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Root entry · 45 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the number ten and related concepts like multiples of ten, or things occurring in groups of ten. It also extends to terms for specific locations, tribes, animals, and even abstract concepts like 'taking a tenth' or 'being ten years old'.

Derived headwords

عَشَرَةnoun

1.
tenboth
The cardinal number representing the quantity of ten.

العُشْرَاءnoun

1.
summit, peakclassical
Refers to the highest point or summit of something.

بَنُو العَشْرَاءname

1.
Banu al-Ashra'classical
A tribe from the Fazarah clan, named after an ancestor.

أَبُو العَشْرَاءname

1.
Abu al-Ashra'classical
A name of a famous Tabi'i (successor) and a poet.

عُشُورَاءname

1.
Ushura'classical
A place name, possibly a location in Al-Dahna'.

عَشَّارname

1.
Ashsharclassical
A place name, possibly a location in Al-Dahna'.

تَعْشَارname

1.
Ta'sharclassical
A place name, possibly a location in Al-Dahna'.

ذُو العُشَيْرَةname

1.
Dhu al-Ushayrahclassical
A known location in Al-Summan, also a location near Yanbu'.

العُشَيْرَةname

1.
small summitclassical
A diminutive form referring to a small summit or peak, also a place name in Al-Yamamah.

عَاشِرَةname

1.
Al-Ashirahclassical
A proper name for a female hyena.

مُعْشِرnoun

1.
one whose camels are pregnantclassical
A person whose camels have become pregnant (ashshara).
2.
one who produces milkclassical
A person whose camels are producing milk.

أَعْشَرadjective

1.
foolishclassical
Describing someone as foolish or idiotic.

العَوِيشْرَاءnoun

1.
summit, peakclassical
Another term for a summit or peak, similar to al-Ushra'.

عَشَارِيَّاتadverb

1.
scattered, dispersedclassical
Going in various directions, scattered widely.

عَشَارَىnoun

1.
scattered oneclassical
The singular form of 'ashariyat', referring to one who is scattered.

العَاشِرَةnoun

1.
tenth chapter markerclassical
A marker for the tenth section in the Quran, a neologism.

العُشُرnoun

1.
camels with little milkclassical
Female camels that yield only a small amount of milk without being milked collectively.

أَعْشَارnoun

1.
shares, portionsclassical
The shares or portions of a sacrificial animal's meat.

عُشَارِشِيّadjective

1.
ten years oldclassical
A boy who is ten years old.

العُشْرnoun

1.
tenclassical
A variant pronunciation or spelling for the number ten.

العُشُورnoun

1.
tensclassical
Plural of 'ashr', referring to tens or multiples of ten.

الأَعْشَارnoun

1.
tensclassical
Plural of 'ashr', referring to tens or multiples of ten.
2.
flight feathersclassical
The primary flight feathers of a bird.

المِعْشَارnoun

1.
one-tenth of a tenthclassical
A tenth of a tenth, or one hundredth.
2.
collector of tithesclassical
One who collects the tithe (al-'ushr).

العَاشِرnoun

1.
tithe collectorclassical
One who collects the tithe or tenth.

أَعْشَرَverb

1.
to reach tenboth
To become ten in number or to reach the age of ten.
2.
to make tenboth
To make something into ten or a group of ten.
3.
to enter the tenth of Dhu al-Hijjahclassical
To enter the tenth day of the Islamic month Dhu al-Hijjah.
4.
to pass ten nightsclassical
To have ten nights pass since an event.

أَعْشَرُواverb

1.
they became tenboth
They became ten in number.

أَعْشِرْverb

1.
make it tenboth
Imperative form: make it ten.

عَشِّرْverb

1.
add one to make tenclassical
To add one to a group of nine to complete the number ten.

مُمْشَرadjective

1.
mottledclassical
Describing a cow that is mottled with white and red.

العَشَائِرnoun

1.
newly-born gazellesclassical
Female gazelles that have recently given birth.

عَشِرَverb

1.
to afflict the heartclassical
To afflict or distress the heart.

العَوَاشِرnoun

1.
flight feathersclassical
The primary flight feathers of a bird.

عَشَرnoun

1.
three nights of the monthclassical
The three nights of the month that follow the ninth night.

سَعْد العَشِيرَةname

1.
Sa'd al-Ushayrahclassical
A tribal name from Yemen, named after an ancestor.

عَشَائِرname

1.
Ashairclassical
A place name.

عِشْرُونnoun

1.
twentyboth
The number twenty.

عُشُورَىname

1.
Ushuraclassical
A place name.

عَشَرname

1.
Asharclassical
A fortress in Al-Andalus.

ذُو عِشْرname

1.
Dhu Ashrclassical
A valley between Basra and Mecca, also a valley in Najd.

أَبُو طَالِب العَشَّارِيّname

1.
Abu Talib al-Ashariclassical
A famous traditionist.

أَبُو مَعْشَر البَلْخِيّname

1.
Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhiclassical
A well-known astronomer.

