Arabic-English Lexicon by Edward William Lane (d. 1876) المعجم العربي الإنجليزي لإدوارد وليام لين

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مسد

Entries on مسد in 13 Arabic dictionaries by the authors Abu Ḥayyān al-Gharnāṭī, Tuḥfat al-Arīb bi-mā fī l-Qurʾān min al-Gharīb, Muḥammad al-Fattinī, Majmaʿ Biḥār al-Anwār fī Gharāʾib al-Tanzīl wa Laṭāʾif al-Akhbār, Murtaḍa al-Zabīdī, Tāj al-ʿArūs fī Jawāhir al-Qamūs, and 10 more

مسد

1 مَسَدَ, aor. ـُ (S, M, L,) inf. n. مَسْدٌ, (S, M, L, K,) He twisted a rope: (M, L, K:) or he twisted it well. (ISk, S, L.) b2: مَسَدَ, aor. ـُ (M, L,) inf. n. مَسْدٌ, (S, M, L, K,) He pursued a journey laboriously, or with energy; or he held on, or continued, the journey; syn. أَدْأَبَ السَّيْرَ, (S, M, L, K,) by night: (S, M, L:) or he journeyed on continually, whether by night or by day: (M, L:) because the so journeying renders an animal lean, or lank. (Lth, L.) b3: مَسَدَ, aor. ـُ [inf. n. مَسْدٌ,] (tropical:) It (leguminous herbage, A, or continued travel, Lth) rendered an animal lean, lank, light of flesh, slender, or lank in the belly. (Lth, A, L.) El-'Abdee says, describing a she-camel, and likening her to a wild bull, يَمْسُدُهُ القَفْرُ وَلَيْلٌ سَدِى

The bare and waterless desert renders him lean, &c., and dewy night. (L.) b4: مُسِدَ, inf. n. مَسْدٌ, (tropical:) It (the belly) was, or became, soft, of small dimensions, even, and without any ugliness. (M, L.) b5: The following expression of Ru-beh, يَمْسُدُ أَعْلَى لَحْمِهِ وَيَأْرِمُهُ means (tropical:) It (the milk of camels) strengthens the upper parts of his flesh, (referring to a pastor, not to an ass, as J says, IB, L,) and renders it, firm. (L.) b6: حَسَنَةُ المَسْدِ, applied to a damsel, (tropical:) i. q. مَمْسُودَةٌ, q. v. (S, L.) مَسَدٌ The fibres that grow at the roots of the branches of the palm-tree; syn. لِيفٌ: (S, A, L:) you say حَبْلٌ مِنْ مَسَدٍ a rope, or halter, of those fibres: (S, A:) also, مَسَدٌ alone signifies a rope of those fibres: (S, M, L, K:) or, of those of the [kind of palm-tree called] مُقْل: (Zj, L, K:) or, of the leaves of the palm-tree: or, of the soft hair of the camel: (S, M, L: [see an ex. voce زَاهِقٌ:]) or, of other hair: or, of wool: or, of hides: (M, L:) or, of camels' hides: (S, L:) or, of plants: or, of the bark of a tree: (L:) or, of any thing: (M, L, K:) or a plaited rope, firmly twisted, (M, L, K,) of any of the materials above mentioned: (M, L:) applied to a rope, it is for مَمْسُودٌ; and is thus similar to نَفْضٌ, meaning ما نُفِضَ: (L:) pl. أَمْسَادٌ and مِسَادٌ. (M, L, K.) حَبْلٌ مِنْ مَسَدٍ in the Kur, cxi., last verse, is said to mean A chain seventy cubits in length, whereby the woman upon whose neck it is to be put shall be led into hell, (Zj, T, M, L,) firmly twisted of iron; as though it were a rope of iron strongly twisted. (L.) b2: مَسَدٌ مُغَارٌ (tropical:) A back compact like a rope strongly twisted. (M, L.) b3: مَسَدٌ An iron axis of a pulley. (M, L, K.) مِسَادٌ, a dial. form of مِسْأَبٌ; (S, L, K;) i. e., A skin for clarified butter: and one for honey: (S, M, L:) a black skin for wine &c. (AA, L.) سَاقٌ مَسْدَآءُ (tropical:) An even, and a goodly, or beautiful, shank. (M, L.) مَمْسُودٌ (tropical:) A man of well-turned, compact, and slender, make; syn. مَجْدُولُ الخَلْقِ; (S, L, K;) i. e., light of flesh; or tall and slender; or of goodly stature; syn. مَمْشُوقٌ; as though twisted; (TA:) a belly soft, of small dimensions, even, and having in it no ugliness. (M, L.) مَمْسُودَةٌ, applied to a damsel; (S, K;) the same as the masc. applied to a man; (L, K;) slender; or light of flesh; or tall and slender; or of goodly stature: (L, M:) and, applied to a woman, compact in make; of well-knit frame. (L.)

ميد

Entries on ميد in 17 Arabic dictionaries by the authors Abū Mūsā al-Madīnī, al-Majmūʿ al-Mughīth fī Gharībay al-Qurʾān wa-l-Ḥadīth, Al-Fayyūmī, Al-Miṣbāḥ al-Munīr fī Gharīb al-Sharḥ al-Kabīr, Habib Anthony Salmone, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary, and 14 more

