يعر

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns young goats or sheep, often in a vulnerable state. It extends to sounds made by sheep and goats, and metaphorically to weakness or submission. It also encompasses geographical features and specific agricultural practices.

Derived headwords

اليعرnoun

1.
young goat/sheep tied upclassical
A young sheep or goat tied up near the den of a wolf or lion, symbolizing vulnerability.
2.
young goatclassical
A young goat, as interpreted by Abu Ubaid and Ibn al-A'rabi.
3.
plantclassical
A type of tree or shrub.
4.
mountainclassical
A mountain, as stated by Al-Sagani.

اليعرةnoun

1.
young goat/sheepclassical
A young female goat or sheep, specifically a kid.

اليعارnoun

1.
bleating soundboth
The sound of sheep, or specifically the strong sound of sheep or goats.
2.
treeclassical
A tree found in the desert that camels eat.

يعرتverb

1.
to bleatboth
The bleating sound made by a sheep or goat.

تيعرverb

1.
to bleatboth
The bleating sound made by a sheep or goat.

يعاراnoun

1.
bleatingboth
The act or sound of bleating.

اليعورnoun

1.
sheep that spoils milkclassical
A sheep that urinates on the person milking it and defecates, thus spoiling the milk.
2.
excessive bleatingclassical
A sheep characterized by excessive bleating.

اليعورةnoun

1.
sheep that spoils milkclassical
A sheep that urinates on the person milking it and defecates, thus spoiling the milk.

يعارةnoun

1.
mating approachclassical
A specific method of mating where a mare is led to the stallion, or where the stallion approaches her without full commitment, allowing her to refuse.
2.
mating by chanceclassical
Mating that occurs by chance, where a stallion from another herd might mount her.
3.
refusal to mateclassical
The act of a mare refusing or evading a stallion.

الياعرةnoun

1.
propertyclassical
Possessions or property.
2.
wandering sheepclassical
A sheep that wanders between two flocks, used as a metaphor for a hypocrite.

يعارname

1.
mountain nameclassical
A mountain belonging to the Banu Sulaym tribe.

يعرname

1.
female nameclassical
A female name, Thubayta bint Ya'ar, an Ansari companion.

يعرname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, possibly a mountain.

Parallel reading

فإن أمس شيخا بالرجيع وولدة ... ويصبح قومي دون أرضهم مصر

If I remain an old man in al-Raji' and my mother... and my people become distant from their land, Egypt.

أسائل عنهم كلما جاء راكب ... مقيما بأملاح كما ربط اليعر

I ask about them whenever a rider comes, staying in al-Amlah, like a tied-up young goat.

هو أذل من اليعر

He is more humiliated than a young goat.

وترويه فيقة اليعرة.

And Faiqa al-Ya'rah waters it.

تركتهم وظلت بجر يعر ... وأنت ظننت ذو خبب معيد

I left them and remained in the valley of Ya'ar... and you thought it was a returning swift runner.

وأما أشجع الخنثى فولوا ... تيوسا بالشظي لها يعار

As for the brave hermaphrodite, they turned into male goats with horns that had a loud bleating.

عريض أريض بات ييعر حوله ... وبات يسقينا بطون الثعالب

Broad and expansive, he spent the night bleating around him... and spent the night giving us to drink the bellies of foxes.

لا يجيء أحدكم بشاة لها يعار

Let none of you come with a sheep that has a bleat.

بشاة تيعر، أي تصيح.

With a bleating sheep, meaning it is crying out.

قلائص لا يلقحن إلا يعارة ... عراضا ولا يشربن إلا غواليا

Young she-camels that only conceive through 'ya'arah' (a specific mating) by chance, and they only drink the best water.

إن لهم الياعرة، أي ماله يعار.

They have al-Yaa'irah, meaning their property is available.

مثل المنافق كالشاة الياعرة بين الغنمين

The likeness of a hypocrite is like the wandering sheep between the two flocks.

وعاد لها اليعار مجرنثما

And the desert tree returned to it, dense and abundant.