عَاشُورname

1.
Ashurclassical
A large clan in Azerbaijan.

أَبُو السُّعُود بْن أَبِي العَشَائِرname

1.
Abu al-Su'ud ibn Abi al-Asha'irclassical
One of the shaykhs of Egypt.

عَاشِرname

1.
Ashirclassical
A name of a traditionist.

عَبْد الوَاحِد بْن أَحْمَد بْن عَاشِر الأَنْدَلُسِيّname

1.
Abd al-Wahid ibn Ahmad ibn Ashir al-Andalusiclassical
A jurist and scholar from Al-Andalus.

Parallel reading

كأن رجليه مسماكان من عشر ... صقبان لم يتقشر عنهما النجب

As if its legs were like two thick branches from 'ashr, smooth trunks from which the bark had not peeled.

وبنو العشراء: قوم من فزارة، وهم من بني مازن بن فزارة، واسمه عمرو بن جابر، وإنما سمى بالعشراء منظور بن زبان بن سيار بن العشراء.

And Banu al-Ashra': a people from Fazarah, and they are from Banu Mazin ibn Fazarah, and his name was Amr ibn Jabir, and he was named al-Ashra' after Manzur ibn Zaban ibn Sayyar ibn al-Ashra'.

والعشراء: القلة، بالضم وتخفيف اللام المفتوحة.

And al-Ushra': the summit, with dammah and a lightened, open lam.

وعشوراء بالمد، وعشار وتعشار، بكسرهما، أسماء مواضع، الأخير بالدهناء.

And Ushura' with madd, and Ashshar and Ta'shar, with kasrah for both, are names of places, the latter in Al-Dahna'.

غلبوا على خبت إلى تعشار.

They were overcome in a barren land towards Ta'shar.

لنا إبل لم تعرف الذعر بينها ... بتعشار مرعاها قسا فصرائمه

We have camels among whom panic is unknown, grazing in Ta'shar, its pastures and its enclosures.

وفيت وفاء لم ير الناس مثله ... بتعشار إذ تحبو إلى الأكابر

I fulfilled a fulfillment that people have not seen its like, in Ta'shar, when crawling towards the elders.

وذو العشيرة: ع بالصمان معروف، فيه عشرة نابتة، قال عنترة في وصف الظليم: (صعل يعود بذي العشيرة بيضه ... كالعبد ذي الفرو الطويل الأصلم)

And Dhu al-Ushayrah: a known place in Al-Summan, with ten plants growing in it. Antarah said in description of the ostrich: (A swift one returning to Dhu al-Ushayrah with its eggs... like a slave with long, smooth fur).

ويقال فيه العشير، بغير هاء أيضا، وضبط بالسين المهملة أيضا، وقد تقدم.

And it is also called al-Ushir, without the ha', and it is also recorded with the unpointed sin, and it has been mentioned before.

والمعشر، كمحدث: من أنتجت إبله، ومن صارت إبله عشارا، أوردهما الصاغاني، واستشهد للثاني بقول مقاس بن عمرو:

And al-Mi'shar, like muhdath: one whose camels have given birth, and one whose camels have become pregnant (ashshara), both are mentioned by Al-Sagani, and he cited the second with the saying of Maqas ibn Amr:

ليختلطن العام راع مجنب ... إذا ما تلاقينا براع معشر

This year, a shepherd will mix with a shepherd whose camels are not producing milk... when we meet, with a shepherd whose camels are producing milk.

يقول: ليس لنا لبن، فنحن نغير عليكم فنأخذ إبلكم فيختلط بعضها ببعض.

He says: We have no milk, so we raid you and take your camels, and they become mixed together.

وعن ابن شميل: الأعشر: الأحمق، قال الأزهري: لم يروه لي ثقة أعتمده.

And from Ibn Shumayl: Al-A'shar: the foolish. Al-Azhari said: I have not narrated it from a trustworthy person I rely on.

ويقال: ذهبوا عشاريات وعساريات بالشين والسين، إذا ذهبوا أيادي سبا متفرقين في كل وجه.

And it is said: They went 'ashariyat and 'asariyat with the shin and the sin, meaning they went scattered in every direction.

والعاشرة: حلقة التعشير من عواشر المصحف، وهي لفظة مولدة، صرح به ابن منظور والصاغاني.

And al-'Ashirah: the chapter marker for the tenth part of the Quran, and it is a neologism, as stated by Ibn Manzur and Al-Sagani.

والعشر، بالضم: النوق التي تنزل الدرة القليلة من غير أن تجتمع قال الشاعر: (حلوب لعشر الشول في ليلة الصبا ... سريع إلى الأضياف قبل التأمل)

And al-'Ushr, with dammah: the she-camels that yield a small amount of milk without being milked collectively. The poet said: (A milker for 'ushr of the she-camels in a youthful night... quick to guests before consideration).

