طحر

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

The root طحر (ṭaḥara) primarily relates to the concept of expelling, ejecting, or removing something, often with force or completeness. This extends to physical actions like a wound expelling matter, or a genital organ expelling semen. It also encompasses abstract notions of pushing away, driving off, or reaching an extreme. Figuratively, it can describe a swift or far-reaching action, like a fast horse or a long-range arrow.

Derived headwords

طَحَرَتْverb

1.
expelled matterclassical
The eye expelled its irritant matter.

تَطْحُرُهُverb

1.
expelled itclassical
The eye expelled its irritant matter.

طَحْرًاnoun

1.
expulsionclassical
The act of expelling or ejecting something.
2.
intercourseclassical
Sexual intercourse.
3.
reaching the extremeclassical
To reach the utmost limit or extreme of something.

يَطْحَرُverb

1.
expelledclassical
The eye expelled its irritant matter.
2.
to push awayclassical
To push away or drive off.

طَحُورٌadjective

1.
swiftclassical
Describing something that is fast or quick.
2.
far-reachingclassical
Describing a bow that shoots arrows far.

طَحُورnoun

1.
a piece of cloudclassical
A small, sparse piece of cloud.

طَحَرَتْverb

1.
had intercourseclassical
He had sexual intercourse with the woman.

أَطْحَرَverb

1.
circumcised completelyclassical
The circumciser completely removed the foreskin.
2.
to reach the extremeclassical
To push something to its utmost limit.

طَحِيرٌnoun

1.
heavy breathingclassical
A sound of heavy or elevated breathing, like panting.
2.
strainingclassical
A type of straining or pushing, especially when asking for something.

مِطْحَرnoun

1.
lionclassical
A lion, used metaphorically.
2.
far-reaching arrowclassical
An arrow that travels a long distance.

مِطْحَرadjective

1.
far-reachingclassical
Describing an arrow that goes far when shot.

مِطْحَرَةnoun

1.
fierce warclassical
A fierce, intense, or difficult war.

طَحْرَةnoun

1.
a piece of cloudclassical
A small, sparse piece of cloud.
2.
nothingclassical
Used in negation to mean 'nothing' or 'not a thing'.

طُحْرُورَةnoun

1.
a piece of cloudclassical
A small, sparse piece of cloud.

طَحَرُورِيَّةnoun

1.
a piece of cloudclassical
A small, sparse piece of cloud.

طَحُورnoun

1.
a piece of cloudclassical
A small, sparse piece of cloud.

نَصْلٌ مِطْحَرٌadjective

1.
long and sharpclassical
Describing a blade that is long and sharp.

طَاحِرَةnoun

1.
spring of waterclassical
A spring of water that forcefully ejects water from its source.

طَحْرُورnoun

1.
a piece of cloudclassical
A small, sparse piece of cloud.

قَنَاةٌ مِطْحَرَةٌadjective

1.
springy and twistedclassical
Describing a spear shaft that is twisted and springs back when straightened.

Parallel reading

يطحره طحرا: رمت به

It expels it, an expulsion: it threw it out.

بمقلة لا تغر صادقة يطحر عنها القذاة حاجبها

With an eye that does not miss its mark, truthful, whose eyebrow expels the irritant from it.

فهي طحورة وطحور

So it is طحور and طحور (meaning it expels).

طحوران عوار القذى فتراهما كمكحولتي مذعورة أم فرقد

Expelling the dust and debris, and you see them like the eyes of a frightened gazelle, mother of Farqad.

والطحر: الجماع، وقد طحر (المرأة: جامعها)

And الطحر: sexual intercourse, and he طحر (the woman): he had intercourse with her.

ختن الخاتن الصبي فأطحر قلفته، إذا استأصلها

The circumciser circumcised the boy and he أطحر his foreskin, meaning he completely removed it.

ولا تطحر، أي لا تستأصل

And do not تطحر, meaning do not completely remove.

وهو أن يبلغ بالشيء أقصاه

And it is to reach the extreme of something.

وأطحر الحجام الختان، وأسحته: استأصله

And the circumciser أطحر the circumcision, and removed it: he completely extracted it.

فسمعنا لها طحيرا

And we heard from it a طحير (heavy breathing).

هو النفس العالي

It is the elevated breathing.

الطحور: السريع

الطحور: the swift.

قوس طحور ومطحر

A bow that is طحور and مطحر (far-shooting).

شرقات بالسم من صلبي وركوضا من السراء طحورا

Poisonous darts from my loins and a swift runner from the high ground, طحورا (far-reaching).

والمطحر: الأسد

And المطحر: the lion.

سهم مطحر: يبعد إذا رمى

A مطحر arrow: it goes far when shot.

فرمى فأنفذ صاعديا مطحرا بالكشح فاشتملت عليه الأضلع

So he shot, and it penetrated upwards, مطحرا (far-reaching) into the flank, and the ribs enclosed it.

ما في السماء طحرة ولا غياية

There is not in the sky a طحرة (piece of cloud) nor a غياية (darkness).

ما في السماء طحرة وطخرة

There is not in the sky a طحرة (piece of cloud) and a طخرة (piece of cloud).

ترى الشآيريغ يطفو فوق طاحرة مسحنطرا ناظرا نحو الشناغيب

You see the small frogs floating on top of a طاحرة (spring) stretching out, looking towards the high ground.

فإنك تطحرها، أي تبعدها وتقصيها

Indeed, you تطحر it, meaning you push it away and distance it.

وقناة مطحرة: ملتوية في الثقاف وثابة

And a مطحرة spear shaft: twisted in the straightening process and springy.

وما في النحي طحرة، أي شيء

And there is not in the udder a طحرة (thing), meaning anything.

وما على العريان طحرة، أي ثوب

And on the naked person is not a طحرة (thing), meaning a garment.

وما عليه طحور، أي ثوب

And on him is not a طحور (garment), meaning a garment.

وما على فلان طحرة، إذا كان عاريا

And on so-and-so is not a طحرة (thing), if he is naked.

وما على الإبل طحرة، أي شيء من وبر، إذا نسلت أوبارها

And on the camels is not a طحرة (thing), meaning anything of hair, when their hair sheds.