ميد

1 مَادَ, aor. ـِ inf. n. مَيْدٌ (S, L, Msb, K) and مَيَدَانٌ, (L, Msb, K,) It (a thing) was, or became in a state of motion, or commotion; was, or became agitated: (S, L, Msb, K:) or, in a state of violent motion or commotion; or violently agitated. (El-Basáïr, TA.) So in the expression in the Kur, [xvi. 15; and xxxi. 9;] أَنْ تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ Lest it (the earth) should be convulsed with you, and go round with you, and move you about violently. (El-Basáïr, TA.) b2: مَادَ It turned or twisted about, or became contorted and convulsed. (IKtt.) b3: مَادَ فِى الرُّمْحِ (tropical:) He (a man pierced) writhed upon the spear. (A.) b4: مَادَ It (the mirage, سَرَاب,) was in a state of commotion; it quivered, or trembled. (L, K.) b5: مَادَ (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, confounded, perplexed, or amazed. (TA.) b6: مَادَ, (aor. ـِ TA, inf. n. مَيْدٌ or مَيَدٌ, L,) (tropical:) He (a man, L,) became affected with a heaving of the stomach, or a tendency to vomit, and a giddiness in the head, by reason of intoxication, or of voyaging upon the sea. (L, K.) b7: You say also مَادَ بِهِ البَحْرُ, aor. ـِ inf. n. مَيْدٌ, (tropical:) The sea affected him with a heaving of the stomach, &c. (L.) and مَادَتْ بِهِ الأَرْضُ (tropical:) The ground went round with him. (A.) b8: مَادَتِ الحَنْظَلَةُ, (aor. ـِ L,) The colocynth became affected by day-dew, (L, K,) or by moisture, (L,) and in consequence, changed [in odour, or stinking]: (L, K:) and in like manner a date. (L.) b9: مَادَ, (S, A, L,) inf. n. مَيْدٌ (L) and مَيَدَانٌ; (A;) and ↓ تمايد; (A;) It (a branch) inclined from side to side. (S, A, L.) b10: (tropical:) He inclined from side to side in walking. (L.) b11: مَادَ, inf. n. مَيْدٌ and مَيَدَانٌ, It inclined to one side: as the earth is, in a trad., described to have done before the mountains were formed. (L.) b12: مَادَ (tropical:) He (a man, S,) affected a bending of his person, body, or limbs; (L;) he walked with an elegant and a proud and self-conceited gait, with an affected inclining of his body from side to side; (S, L, K;) and مَادَتْ and ↓ تميّدت signify the same, said of a woman. (A.) A2: مَادَ He conferred, or bestowed, a benefit or benefits, or a favour or favours. You say, مَادَنِى فُلَانٌ Such a one conferred a benefit or benefits upon me. (L.) b2: مَادَه, (L, Msb,) and ↓ امادهُ, (L,) He gave him. (L, Msb.) b3: مَادَ He furnished persons with, or gave them, provisions for travelling; syn. زَادَ. (L.) [In the K, زَارَ He visited.] b4: He brought a people wheat, or food; i. q. مَارَ, (S, L, K,) of which it is a dial. form. (S.) b5: He trafficked as a merchant. (L.) b6: مَادَ, inf. n. مَيْدٌ and مَيَدَانٌ, It increased, or grew; syn. رَاعَ and زَكَا. (M, L, K.) [In the copies of the K in my hands, for راع is put زاغ.]

4, أَمْيَدَ 5, and 6: see 1.8 امتادهُ He asked him, or desired him, to give him. (L.) b2: امتادهُ He asked or desired him to bring him wheat, or food. (A.) مَيْدَ a dial. form of بَيْدَ, (S,) in the sense of غَيْر: (S, L;) and in that of عَلَى: (L:) or that of مِنْ أَجْلِ. (S, L.) It is said in a trad., أَنَا أَفْصَحُ العَرَبِ مَيْدَ أَنِّى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَنَشَأْتُ فِى بَنِى

سَعْدِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ [rendered in art. بيد]. (S, L.) See what next follows.

فَعَلْتُهُ مَيْدَا ذٰلِكَ, (M, K,) or مَيْدَ ذلك, (L,) I did it on account, or for the sake, of that. (M, L, K.) مِنْ مَيْدَا ذٰلِكَ has not been heard. (M, L.) مَيْدَةٌ: see مَائِدَةٌ.

مِيدَآءٌ The amount, and measure, of a thing: (L, K:) and the two sides, and distance, or extent, of a thing, (L,) or of a road; (K;) and the surface of a road. (L.) One says, لَمْ أَدْرِ مَا مِيدَآءُ ذٰلِكَ I knew not what was the amount of that, and its measure: or, what was the measure of its two sides, and its extent: as also مِيتَاؤُهُ. (L.) b2: The extreme limit of the distance to which horses run; and so ميِئْتآءٌ. (S, TA, art. أتى.) A2: مِيدَآءٌ A mode, manner, fashion, or from. Ex. بَنُوْا بُيُوتَهُمْ عَلَى مِيدَآءٍ وَاحِدٍ They built their houses, or constructed their tents, after one mode, &c. (L.) [See also مِئْتَآءٌ, in art. اتى.]

هٰذَا مِيدَاؤُهُ, [thus in the copies of the K and in the TA, app. a mistake for مِيدَآءَهُ, like تِلْقَآءَهُ,] and بِمِيدَائِهِ, and بِمِيدَاهُ, This is opposite to, or facing, it. (K.) And دَارِى بِمَيْدَا دَارِهِ, with fet-h to the م; (as also بِمِيتَآءِ داره, L in art. ميت; and بِمِئْتَآءِ داره, S in art. اتى;) My house is opposite to his house. (Yaakoob, L.) b2: مِيدَآءُ الطَرِيقِ: see مِئْتَآء in art. أَتَى, and مِيتَآء in art. ميت.

