zaʾara

roar, bellow

زَأَرَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ز ء ر

Forms

Present
يَزْأَرُ
Verbal nouns
زَأْر، زَئِير

In the library

أقلُّ عنتاً من كرينة، ليثٌ زأر في العرينة.

The Epistle of Forgiveness, page 190 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ زَأَرَيَزْأَرُ—
she هِيَ زَأَرَتتَزْأَرُ—
they two (m.) هُما زَأَرايَزْأَرانِ—
they two (f.) هُما زَأَرَتاتَزْأَرانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ زَأَرُوايَزْأَرُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ زَأَرْنَيَزْأَرْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ زَأَرْتَتَزْأَرُاِزْأَرْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ زَأَرْتِتَزْأَرِينَاِزْأَرِي
you two أَنْتُما زَأَرْتُماتَزْأَرانِاِزْأَرَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ زَأَرْتُمتَزْأَرُونَاِزْأَرُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ زَأَرْتُنَّتَزْأَرْنَاِزْأَرْنَ
I أَنا زَأَرْتُأَزْأَرُ—
we نَحْنُ زَأَرْنانَزْأَرُ—

From the same root

All words from ز ء ر →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 7 entries
  • زَأَرَ Form I He roared, or growled
    , aor. (S, A, K) and ; (A, K;) and زَيأِرَ, aor. ; (S, K;) inf. n. زَيأِيرٌ and زَأْرٌ; (S, A, K;) said of a lion, He roared, or growled; i. e., made his cry, or voice, to be heard (S, A, K) in his chest, (S, A,) or from his chest; (K;) as also ↓ تزأّر (S, K) and ↓ ازأر: (K:) he cried out, and was angry. (TA.) ― -b2- And [hence], said of a stallion-camel, as also ↓ ازأر, (K, by implication,) or زَأَرَ [only], (TA,) or زَأَرَ فِى هَدِيرَهِ, (A,) (tropical:) He reiterated his voice, or cry, in his chest, and then prolonged it, (A, K, TA,) in his braying: (A:) or زَأَرَ, aor. , he threatened in his braying. (TA.) ― -b3- [Hence also,] سَمِعَ زَيأِيرَ الحَرْبِ فَطَارَ إِلَيْهَا (tropical:) [He heard the roaring of the war, or battle, and flew to it]. (A, TA.)
  • أَزْاَأَ Form IV Open entry
    see 1, in two places.
  • تَزَاَّأَ Form V Open entry
    see 1.
  • زَيأِر angry
    : see زَايأِرٌ. ― -b2- Also (assumed tropical:) An angry man, who severs himself from his companion. (IAar, TA.)
  • زَأْرَةٌ A thicket, wood, or forest; or a bed of canes or reeds
    A thicket, wood, or forest; or a bed of canes or reeds; syn. أَجَمَةٌ; (S, A, K, TA;) as also زَارَةٌ; (IJ, TA in art. زور [q. v.];) originally with ء; (TA;) [such as is the haunt of the lion; for] you say, الأَسَدَ فِى زَأْرَتِهِ [The lion is in his thicket, &c.]; (A;) and أَبُو الحَارِثِ مَرْزُبَانُ الزَّأْرَةِ (S, TA) i. e. Abu-l-Hárith [the lion] is the lord of the أَجَمَة [or forest, &c.]. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] (tropical:) A garden. (A, TA.) ― -b3- And (tropical:) A collection of camels, or of sheep or goats, dense like the أَجَمَة [or thicket, &c.]. (A, TA. [See also زَارَةٌ, in art. زور.])
  • زَايأِرٌ Roaring, or growling
    , applied to a lion, Roaring, or growling; i. e. making his cry, or voice, to be heard (S, A, K) in his chest, (S, A,) or from his chest; (K;) as also ↓ زَيأِرٌ, (S, K, TA,) like كَتِفٌ, (TA,) [in the CK, erroneously, زَيأِيرٌ,] and ↓ مُزْيأِرٌ. (K.) ― -b2- Also (assumed tropical:) An enemy: (TA:) the pl. زَايأِرُونَ is thus used by 'Antarah. (S, TA.) ― -b3- And (assumed tropical:) Angry: (IAar, TA:) and so زَيِرٌ; but original with hemzeh: so says AM. (TA. [See also زَيأِرٌ.])
  • مُزْيأِرٌ Open entry
    : see the next preceding paragraph.

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