هتر

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of tearing, damaging, and speaking falsehoods or nonsensical things. It extends to meanings of foolishness, madness, and being obsessed or infatuated with something. It also encompasses terms for cunning and remarkable individuals or events.

Derived headwords

هَتَرَverb

1.
to tear apartclassical
To tear apart someone's reputation or honor.
2.
to speak nonsenseclassical
To utter falsehoods or nonsensical speech.

هَتْرًاnoun

1.
slanderclassical
Tearing someone's reputation; slander.
2.
falsehoodclassical
Lying or falsehood.
3.
calamityclassical
A calamity, a remarkable or astonishing matter.
4.
nonsenseclassical
Nonsense, error in speech, or falsehood.
5.
part of the nightclassical
The first part of the night, or less than half of it.

هَتَرَهُverb

1.
to tear apartclassical
To tear apart someone's reputation or honor.
2.
to speak nonsenseclassical
To utter falsehoods or nonsensical speech.

تَهْتِيرًاnoun

1.
extreme slanderclassical
Exaggerating in tearing someone's reputation; extreme slander.

الهُتْرُnoun

1.
loss of mindclassical
Loss of reason due to old age, illness, or grief.
2.
foolishnessclassical
Foolishness and ignorance.

أُهْتِرَverb

1.
to lose one's mindclassical
To lose one's mind due to old age, illness, or grief.
2.
to become senileclassical
To become senile or foolish.
3.
to be obsessedclassical
To become obsessed with speaking about something.

مُهْتَرٌadjective

1.
senileclassical
Having lost one's mind due to old age, illness, or grief; senile.
2.
foolishclassical
Foolish or senile.
3.
erroneousclassical
Erroneous in speech.

التِّهْتَارُnoun

1.
foolishnessclassical
Foolishness and ignorance.
2.
obsessionclassical
An excessive or obsessive inclination towards something.

الهُتَيْرَةُnoun

1.
extreme foolishnessclassical
A diminutive of 'hatra', referring to extreme, well-established foolishness.

مُسْتَهْتَرٌadjective

1.
obsessed
Infatuated with something; obsessed with it, not caring about consequences.
2.
full of falsehoodsclassical
One who is full of falsehoods or nonsensical talk.
3.
indifferentclassical
One who does not care about what is said about them, even insults.

اسْتَهْتَرَverb

1.
to be obsessed
To become infatuated with something, to the point of losing one's mind over it and speaking excessively and falsely about it.
2.
to be indifferentclassical
To not care about what is said or done, even insults.

تَهَاتَرَاverb

1.
to accuse each other falselyclassical
Each of two people falsely accusing the other; engaging in mutual slander.

هَاتَرَهُverb

1.
to slanderclassical
To slander someone with false words.

مُهَاتَرَةٌnoun

1.
inconsistent speechclassical
Speech that contradicts itself.

تَهَاتُرٌnoun

1.
contradictory testimoniesclassical
Testimonies that contradict each other and are thus invalidated.

تَهَاتَرَتَاverb

1.
to be invalidatedclassical
Two pieces of evidence or testimonies invalidated each other.

هَتْرٌ أَهْتَارٌadjective

1.
extremely cunningclassical
Describing a person as extremely cunning or a great calamity.

هَاتِرٌadjective

1.
cunningclassical
Cunning, or a calamity.

Parallel reading

مزق العرض، قاله الليث، وقال الأزهري: وهو غير محفوظ، والمعروف بهذا المعنى الهرت إلا أن يكون مقلوبا

Tearing of honor, as stated by Al-Layth. Al-Azhari said: This is not well-preserved, and what is known in this meaning is 'al-hirt' unless it is an inversion.

قد هتره يهتره هترا، إذا مزق عرضه

He tore apart his reputation, he tears it apart, a tearing, if he tore apart his reputation.

وهتره تهتيرا، إذا بالغ في مزقه

And he tore him apart excessively, if he exaggerated in tearing him apart.