مَيْدَانٌ (S, L, Msb, K, &c.) and ↓ مِيدَانٌ (K) A horse-course; race-ground; hippodrome: (Msb, TA:) pl. مَيَادِينُ: (S, K, &c.:) of the measure فَعْلَانٌ, (IKtt,) from ماد “ it was in a state of motion; ” because the sides of the horsecourse shake on the occasion of a race: (Msb:) or from ماد “ it turned or twisted about, or became contorted and convulsed; ” because the horses wheel about, and bend or convulse themselves, in the place so called: or of the measure فَلْعَانٌ, from مَدًى “ a limit, or goal; ” because horses run to their goals in the place so called; originally مَدْيَانٌ, the second and third radicals being transposed; as in بِيزَانٌ, originally بُزْيَانٌ: or of the measure فَيْعَالٌ, from مَدَنَ “ he abode, or dwelt; ” because horses confine themselves especially to the place so called for wheeling about and the like. (IKtt.) A2: عَيْشٌ مَيْدَانٌ A delicate, a pleasant, or an ample and easy, life. (S, L.) b2: مَيْدَانُ الخُلَفَآءِ (tropical:) a term applied by historians to The period of the reign of Khaleefehs; from twenty to twenty-four years. (MF, TA.) مِيدَانٌ: see مَيْدَانٌ.

مَيُودٌ That moves about, or is agitated, much; that vacillates much: (L:) an intensive epithet; applied in a trad. to worldly prosperity. (L., art. حيد.) مَيَّادٌ: see مَائِدٌ.

مَائِدٌ (tropical:) A man affected with a heaving of the stomach, or a tendency to vomit, and a giddiness in the head, by reason of intoxication, or of voyaging upon the sea: pl. مَيْدَى. (L.) b2: مَائِدٌ A branch inclining [from side to side: see 1]: (A, L:) as also ↓ مَيَّادٌ: (L:) [or rather the latter signifies inclining much, or frequently, from side to side:] pl. [of the former] مُيَّدٌ. (TA.) b3: فُلَانٌ يَمْشِى عَلَى الأَرْضِ فَيَّادًا مَيَّادًا (tropical:) Such a one walks upon the ground with an elegant and a proud and a self-conceited gait, with an affected inclining of his body from side to side. (A, Art. فيد.) مَائِدَةٌ (and ↓ مَيْدَةٌ, El-Jarmee, L, K) A table with food upon it: (S, L, K:) without food upon it, a table is not thus called, but is called خِوَانٌ: (AAF, S, L:) or also applied to a table itself: (L:) MF says, that this latter application is allowable, considering that food has been, or is to be, placed upon the table: but El-Hareeree asserts it to be incorrect, and the former application only to be allowable: (TA:) مائدة is thus used in its proper sense of an act. part. n., and is from ماد “ it was in a state of motion; ” as though the table [which was generally a round piece of leather or the like spread upon the ground] moved about with what was upon it: (Zj, L, Msb: *) or from ماد “ he brought wheat or food; ” because food is brought upon it [or as though it brought food]: (L:) or from ماد “ he gave; ” as though it gave of what was upon it to those around it: (El-'Ináyeh:) or it is of the form of an act. part. n. and used in the sense of a pass. part. n., from ماد “ he gave,” (AO, S, L, Msb,) like رَاضِيَةٌ in the phrase عِيشَةٌ رَاضِيَةٌ; (AO, S, L;) because what is thus called is given by its owner to the people [who are to eat]: (Msb:) also, food itself; (Akh, AHát, ISd, L, K;) even if without a table: (L:) [pl. مَوَائِدُ]. See also فَاثُورٌ. b2: مَائِدَةٌ: (tropical:) A round piece of land or ground: (L, K:) likened to a table. (TA.) مَوَائِدُ: see مَائِدَةٌ. b2: Also, Calamities: formed by transposition from مَآوِدُ. (T, L.) مُمْتَادٌ Asking, or desiring, to give; asking or desiring, a gift. (K.) And Asked, or desired, to give; one of whom a gift is asked, or desired. (S, L, K.) b2: مُمْتَادٌ A man [asking, or desiring, and b3: ] asked, or desired, to bring wheat or food. (S, L.)

مرط

Entries on مرط in 15 Arabic dictionaries by the authors Murtaḍa al-Zabīdī, Tāj al-ʿArūs fī Jawāhir al-Qamūs, Al-Zamakhsharī, Asās al-Balāgha, Habib Anthony Salmone, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary, and 12 more

مرط

1 مَرِطَ, aor. ـَ (K,) inf. n. مَرَطٌ, (S, Mgh,) He (a man, S) had little, scanty, or thin, hair upon the sides of his face, or of his cheeks; (S;) or upon his body, and eyebrow, and eye, in consequence of a weakness of this last, and of frequent shedding of tears: (K, TA:) or most of his hair fell off. (Mgh.) [See also مرت and مرد].

A2: مَرَطَ, aor. ـُ (S,) inf. n. مَرْطٌ, (K,) He plucked out hair (S, K,) as also ↓ مرّط, (K,) inf. n. تَمْرِيطٌ, (TA,) and feathers, and wool, from the body. (TA.) 2 مَرَّطَ see 1: b2: and 8.

A2: مرّط الثَّوْبَ, inf. n. تَمْرِيطٌ, He shortened the sleeves of the garment, and made it into a مِرْط. (K.) 3 مارطهُ, (K,) inf. n. مُمَارَطَةٌ and مِرَاطٌ, (TA,) He plucked out his hair, and scratched him with his nails. (K.) 4 امرط الشَّعَرُ The hair attained to the time at which it should be plucked out; it was time for it to be plucked out. (S, K.) b2: امرطت النَّخْلَةُ (assumed tropical:) The palm-tree dropped, or let fall, its ripe dates (JM, K) in a juicy, or sappy, state. (JM.) A2: امرطت النّاقَةُ وَلَدَهَا The she-camel cast her fœtus in an imperfect state, with no hair upon it. (IDrd.) 5 تمرّط الشَّعَرُ, (S, K,) quasi-pass. of مَرَّطَهُ, (TA,) The hair fell off by degrees; became scattered; (S, * K;) as also ↓ إِمَّرَطَ, of the measure إِفْتَعَلَ, [originally امترط,] (K,) or, [rather,] as in the TS, of the measure إِنْفَعَلَ, [originally إِنْمَرَطَ,] quasi-pass. of مَرَطَهُ. (TA.) [In like manner] you say also, تمرّطت أَوْبَارُ الإِبِلِ The fur of the camels became scattered. (TA.) and قُذَذُ السَّهْمِ ↓ إِمَّرَطَتْ The feathers of the arrow fell off. (TA, from a trad.) And تمرّط الذِّئْبُ The hair of the wolf fell off until little thereof remained upon him. (TA.) [See also مَرِطَ.]7 إِمَّرَطَ [said in the TS to be of the measure انفعل]: see 5, in two places.8 امترطهُ He seized it, took it hastily, or snatched it unawares, (K, TA,) from his hand: (TA:) or he collected it together, (K, TA,) namely, a thing that he had found; as also ↓ مرّطهُ. (TA.) A2: إِمَّرَطَ [said in the K to be of the measure افتعل]: see 5, in two places.

