if only the armored man were present.