Arabic - English Dictionary صعَّرَ يُصعِّر، تصعيرًا، فهو مُصعِّر، والمفعول مُصعَّر
Root: ص ع رSub-Meanings / Derivatives:
صعَّر خَدَّه
أماله عن النَّاس كِبرًا وعجبًا
🇬🇧 Translation:
Inclined it away from people out of arrogance and self-admiration (To turn one's cheek away in arrogance).
Example / Citation:
- " وكُنّا إذا الجبّارُ صَعَّرَ خدّه … أقمنا له من درئِهِ فتقوّما
- {وَلَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ} : تُعرض بوجهك تكَبُّرًا "
🇬🇧 Translation:
- " wakunna idha al-jabbaru sa'ara khaddahu ... aqamna lahu min dar'ihi fataqawwama (And we, if the tyrant turns his cheek [arrogantly]... we straighten him from his crookedness until he is upright)
- {wala tusa'ir khaddaka lin-nasi} : turn your face away in arrogance (And do not turn your cheek [in contempt] toward people). "