هزبر

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the lion, describing its strength, ferocity, and physical attributes. It also extends to concepts of robustness, solidity, and forceful action, with some derived terms referring to specific objects or even personal names.

Derived headwords

الهِزْبِرnoun

1.
lionboth
The lion, a powerful and fierce wild cat.
2.
strong, robustclassical
Describing something or someone as strong, solid, and robust.
3.
thick, bulkyclassical
Describing someone or something as thick, bulky, or massive.

هِزْبِرَةadjective

1.
strong, solidclassical
An adjective describing a she-camel as strong and solid.

هَزَابِرnoun

1.
lionsclassical
The plural form of 'hizbir', referring to lions.

الهِزْنَبِرnoun

1.
sharp-headed sackclassical
A sack that has a sharp or pointed head.
2.
ill-tempered personclassical
A person of bad character or ill temper.

الهِزْنَبْرَانnoun

1.
sharp-headed sackclassical
A sack that has a sharp or pointed head.
2.
ill-tempered personclassical
A person of bad character or ill temper.

هَزْبَرَverb

1.
to cutclassical
To cut something, to sever it.

هَزْبَرَةnoun

1.
cuttingclassical
The act of cutting or severing.

الهِزْبَرِيّname

1.
personal nameboth
A surname or given name, such as that of a Sufi scholar.

Parallel reading

الهزبر، كسبحل ودرهم وعلابط: الأسد

Al-hizbir, like sibhal, dirham, and 'alabat: the lion.

الأخيرين نقلهما الصاغاني

The latter two were transmitted by Al-Saghani.

واختلف في الهزبر فقيل: هو رباعي وهاؤه أصلية

And there is disagreement about Al-hizbir; it was said: it is quadriliteral and its ha' is original.

وقيل: الهاء زائدة وأصله من الزبر وهو الدفع بقوة

And it was said: the ha' is extra and its origin is from 'az-zabir', which is to push forcefully.

الهزبر: الغليظ الضخم

Al-hizbir: the thick and bulky.

قيل: وبه سمي الأسد

It was said: and by this the lion was named.

الهزبر: الشديد الصلب

Al-hizbir: the strong and solid.

ناقة هزبرة: صلبة

A hizbirah she-camel: solid.

هزبرة ذات سبيب أصهبا

A solid one with a reddish mane.

والهزنبر، كسفرجل: الكيس الحاد الرأس

And Al-hiznabir, like safarjal: the sharp-headed sack.

وتفسيرهما بالسيء الخلق وهم من الجوهري

And their interpretation as ill-tempered is from Al-Jauhari.

والصواب فيهما بزاءين، نبه عليه الصاغاني

And the correct reading for them is with two 'za's', Al-Saghani pointed this out.

وهزبره هزبرة: قطعه

And he cut it with a hizbarah: he cut it.

أن أحد شيوخه من أهل الإسكندرية ممن سمع على أبي العباس بن المصفي لقبه هزبر

That one of his sheikhs from the people of Alexandria, who heard from Abu Al-Abbas bin Al-Musaffi, his nickname was Hizbir.

وأبو شجاع محمد بن عبد الله الهزبري الصوفي، سمع من أبي الوقت

And Abu Shuja' Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Hizbri the Sufi, heard from Abu Al-Waqt.