مِرْطٌ A [garment of the kind called] كِسَآء, of wool, or of خَزّ [q. v.], (S, Mgh, Msb, K, TA,) or of linen, (TA,) and (tropical:) of hair-cloth, being tropically applied to one of this last description in a trad. of 'Áïsheh, (MF,) used as an إِزَار, [i. e. a waist-wrapper,] (S, Mgh, Msb,) in former times, (S,) and sometimes a woman throws it over her head, (Mgh,) and wraps herself in it: (Mgh, Msb:) or a green [perhaps meaning gray as is often the case] garment: or any garment that is not sewed: (TA:) [see 2:) pl. مُرُوطٌ. (S, Mgh, Msb, K.) مُرُطٌ: see أَمْرَطُ, in two places.

مِرْطَاوَانِ: see مُرَيْطَآءُ.

مِرَاطٌ: see أَمْرَطُ.

مَرِيطٌ: see أَمْرَطُ.

مُرَاطَةٌ What falls, of hair, when it is plucked out; (S, K; *) or when it is combed: (K, * TA:) or what is plucked out from the arm-pit. (Lh.) مُرَيْطَى The uvula. (Hr, K.) b2: See also the next paragraph, in two places.

مُرَيْطَآءُ; so accord. to As (S, TA) and AO; accord. to El-Ahmar, ↓ مُرَيْطَى; but As disputed this with him, and overcame him; (TA;) [dim. of مَرْطَآءُ, fem. of أَمْرَطُ;] only used in the dim. form; (TA;) or it has the form of the dim. of مَرْطَآءُ: (Mgh:) The part between the navel and the pubes: (As, S, Mgh, K:) or between the breast and the pubes: (Lth, K:) or a thin skin between the navel and the pubes, (IDrd, K, *) on the right and left, where the hair is plucked out, extending to the groins; (IDrd;) as also ↓ مُرَيْطَى: (TA:) or a thin skin in the belly: (Mgh:) or [the dual] مُرَيْطَاوَانِ signifies the two sides of the pubes of a man, which have no hair upon them: (Mgh, TA; *) or the sing., (accord. to the K,) or the dual, (accord. to the TA,) two veins (K, TA) in the soft parts of the belly, (TA,) upon which he who cries out vehemently bears: (K, TA:) and (the dual, accord. to the TA) the bare part of the lower lip, over which is the سَبَلَة (K, TA) next the nose: (TA:) and (the dual again, accord. to the TA) the parts on either side of the tuft of hair between the lower lip and the chin; as also ↓ مِرْطَاوَانِ, with kesr. (K.) b2: The arm-pit. (K.) A2: A thing with which one ties, binds, or makes fast. (Hr, TA.) مَارِط: see أَمْرَاطُ, in two places.

أَمْرَطُ A man having little, or scanty, or thin, hair upon the sides of his face, or of his cheeks; (S;) or upon his body, and eyebrow, and eye, in consequence of a weakness of this last, and of frequent shedding of tears; (K, TA;) [in the CK, the word شعر is omitted in this explanation;]) or upon his body and breast; when all the hair has gone, he is said to be أَمْلَطُ: (TA:) pl. مُرْطٌ and مِرَطَةٌ; (K;) the former regular; the latter, extr., and thought by ISd to be a quasi-pl. n. (TA.) [The fem.] مَرْطَآءُ signifies A woman having no hair upon her pubes and what is next to it. (IDrd.) You say also هِىَ مَرْطَآءُ الحَاجِبَيْنِ She has little, or scanty, or thin, hair in the eyebrows: the mention of the eyebrows being indispensable. (TA.) And حَاجِبٌ أَمْرَط An eyebrow of which most of the hair has fallen off. (Mgh.) See also أَطْرَطُ. b2: A wolf of which some of the hair has fallen off; (Az, TA;) or whose hair has been plucked out. (K.) b3: And hence, as being likened thereto, (Az, TA,) (tropical:) A thief, or robber; (As, AA, T, S, K;) as also عُمْرُوطٌ. (As, T.) b4: An arrow of which the feathers have fallen off: (S:) or an arrow having no feathers; (K;) as also ↓ مَرِيطٌ and ↓ مِرَاطٌ (K) and ↓ مَارِطٌ (L, TA) and ↓ مُرُطٌ, (S, K,) as in the phrase مُرُطُ القِذَاذِ, in a verse [cited voce مَصْنَعٌ, wrongly asserted to be] of Lebeed, though we may read مُرْط, which is pl. of أَمْرَطُ, as this may be correctly applied as an epithet to the sing. because of the pl. which follows it: (S:) the pl. of ↓ مارط is مُرَّطُ and مَوَارِطُ; (L, TA;) and the pl. of ↓ مُرُطٌ is أَمْرَاطٌ [a pl. of pauc.] (K, TA) and مِرَاطٌ. (S, K.) b5: شَجَرَةٌ مَرْطَآءُ (assumed tropical:) A tree having no leaves upon it. (TA.) نَخْلَةٌ مُمْرِطٌ A palm-tree dropping, or letting fall, its ripe dates (JM, K) in a juicy, or sappy, state. (JM.) And ↓ مِمْرَاطٌ One that usually does so. (JM, K.) A2: نَاقَةٌ مُمْرِطٌ A she-camel casting her fœtus in an imperfect state, with no hair upon it. (JM.) And ↓ مِمْرَاطٌ One that usually does so. (JM.) [See مُمْرِجٌ.]

