Root

ن ت ر

1 verb · 2 nouns and adjectives

Verbs

Nouns and adjectives

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 7 entries
  • نَتَرَ Form I He pulled
    , aor. , (S, M, A, Msb,) inf. n. نَتْرٌ, (S, M, Msb, K,) He pulled a thing, (S, M, Msb, K, *) [as, for instance,] a garment, or piece of cloth, (A,) and his ذَكَر, which a man is required to do three times after بَوْل, (S, TA,) hard, or with vehemence. (S, M, A, Msb, K.) ― -b2- He drew a bow vehemently: (K, * TA:) he drew the bow-string strongly; (TA;) or so that the bow nearly broke. (A.) ― -b3- He rent a garment, or piece of cloth, with his fingers or with his teeth. (M, K.) And [in like manner,] نَتَرَتِ القِسِىُّ أَوْتَارَهَا The bows broke their strings. (IKtt.) ― -b4- He snatched a thing unawares. (K, * TK.) ― -b5- He acted ungently, roughly, harshly, or violently, (K, * TA,) in an affair. (TA.) ― -b6- نَتَرَ فِى مَشْيِهِ, (T, M,) inf. n. as above, (T,) He (a man) was as though he were pulling, in his walking: (T:) he leaned in his walking; as also ↓ انتتر. (M.)
  • انتتر Form VIII It became pulled
    It became pulled (M, K) hard, or with vehemence. (M.) ― -b2- See also 1, last signification.
  • استنتر مِنْ بَوْلِهِ Form X He pulled his
    He pulled his ذَكَر so as to express the remains of his بَوْل, in purifying himself in the manner termed إِسْتِنْجَآء; (M, * A, K, *) being earnestly desirous and careful to perform this act [fully]. (A, K.)
  • طَعْنٌ نَتْرٌ A thrusting, or piercing, in which extraordinary force or energy is exerted
    A thrusting, or piercing, in which extraordinary force or energy is exerted, (M, K,) as though pulling vehemently that by which the weapon passes in the person thrust, or pierced: app. an inf. n. used as an epithet: (M:) or a thrusting, or piercing, that is like a snatching unawares. (ISk, T, S.) The saying of 'Alee, recorded in a trad., إِطْعَنُوا النَّتْرَ has been explained as meaning Thrust ye, or pierce ye, with extraordinary force or energy: and as though snatching unawares. (TA.) [See art. سَعْرٌ.] Accord. to IAar, (T,) طَعْنَةٌ نَتْرَةٌ signifies A thrust that passes through. (T, K.)
  • نَتْرَةٌ A hard, or vehement, pull
    A hard, or vehement, pull: (Msb:) pl. نَتَرَاتٌ. (S, Msb.) ― -b2- See نَتْرٌ.
  • قَوْسٌ نَاتِرَةٌ A bow that breaks its string, by reason of its hardness
    A bow that breaks its string, by reason of its hardness: (S, K:) pl. نَوَاتِرُ: (S:) or قِسِىٌّ نَوَاتِرُ signifies bows having the strings broken. (M.)
  • مُنَاتَرَةً Open entry
    [ , in the K, I suspect to be a mistake for مُنَابَرَةً]

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