عسكر

Q.1 عَسْكَرَ الرَّجُلُ [The man collected an army]. (S.) b2: عَسْكَرْتُ الشَّىْءَ I collected the thing. (Msb.) b3: عَسْكَرَ القَوْمُ The people collected themselves together, (K,) بِالْمَكَانِ in the place: (TA:) or the people fell into difficulty, distress, or adversity: (K:) or into dearth, scarcity, or drought. (TA.) b4: عَسْكَرَ اللَّيْلُ The night became densely dark. (O, K.) عَسْكَرٌ, a Pers\. word arabicized, (Ibn-El-Jawá- leekee, Mgh, Msb, K, *) from لَشْكَرٌ, (Mgh, TA,) An army: (S, A, O, Msb:) pl. عَسَاكِرُ. (A, O.) You say, العَسْكَرُ مُقْبِلٌ, and مُقْبِلُونَ, The army is coming, and are coming. (Th, TA.) b2: A collection. (A, K.) b3: A large number, or quantity, of anything: (A, K:) as, of men, and of camels or other property, and of horses, and of dogs. (TA.) b4: The camels or sheep or goats of a man, collectively. (Az, O, TA.) You say, إِنَّهُ لَقَلِيلُ العَسْكَرِ Verily he has few beasts. (TS, O, TA.) b5: (assumed tropical:) The darkness of night. (TA.) b6: عَسَاكِرُ الهَمِّ (assumed tropical:) Anxieties, coming one upon another, consecutively. (O, TA.) b7: See also مُعَسْكَرٌ. b8: [Hence,] العَسْكَرَانِ 'Arafeh and Minè (عَرَفَةُ وَمِنًى): (S, A, O, Msb, K:) because places of assembling. (Msb.) عَسْكَرَةٌ Difficulty, distress, or adversity: (S, O, K:) and dearth, scarcity, or drought. (K.) Tarafeh says, ظَلَّ فِى عَسْكَرَةٍ مِنْ حُبِّهَا i. e., He became in a state of difficulty, or distress, by reason of love of her. (S, O.) مُعَسْكَرٌ Collected together. (Msb.) A2: And The place where an army collects itself; (S, * Msb;) as also ↓ عَسْكَرٌ. (TA.) مُعَسْكِرٌ Collecting an army; or a collector of an army. (S, * Msb.)

قرطس

Q. 1 قَرْطَسَ, (Msb, K,) inf. n. قَرْطَسَةٌ, (Msb,) He (an archer) [and it (an arrow)] hit the قِرْطَاس [or target]. (Msb, K.) It is also allowable to say, قَرْطَسَتِ الرَّمْيَةُ The shot went right to the قِرْطَاس. (Msb.) Q. 2 تَقَرْطَسَ He perished. (Sgh, K.) قَرْطَسٌ and قِرْطَسٌ: see قِرْطَاسٌ.

قِرْطَاسٌ Paper; syn. كَاغَدٌ: (K:) or such as is made of the بَرْدِىّ [or papyrus], found in Egypt: (TA:) [and particularly a roll, or scroll, thereof: see also طُومَارٌ, and سُرْفَةٌ:] what one writes upon: (S, Msb:) also written قُرْطَاسٌ; (S, Msb, K;) but the former is the better known, (Msb), or the former only is of established authority, for El-Járabardee says the contrary of the latter; (MF;) and قَرْطَاسٌ; (Lh, ISd, K;) but this is not mentioned by most of the lexicographers; (MF;) and ↓ قَرْطَسٌ signifies the same; (Az, S, Msb, K;) and so does ↓ قِرْطَسٌ. (K [app. on the authority of El-Fárábee and Aboo-'Alyà; but the names are imperfectly written in the TA.]) b2: قِرْطَاسٌ also signifies A writing, or book, (صَحِيفَةٌ,) of whatever thing it be: (K:) pl. قَرَاطِيسُ. (TA.) b3: Also, A butt, or target, to shoot at; (S;) a piece of skin, (Msb,) or any skin, (K,) set up for persons contending in shooting. (Msb, K.) b4: And A kind of بُرْد [q. v.] of the fabric of Egypt. (K, TA.) b5: And A white, or fair, girl, of tall stature. (IAar, K.) b6: And A camel such as is termed آدَم. (Sgh, K.) b7: And A young she-camel. (IAar, K.) دَابَّةٌ قِرْطَاسِيَّةٌ A beast of carriage in whose whiteness is no mixture of any other colour. (K.) مُقَرْطِسٌ An archer [and in like manner an arrow] hitting the قِرْطَاس. (Msb.) And رَمْيَةٌ مُقَرْطِسَةٌ A shot going right to the قِرْطَاس. (TA.)

عرمض

Q. 1 عَرْمَضَ, inf. n. عَرْمَضَةٌ and عِرْمَاضٌ, (Lh, O, K,) It (water) became overspread with عَرْمَض [q. v.]; (Lh, O;) i. q. طَحْلَبَ. (K.) عَرْمَضٌ (Lth, S, O, K) and ↓ عِرْمَاضٌ (IDrd, K, TA, written in the O عَرْمَاض) i. q. طُحْلُبٌ; (S, O, K;) i. e. The green substance that comes forth from the bottom of water, so as to overspread it; (S, O, L;) also called ثَوْرُ المَآءِ; [O; in the L, and in one copy of the S, ثَوْبُ المَآءِ, which is a mistake;] accord. to Az; (S, O;) the green substance like خِطْمِىّ [or marsh-mallow], which is upon water; (Lh;) a soft green substance, like loosened and separated wool, upon stale water; so says Lth, and he adds his opinion that it is vegetative: (TA:) n. un. with ة. (K.) b2: Also the former, (O, K,) and ↓ عِرْمِضٌ, (El-Hejeree, K,) A sort of trees, of those called عِضَاه, (Lth, O, K,) having thorns like the beaks of birds; the hardest thereof in the wood: (Lth, O:) or the former, (O, K,) as some assert, (AHn, O,) the small of the أَرَاك (AHn, O, K) and of the سِدْر and of all trees that never become great: (K:) or small trees of those called سِدْر, that do not become large nor tall, of which the thorns are like the beaks of birds; the hardest thereof in the wood, and the best for bows: (IAar, O:) or certain small trees: or the small of the عِضَاه: or the small of all trees: n. un. with ة. (O.) عِرْمِضٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.

عِرْمَاضٌ inf. n. of 1: b2: and i. q. عَرْمَضٌ, q. v.

مَآءٌ مُعَرْمِضٌ [so in the TA, agreeably with the verb; but in my two copies of the S, مُعَرْمَضٌ;] Water overspread, or becoming overspread, with عَرْمَض. (S, TA.)