مِمْرَاطٌ: see مُمْرِطٌ, in two places.

ملك

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ملك

1 مَلَكَهُ He possessed it, or owned it, [and particularly] with ability to have it to himself exclusively: (M, K:) [and he exercised, or had, authority over it; for] مُلْكٌ signifies the exercise of authority to command and to forbid in respect of the generality of a people [&c.]: (Er-Rághib, TA:) or the having possession and command or authority: and the having power to exercise command or authority. (TA.) مِلْكٌ, as inf. n. of مَلَكَهُ meaning He possessed it, is more common than مَلْكٌ and مُلْكٌ. b2: [مَلَكَ أَمْرَهُ He had the ruling, or ordering, of his affair, or case] and مَلَكَ عَلَى النَّاسِ أَمْرَهُمْ He had the dominion, or sovereignty, or ruling power, over the people. (Msb.) A2: See 4.2 مَلَّكَهُ He made him to possess a thing; (S, K;) as also ↓ أَمْلَكَهُ. (K.) b2: He made him king; or made him to have dominion, kingship, or rule. (Msb, K.) b3: يُمَلَّكَ الرَّجُلُ أَمْرَهُ [The man shall be made to have the ruling, or ordering, of his affair, or affairs, or case]. (Sh, T in art. دين.) 3 مَالكَ أُمَّهُ : see شَدَنَ.4 مَلَكَ ↓ العَجِينَ and أَمْلَكَهُ He kneaded well the dough. (S, K.) A2: See 2.5 تَمَلَّكَ He took possession of a thing [absolutely or] by force. (Msb.) 6 مَا تَمَالَكَ أَنْ فَعَلَ He could not restrain himself from doing; (Mgh, Msb;) syn. مَا تَمَاسَكَ [q. v.] (S.) مِلْكٌ : its pl. أَمْلاَكٌ, in common conventional language means [or rather includes] Houses and lands. (TA.) See its pl. pl. أَمْلاَكَاتٌ.

مُلْكٌ Dominion; sovereignty; kingship; rule; mastership; ownership; possession; right of possession; authority; sway. b2: مُلْكُ اللّٰهِ God's world of spirits; or invisible world. (TA, art. شهد.) b3: [مُلْكٌ (when distinguished from ملكوت) The dominion that is apparent; as that of the earth.]

مَلَكٌ An angel: see مَأْلَكٌ. b2: مَلَكٌ Water. (S.) مَلِكُ الأَمْلاَكِ The king of kings. See أَخْنَعُ.

مَلاَكُ الأَمْرِ and ↓ مِلاَكُهُ That whereby the thing &c. subsists: (S, KL:) its قَوَام [q. v.] by whom, or by which, it is ruled, or ordered: (K:) its foundation; syn. أَصْلُهُ: (KL:) its support; that upon which it rests: (T, TA:) it may be rendered the cause, or means, of the subsistence of the thing; &c.

مِلَاكٌ see مَلاَكٌ.

مَالِكٌ : see رَبٌّ. b2: مَالِكُ الأَمْرِ The possessor of command, or rule. b3: المَالِكُ الكَبِيرُ The Great Master, or Owner; i. e., God; in contradistinction to المَالِكُ الصَّغِيرُ the little master, or owner; i. e., the human owner of a slave, &c. b4: مَالِكٌ الحَزِينُ: (so in one copy of the S: in another, and the MA, and Kzw, مَالِكُ الحَزِينِ:) [The heron: or a species thereof] in Pers\. بوتيمار; (MA;) a certain bird, long in the neck and legs, called in Pers\.

بوتيمار. (Kzw:) see سَبَيْطَرٌ b5: أَبُو مَالِكٍ Hunger. (MF, art. جبر.) See also أَبٌ.

أَمْلَاكَاتٌ pl. of أَمْلاَكٌ pl. of مِلْكٌ Goods, or chattels, of a bride: see أَغْنَآءٌ in art. غنى.

مَلَكَةٌ [A faculty.] A quality firmly rooted in the mind. (KT.) مَلَكُوتُ اللّٰهِ God's world of corporeal beings. (TA, art. شهد.) Generally The kingdom of God.

مِلِيك is also syn. with مَمْلُوكٌ; this is meant in the TA where it is said that مُلَكَآءُ in the saying لَبَا مُلُوكٌ وَلَيْسَ لَبَا مُلَكَآءُ [We have kings of bees, but we have not slaves] is pl. of المَلِيكُ from المَمْلُوكُ: it is also said in art. رغو in the TA, (see 4 in that art.) that مَلِيكَةٌ is syn. with مَمْلُوكَةٌ.

أَمْلَكُ : see شَرْطٌ. and also أَمْلَأُ, and أَرَبٌ. b2: مَا أَمْلِكُ شَدًّا وَلاَ إِرْخَآءً: see شَدَّ.

مَمْلَكَةٌ A kingdom, or realm. (S.) مَمْلُوكٌ A slave; a bondman; syn. عَبْدٌ, (S,) or رَقِيقٌ. (TA.) In the present day, specially, A white male slave. (TA.) See مَرْبُوبٌ.

