Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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هزب هزبر هزج


هِزَبْرٌ

هِزَبْرٌ and هِزْبَرٌ and هُزَابِرٌ, (Ḳ,) or the first [only], (TA,) Thick and bulky: and strong and hard or hardy: pl. هَزَابِرُ. (Ḳ.) You say, نَاقَةٌ هِزَبْرَةٌ A hard, or hardy, she-camel. (IAạr.)

Root: هزبر - Entry: هِزَبْرٌ Signification: A2

Also, the first, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) and the second and third, (Ṣgh, Ḳ,) The lion: (Ṣ, Ṣgh, Ḳ,) accord. to some, because of his thickness and bulkiness. (TA.) Some say that the ه is a radical letter: others, that it is augmentative, and that the word is from زَبْرٌ, signifying the “act of repelling with strength.” (MF, TA.)


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