قول هتر، أي كذب

A false saying, meaning a lie.

مضى هتر من الليل، أي النصف الأول من الليل

A part of the night has passed, meaning the first half of the night.

إذا مضى أقل من نصفه

If less than half of it has passed.

وقد أهتر الرجل فهو مهتر، بفتح التاء: فقد عقله من أحد هذه الأشياء

And the man has lost his mind, so he is 'muhtar', with a fatha on the taa: he has lost his mind from one of these things.

أي خرف

Meaning senile.

إذا لم يعقل من الكبر قيل: أهتر فهو مهتر

If one does not comprehend due to old age, it is said: 'ahtar', so he is 'muhtar'.

التهتار، بالفتح: الحمق والجهل، كالتهتر

Al-tahtar, with a fatha: foolishness and ignorance, like 'al-tahtar'.

إن الفزاري لا ينفك مغتلما ... من النواكة تهتارا بتهتار

Indeed, Al-Fazari is always agitated... from foolishness, foolishly.

المستهتر بالشيء، بالفتح: أي بفتح التاء الثانية: المولع به، لا يتحدث بغيره، لا يبالي بما فعل فيه

One who is obsessed with something, with a fatha: meaning with a fatha on the second taa: infatuated with it, not speaking of anything else, not caring what is done to him.

اللهم إني أعوذ بك أن أكون من المستهترين

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from being among the obsessed.

المستتر: الذي كثرت أباطيله

The obsessed: one whose falsehoods are many.

أي المبطلين في القول والمسقطين في الكلام

Meaning those who are void in speech and those who fall into error in speech.

وتهاترا: ادعى كل على صاحبه باطلا

And they accused each other falsely: each claimed falsehood against his companion.

المستبان شيطانان يتهاتران ويتكاذبان

The two revilers are two devils, they accuse each other falsely and lie to each other.

هاتره: سابه بالباطل من القول

He slandered him: he insulted him with false speech.

المهاترة: القول الذي ينقض بعضه بعضا

Al-muhathara: speech that contradicts itself.

دع الهتار

Leave the falsehood.

التهاتر، بكسر التاء الثانية، وهي الشهادات التي يكذب بعضها بعضا

Al-tahatur, with a kasra on the second taa, meaning testimonies that contradict each other.

رجل هتر أهتار: موصوف بالنكراء، أي داهية دواه

A man is 'hatar ahter': described as formidable, meaning a great calamity.

هتر هاتر، مبالغة

A cunning calamity, an exaggeration.

يراجع هترا من تماضر هاترا

He returns to 'hatran' from Tamadhir, a 'hatir'.

رجل مهتر: مخطئ في كلامه

A man 'muhtar': mistaken in his speech.

سبق المفردون، قالوا: وما المفردون قال: الذين أهتروا في ذكر الله

The solitary ones have preceded. They asked: And who are the solitary ones? He said: Those who were lost in the remembrance of Allah.

يضع الذكر عنهم أثقالهم فيأتون يوم القيامة خفافا

Remembrance lightens their burdens, so they come on the Day of Resurrection light.

والمفردون: الشيوخ الهرمى، معناه أنهم كبروا في طاعة الله وماتت لذاتهم

And the solitary ones: the elderly elders, meaning they grew old in obedience to Allah and their desires died.

ومعنى أهتروا في ذكر الله، أي خرفوا وهم يذكرون الله

And the meaning of 'ahtaroo' in the remembrance of Allah, is that they became senile while remembering Allah.

والمستهترون: المولعون بالذكر والتسبيح

And the 'mustahtarun': those who are infatuated with remembrance and glorification.

هم الذين استهتروا بذكر الله أي أولعوا به

They are those who became obsessed with the remembrance of Allah, meaning they were infatuated with it.

يقال: استهتر بأمر كذا وكذا، أي أولع به لا يتحدث بغيره ولا يفعل غيره

It is said: He became obsessed with such and such a matter, meaning he was infatuated with it, not speaking of anything else, nor doing anything else.