مثل

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مثل

1 مَثَلَ aor. ـُ , inf. n. مُثُولٌ; (S, M, K, &c.;) and مَثُلَ; (M, K;) He stood erect; (S, M, K, &c.;) بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ before him. (S, &c.) b2: مَثَلَ بِهِ, inf. n. مُثْلَةٌ, He mutilated him; castrated him; namely, a sheep or goat. (TA in art. دجن, from a trad.) 2 مَثَّلَ : see a verse of Kutheiyir in art. رود, conj. 4. b2: مَثَّلَهُ: see شَبَّهَهُ.3 مَاثَلَهُ i. q. شَابَهَهُ. (TA.) 4 أَمْثَلَهُ He set it up: from مَثَلَ “ he stood erect. ” b2: He set up a butt or mark: see an ex. voce غَرَضٌ.5 تَمَثَّلَ بِكَذَا [He affected to be like, or imitated, such a thing;] i. q. تَشَبَّهَ بِهِ. (TA, art. شبه.) b2: تَمَثَّلَ البَيْتَ and [more commonly] بِالبَيْتِ He used, or applied, the verse as a proverb, or proverbially. (MA.) b3: See تَشَبَّهَ.6 تَمَاثَلَ He became nearly in a sound, or healthy, state; or near to convalescence: (K:) or he became more like the sound, or healthy, than the unsound, or unhealthy, who is suffering from a chronic and pervading disease; (TA;) or so تماثل لِلْبُرْءِ. (M.) Said also of a wound: (T, S in art. دمل:) and of a disease; like أَشْكَلَ. (TA, art. شكل.) b2: تَمَاثَلَا i. q. تَشَابَهَا. (M, K in art. سوى.) 8 اِمْتَثَلَ أَمْرَهُ He followed his command, order, bidding, or injunction; did like as he commanded, ordered, &c.; (Mgh;) he obeyed his command, order, &c. (Msb.) مِثْلٌ A like; a similar person or thing; match; fellow; an analogue. (K, &c.) See نِدٌّ and voce بَدَلٌ. b2: A likeness, resemblance, or semblance; see شَبَهٌ. b3: An equivalent; a requital. b4: مِثْلَ, used as a denotative of state, means Like. Ex. مَرَّ مِثْلَ البَرْقِ He passed like the lightning. See an ex. in the Kur li. 23; and another, from Sakhr-el-Gheí, voce فَرْضٌ.

مَثَلٌ i. q. صِفَةٌ [as meaning A description, condition, state, case, &c.]; (S, K, &c.;) or وَصْفٌ [meaning the same]: (Msb:) or this is a mistake: (Mbr, AAF, TA:) or it may be a tropical signification: (MF, TA:) for in the language of the Arabs it means a description by way of comparison: (AAF, TA:) you say مثل زيد مثل فلان [The description of Zeyd, by way of comparison, or the condition, &c., is that of such a one]: it is from المِثاَلُ and الحَذْوُ: (Mbr, TA:) it is metaphorically applied to a condition, state, or case, that is important, strange, or wonderful. (Ksh, Bd in ii. 16.) The phrase here given is more literally, and better, rendered, The similitude of Zeyd is the similitude, or is that, of such a one; for a similitude is a description by way of comparison. b2: You say also, جَعَلَهُ مَثَلًا لِكَذَا [He made it (an expression or the like) to be descriptive, by way of comparison, of such a thing]. (TA passim.) [And مَثَلٌ لِكَذَا meansAn expression denoting, by way of similitude, such a thing.] b3: عَلَى المَثَلِ As indicative of resemblance to something. b4: See بَدَلٌ.

مِثَالٌ Quality, made, manner, fashion, and form; (Msb;) a model according to which another thing is made or proportioned; a pattern, (مِقْدَارٌ) by which a thing is measured, proportioned, or cut out: (T:) an example of a class of words, of a rule, &c. b2: مِنْ غَيْرِ سَبْقِ مِثاَلٍ [Without there having been any precedent]. (Msb in art. قرح, &c.) b3: [A bed:] بَناَتُ المِثَالِ The daughters of the bed; meaning women. (T in art. بنى.) جَوْزُ مَاثِلٍ : see جَوْزٌ.

تَمَاثِيلُ , in the following hemistich of Ibn-Ahmar, تَمَاثِيلُ قِرْطَاسٍ عَلَى هَبْهَبِيَّةٍ signifies كُتُبٌ يَكْتُبُونَهَا. (L, in TA, voce هَبْهَبِىٌّ, as signifying a “ light, or active,” camel.)

محن

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محن



مِحْنَةٌ A trial, (S, Msb, K,) or trying affliction: (S:) pl. مِحَنٌ. (Msb.) مَحُونَةٌ (not مُحُونَةٌ): see art. حين.

معن

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معن

4 أَمْعَنَ He (a horse) went far, (S, Msb, K,) in his run. (S, Msb.) b2: Hence, أَمْعَنَ فِى الطَّلَبِ He went very far in search: (Msb:) or he went far, or to a great or an extraordinary length, therein. (Mgh.) b3: امعن فِى الشَّىْءِ, (Ham p. 817,) or فِى الأَمْرِ, (MA, K, Har p. 176,) He went far, (K, Ham, Har,) or deep, or beyond bounds, (MA,) in, or into, the thing, or affair. (Ham, &c.) b4: أَمْعَنَ لِى بِحَقِّى: see أَذَعْنَ.

المَعْنُ The drawing of water.

