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ع ن ت ر

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of a large, bothersome fly, often blue or green. It extends to bravery, particularly in warfare, and is famously associated with the pre-Islamic Arab hero Antarah ibn Shaddad. Derived terms also refer to the sound of such a fly and the act of spearing.

Derived headwords

العَنْتَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Flyclassical

    A type of fly, specifically a large blue or green one, considered bothersome.

  2. 2.
    A large flyclassical

    Used as a term of contempt or diminutiveness for a fly, as in a hadith.

العَنْطَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Sound of a flyclassical

    The buzzing or sound made by a fly.

  2. 2.
    Bravery in hardshipclassical

    The act of proceeding or moving forward through difficulties and severe situations.

  3. 3.
    Bravery in warclassical

    Courage and valor displayed during combat.

عَنْتَرname
  1. 1.
    Antarahboth

    A proper name, famously belonging to the pre-Islamic poet and warrior Antarah ibn Shaddad.

عَنْتَرَةname
  1. 1.
    Antarahboth

    A proper name, also associated with Antarah ibn Shaddad.

عَنْتَرَه بالرمحverb
  1. 1.
    To spearclassical

    To pierce or strike someone with a spear.

العنتريونnoun
  1. 1.
    The Antarisclassical

    A nisba (surname) indicating descent from or association with someone named 'Anter or 'Antarah.

العنتريname
  1. 1.
    Al-Antariboth

    A nisba (surname) indicating descent from or association with someone named 'Anter or 'Antarah.

Parallel reading

الذباب. وقيل: هو الذباب الأزرق.
The fly. And it was said: it is the blue fly.
العنتر: ذباب أخضر.
Al-'antar: a green fly.
إذا غرد اللقاع فيها لعنتر بمغدودن مستأسد النبت ذي خبر
When the ground-dove coos in it for a fly in a place of abundant, lion-like plants with knowledge.
العنترة: صوته
Al-'antarah: its sound.
العنترة: السلوك في الشدائد.
Al-'antarah: proceeding in hardships.
العنترة: الشجاعة في الحرب
Al-'antarah: bravery in war.
عنتر بن معاوية بن شداد، شاعر عبسي من بني مخزوم بن مالك بن غالب بن قطيعة بن عبس، وأخباره مدونة مشهورة.
'Antarah ibn Mu'awiyah ibn Shaddad, an 'Absi poet from the Banu Makhzum... and his stories are recorded and famous.
وعنتره بالرمح عنترة: طعنه به.
And to spear him with a spear means to pierce him with it.
يدعون عنتر والرماح كأنها ... أشطان بئر في لبان الأدهم
They call out for 'Antar, and the spears are like the ropes of a well on the chest of the dark horse.
يا عنتر هكذا جاء في رواية، وهو الذباب، شبهه به تصغيرا له وتحقيرا.
O 'Antar, thus it came in a narration, and it is the fly, likening him to it for belittling and demeaning him.
وهو الذباب الكبير الأزرق، شبهه به لشدة أذاه.
And it is the large blue fly, likening him to it due to its intense annoyance.
أبو الفضل عبد الملك بن سعيد بن تميم بن أحمد بن عنتر التميمي العنتري، شيخ لابن عساكر.
Abu al-Fadl 'Abd al-Malik ibn Sa'id ibn Tamim ibn Ahmad ibn 'Anter al-Tamimi al-'Antari, a shaykh of Ibn 'Asakir.
والحسين بن محمد العنتري، ذكره الماليني.
And al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-'Antari, mentioned by al-Malini.
أبو المؤيد محمد بن محمد الحلي العنتري، مشهور في الطب، كان يكتب أخبار عنترة وهو شاب فنسب إليه.
Abu al-Mu'ayyad Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Hilli al-'Antari, famous in medicine, he used to write the news of 'Antarah when he was young, so he was attributed to him.
عبد الملك بن هارون بن عنترة، روينا حديثه في البلدانيات للسلفي، وولده، العنتريون منهم أبو الحسن علي.
'Abd al-Malik ibn Harun ibn 'Antarah, we narrated his hadith in al-Baladaniyyat by al-Salafi, and his offspring, the 'Antaris, among them Abu al-Hasan Ali.
فقيه فاضل.
A jurist, virtuous.