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Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something or someone as strong, robust, and of imposing physique. It extends to qualities of harshness or bad temper, and can also refer to difficult or arduous journeys.

Derived headwords

العشنزرnoun
  1. 1.
    Strongly built personboth

    A person of strong and imposing physique.

  2. 2.
    Large/strong thingboth

    Something large, strong, or formidable in its kind.

  3. 3.
    Hyenaclassical

    A hyena, specifically referring to its strength and formidable nature.

عشنزرةnoun
  1. 1.
    Bad-tempered womanclassical

    A woman of bad character or disposition.

  2. 2.
    Hyenaclassical

    A hyena, used poetically.

عشنزرadjective
  1. 1.
    Strongly builtboth

    Describing someone or something as strongly built or robust.

  2. 2.
    Severe/arduousboth

    Describing a journey or path as difficult and arduous.

Parallel reading

ضربا وطعنا نافذا عشنزرا
Striking and piercing blows, formidable.
عشنزرة جواعرها ثمان
Its strong-built hyenas are eight.
أراد بالعشنزرة الضبع
He intended by 'al-'ashnazara' the hyena.
العشنزر والعشوزن من الرجال: الشديد
Al-'ashnazir and al-'ushuzun from men: the strong.
وسير عشنزر: شديد
And a severe journey: arduous.
ودون ليلى بلد سمهدر جدب المندى عن هوانا أزور ينضى المطايا خمسه العشنزر
And beyond Layla is a vast land, dry and barren, that makes one traverse it, exhausting the mounts fivefold, arduous.
وقيل: قرب عشنزر: متعب
And it is said: an arduous proximity: tiring.
وضبع عشنزرة: سيئة الخلق
And a hyena 'ashnazara': ill-tempered.