نجث

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نجث

1 نَجَثَ, aor. ـُ inf. n. نَجْثٌ; and ↓ تنجّث; (TA;) and ↓ انتجث and ↓ استنجث; (K;) He extracted, drew out, or caused to come forth, (K, TA,) a thing: apparently more especially used with reference to what is talked of, or news, tidings, or the like. (TA.) b2: نَجَثَ عَنْهُ, aor. ـُ (and ↓ نجّث, inf. n. تَنْجيثٌ, TA,) and ↓ تنجّث; He searched, or sought, for, or after, it; inquired respecting it; sought for information respecting it; searched into, inquired into, investigated, scrutinized, or examined, it; i. e. an affair. (As.) b3: نَجَثَ قَبْرًا, [aor. ـُ inf. n. نَجْثٌ, He dug up the contents of a grave. (TA, form a trad.) A2: فُلَانٌ يَنْجُثُ بَنِى

فُلَانٍ, (inf. n. نَجْثٌ, L,) Such a one seduces, misleads, or leads astray, (يَسْتَغْوِى, Fr, S, K, or, accord. to A'Obeyd, يَسْتَعْوِى, with the unpointed ع, i. e., summons, by a cry, to sedition, or the like, S,) and implores aid of, the sons of such a one. (Fr, S, K.) [See 10 in art. عو.]5 تنجّث الأَخْبَارَ He searched, or sought, for, or after, news, or tidings. (TA.) [See also 1.]6 تَنَاجَثُوا [They revealed secrets, one to another]: تَنَاجُثٌ signifies the same as تَبَاثٌّ, (K,) and تَبَاحُثٌ. (TA.) b2: تَنَاجَثُوا [They searched, investigated, scrutinized, or examined, together]: تَنَاجُثٌ signifies the same as تَبَاحُثٌ. (TA.) نجى 8 انتجث He, or it, became inflated. (K.) b2: انتجث His fatness became apparent. (K.) One says انتحثت الشَّاةُ The ewe became fat. (TA.) b3: See also 1.10 استنجث شَيْئًا He exposed himself to a thing; or ventured upon it: (S, K, TA:) he devoted himself eagerly to it, and set about it, or commenced it. (TA.) b2: See also 1.

نُجْثٌ and ↓ نُجُثٌ A coat of mail; syn. دِرْعٌ. (K.) b2: Also, (or ↓ نُجُثٌ, S,) The pericardium; syn. غِلَافُ القَلْبِ: (S, K:) pl. أَنْجَاثٌ. (S.) b3: The house (بَيْت) of a man: pl. أَنْجَاثٌ. (K.) نَجِثٌ: see نَجَّاثٌ.

نُجُثٌ: see نُجْثٌ.

نَجِيثٌ (tropical:) A hidden secret. (K.) b2: See بَحِيثٌ. b3: بَدَا نَجِيثُ القَوْمِ The secret of the people, which they concealed, became apparent, or revealed. (Fr, S.) b4: أَتَانَا نَجِيثُ القَوْمِ The affair of the people, which they kept secret, came to our knowledge. (TA.) b5: See نَجِيْثَةٌ.

A2: نَجِيثٌ What attains its utmost aim (ما بلغ), of praise, or of an encomium. (TA.) b2: نَجِيثٌ A butt at which one shoots, or casts, consisting of earth collected together: (S, K:) or earth that is taken forth, and of which a butt is constructed, to shoot at, or cast at. (TA.) b3: أَمْرٌ لَهُ نَجِيثٌ An affair that has an evil end, conclusion, issue, or result. (TA.) A3: نَجِيثٌ A certain leguminous plant. (K.) A4: نَجِيثٌ Slow; tardy. (K.) [See لَبِيثٌ.]

نَجِيثَةٌ (and ↓ نَجِيثٌ, TA) The dust, or earth, that is taken forth, or dug out, from a well; (S;) i. q. نَبِيثَةٌ. (S, K.) b2: نَجيثَةٌ What has become apparent, or manifest, of that which is foul, or disgraceful, of news, tidings, or information. (S, K.) A2: نَجِيثَةٌ Endeavour; effort: (K:) as also نَكِيثَةٌ. (TA.) So in the phrase بُلِغَتْ نَجِيثَتُهُ [His utmost endeavour, or effort, was exerted, or employed]. (K.) نَجَّاثٌ and ↓ نَجِثٌ One who is in the habit of searching, or seeking, for, or after, things; of inquiring respecting them; of seeking for information respecting them; searching into, inquiring into, investigating, scrutinizing or examining, them: (K:) a man who searches after news, diligently, or with labour, or perseverance, or time after time, and elicits it; (As;) as also نَجَّاثٌ عَنِ الأَخْبَارِ. (TA.)

نشج

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نشج

1 نَشَجَ, aor. ـِ inf. n. نَشِيجٌ and نُشُوجٌ, It (water) made a sound [in running] upon the ground. (L.) b2: نَشَجَ, aor. ـِ inf. n. نَشِيجٌ (S, K) and نَشْجٌ, (S,) He sobbed: (L:) he became choked with weeping, without raising, or prolonging, his voice therein: (S, K:) he wept like a child when he is beaten, when his weeping does not find egress, but is reciprocated in his chest: (A'Obeyd:) he became choked with weeping, on an occasion of fright, or fear. (T.) b3: نَشَجَ, (K,) or نَشَجَ بِصَوْتِهِ, inf. n. نَشِيجٌ, (S;) (tropical:) He (an ass) made his voice to reciprocate (S, K) in his chest: (S:) he brayed, (A'Obeyd,) on an occasion of fright, or fear. (TA.) b4: نَشَجَ (tropical:) It (a cookingpot, and a skin, S, K, and a jar, or earthen pot, S) made a gurgling noise by the motion of its contents, as in boiling. (S, K.) b5: نَشَجَ, (aor.

نَشِجَ, inf. n. نَشِيجٌ, TA.) He (a singer) made a distinction, or an interval, (فَصَلَ,) between two sounds, and prolonged [the same]. (K.) b6: نَشَجَ (assumed tropical:) It (a frog) made a reciprocating croaking. (K.) b7: نَشَجَتِ الطَّعْنَةُ (tropical:) The stab made a [gurgling] sound within, on the coming forth of the blood. (TA.) b8: نَشَجَ. aor. ـِ inf. n. نَشِيجٌ, He, or it, uttered, or made, a sound, or noise. (L.) نَشَجٌ A channel in which water flows: pl. أَنْشَاجٌ (S, K.) عَبْرَةٌ نُشُجٌ A weeping that reciprocates in the throat, with sobbing. (L.) نَشِيجٌ The channel of a torrent: pl. أَنْشَاجٌ. (L.)

