zaʾīr

roaring, bellowing

زَئِير

Word

Noun · pattern فَعِيل

Root

ز ء ر

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وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «أتدرون ما يقول الأسد في زئيره؟

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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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