وأعشار الجزور: الأنصباء، وهي تنقسم على سبعة أجزاء، كما هو مفصل في محله.

And a'shar of the camel: the portions, which are divided into seven parts, as detailed in its place.

غلام عشارشي، بالضم: ابن عشر سنين، والأنثى بالهاء.

A boy 'usharishi, with dammah: ten years old, and the female with ha'.

والعشر، بضمتين: لغة في العشر.

And al-'ushr, with two dammahs: a dialectal form for al-'ashr.

وقيل: المعشار: عشر العشر.

And it was said: Al-Mi'shar: a tenth of a tenth.

وقيل: إن المعشار جمع العشير، والعشير جمع العشر، وعلى هذا فيكون المعشار واحدا من الألف، لأنه عشر عشر العشر قاله شيخنا.

And it was said: Al-Mi'shar is the plural of al-'ushir, and al-'ushir is the plural of al-'ashr. And according to this, al-Mi'shar would be one in a thousand, because it is a tenth of a tenth of a tenth, as our shaykh said.

وأعشر الرجل: وردت إبله العشر.

And a'shara the man: his camels yielded little milk.

وأعشروا: صاروا عشرة.

And a'sharaw: they became ten.

وأعشرت العدد: جعلته عشرة.

And a'shartu al-'adad: I made it ten.

وأعشروا: صاروا في عشر ذي الحجة، كذا في التهذيب لابن القطاع.

And a'sharaw: they entered the tenth of Dhu al-Hijjah, as in Al-Tahdhib by Ibn Al-Qatta'.

ويقال: أعشرنا منذ لم نلتق، أي أتى علينا عشر ليال.

And it is said: A'sharna since we last met, meaning ten nights have passed for us.

اللهم عشر خطاي: أي اكتب لكل خطوة عشر حسنات.

O Allah, 'ashir my steps: meaning write for each step ten good deeds.

والعشائر: الظباء الحديثات العهد بالنتاج.

And al-'Asha'ir: gazelles that have recently given birth.

همل عشائره على أولادها ... من راشح متقوب وفطيم

Its young ones (gazelles) scattered over their offspring... from the weak and the strong, and the weaned.

كأن العشائر هنا في هذا المعنى جمع عشار، وعشائر هو جمع الجمع، كما يقال: جمال وجمائل، وحبال وحبائل.

It is as if al-'Asha'ir here, in this meaning, is the plural of 'ushar, and 'asha'ir is the plural of the plural, as it is said: jamal and jama'il, hubal and haba'il.

وعشر الحب قلبه، إذا أضناه.

And 'ashara the heart of the lover, if it exhausts him.

والعواشر: قوادم ريش الطائر، وكذلك الأعشار، قال الأعشى: (وإذا ما طغى بها الجري فالعق ... بان تهوي كواسشر الأعشار)

And al-'Awashir: the primary flight feathers of a bird, and likewise al-A'shar. Al-A'sha said: (And when the running becomes excessive, the wing feathers descend like the 'awashir of the a'shar).

ويقال لثلاث من ليالي الشهر: عشر، وهي بعد التسع.

And it is said for three nights of the month: 'ashr, and they are after the ninth.

وعشرت القوم تعشيرا، إذا كانوا تسعة وزدت واحدا حتى تمت العشرة.

And 'ashartu al-qawm ta'shiran, if they were nine and you added one until the ten was complete.

والأعصم، والأوشح، فالأصدأ: الأسود العين والعنق والظهر، وسائر جسده أحمر: والعشر: المرقع بالبياض والحمرة.

And al-A'sam, and al-Awshakh. Al-Asda': black-eyed, black-necked, and black-backed, and the rest of its body is red: And al-'ashr: the mottled one with white and red.

قلت: وقال ابن الكلبي في أنساب العرب: إنما سمى سعد العشيرة لأنه لم يمت حتى ركب معه من ولد ولد ولده ثلاثمائة رجل.

I say: And Ibn Al-Kalbi said in the Genealogies of the Arabs: He was only named Sa'd al-Ushayrah because he did not die until three hundred men from his grandchildren rode with him.

وعشائر وعشرون، وعشيرة، وعشورى، مواضع.

And 'Asha'ir, and 'Ishrun, and 'Ushayrah, and 'Ushura, are places.

وعشر كزفر: واد بالحجاز، وقيل: شعب لهذيل قرب مكة عند نخلة اليمانية.

And 'Ashr like Zufar: a valley in Al-Hijaz, and it was said: a gorge for Hudhayl near Mecca by Nakhlah Al-Yamaniyyah.

وذو عشر: واد بين البصرة ومكة، من ديار تميم، ثم لبني مازن بن مالك بن عمرو، وأيضا واد في نجد.

And Dhu 'Ashr: a valley between Basra and Mecca, from the lands of Tamim, then belonging to Banu Mazin ibn Malik ibn Amr, and also a valley in Najd.