نصر

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نصر

1 نَصَرَهُ, (M, A, K,) aor. ـُ (M,) inf. n. نَصْرٌ (M, A, K) and نُصْرَةٌ, (A,) or this is a simple subst., (S, Msb,) and نُصُورٌ, (K,) [but see the verse of Khidásh in what follows,] He aided or assisted him, (M, K,) namely, a person wronged, misused, or treated unjustly or injuriously, (M. A, K,) against his enemy: (TA:) [he avenged him: (see the verse here following, and see 8:) he supplied his want, or somewhat thereof (TA.) Kidásh Ibn-Zuheyr says.

فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَشْكُو مِنْ خَلِيلٍ مَخَانَةً

فتِلْكَ الجَوَازِى عَقْبُهَا وَنُصُورُهَا [And if thou complain of treachery from a friend. those requitals are its result and its avengers, or avengement]: here نُصُور may be a pl. of نَاصِرٌ.

like شُهُودٌ is of شَاهِدٌ; or it may be an inf. n., like دُخُولٌ and خُرُوجٌ. (M.) You say, تَصَرَهُ عَلَى عَدُوِّهِ, (S, A, Msb,) and مِنْ عَدُوِّهِ, (A, Msb,) aor. ـُ (S, Msb,) inf. n. نَصْرٌ (S, A, Msb) and نُصْرَةٌ, (A,) or this, as remarked above, is a simple subst., (S, Msb.) He (namely, God. S, A, or a man, Msb,) aided or assisted him, and strengthened him, against his enemy: (Msb:) [he avenged him of his enemy. (See 8.)] and نَصَرَهُ اللّٰهُ God made him to be victorious, to conquer, or to overcome: so in the Kur, xxii. 15, where the pronoun relates to Mohammad. (TA.) In the Kur, xlvii. 8. إِنْ تَنْصُرُوا اللّٰهَ يَنْصُرْكُمْ means, If ye aid God's religion and his apostle, He will aid you against your enemy: (Bd, Jel) or if ye aid his servants, &c.: or if ye keep his ordinances and aid his orders and comply with his commands and shun the things which He hath forbidden, &c. (El-Basáïr.) And the trad.

أُنْصُرْ أَخَاكَ ظَالِمَّا أَوْ مَظْلُومًا is explained as meaning, Prevent thou thy brother from wronging when he is a wronger, and aid him against his wronger when he is wronged. (TA.) Also, نَصَرَهُ مِنْهُ, (K,) inf. n. نَصْرٌ and نُصْرَةٌ, (TA,) [or the latter in this sense, as in the cases above mentioned, is a simple subst.,] He served or Preserved him from him or it. (K.) b2: نَصَرَاللّٰهُ الأَرْضَ God gave rain to the earth or land. (A.) And نَصَرَ الغَيْثُ الأَرْضَ (S, M, K,) [aor. ـُ inf. n. نَصْرٌ, (M,) (tropical:) The rain aided the earth or land: (S:) or watered it: (M:) or watered it generally and copiously, (K, TA,) and caused it to produce herbage: (TA:) and نَصَرَ البَلَدَ (tropical:) it assisted the country to produce abundance of herbage: (TA:) and نُصِرَتِ الأَرْضْ (tropical:) the earth or land was watered by rain. (S.) b3: Hence, نَصَرَهُ, aor. ـُ inf. n. نَصْرٌ, (tropical:) He gave to him. (M.) An Arab of the desert [in the A a beggar] accosted a people saying, أُنْصُرُونِى نَصَرَكُمُ اللّٰهُ, meaning, (tropical:) Give ye to me: may God give to you. (M, A.) b4: نَصَرَهُ اللّٰهُ also signifies (assumed tropical:) God bestowed upon him the means of subsistence, or the like; syn. رَزَقَهُ. (IKtt.) 2 نصّرهُ, (inf. n. تَنْصِيرٌ, K,) He made him a Christian. (S, M, K.) It is said in a trad., [relating to the natural disposition of a child to adopt the true faith,] فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ [But his two parents make him a Jew or make him a Christian]. (S.) 3 نَاْصَرَ [ناصرهُ He rendered reciprocal aid to him. See an ex. voce عَاصَرَ.]5 تنصّر He laboured, or strove, to aid, or assist; syn. عَالَجَ النَّصْرَ: (M, K:) not of the same category as تَحَلَّمَ [he endeavoured to acquire حِلْم] and تبرّر [he endeavoured to characterize himself by بِرّ]. (M.) A2: He became a Christian. (M, K.) 6 تناصروا They aided or assisted one another: (S, Msb, TA:) they assisted one another to aid. (M, A, K, TA.) b2: تناصرت الأَخْبَارُ (tropical:) The accounts, or tidings, confirmed, or verified, one another. (M, K, TA.) 8 انتصر He defended himself: (Bd, Jel, lv. 35:) he defended himself against his wronger, or injurer. (TA.) b2: انتصر مِنْهُ He exacted, or obtained, his right, or due, completely, from him, so that each of them became on a par with the other: (Az, TA:) he revenged himself upon him. (Az, S, M, * Msb, K.) 10 استنصر He asked, sought, or desired, aid, or assistance. (M, K.) And استنصره He asked him to aid him, (S, Msb, K,) عَلَيْهِ against him, (S, K,) i. e. against his enemy. (S, TA.) b2: (tropical:) He begged; (K;) as though he asked for a gift, which is termed نَصْر. (TA.) نَصْرٌ [used a subst.,] Aid or assistance, rendered to another, especially against an enemy: [avengement or another:] victory or conquest: (Bd, xxix. 9:) and ↓ نُصْرَةٌ is a subst. from نَصَرَهُ [and therefore signifies the same]: (S, Msb:) or the ↓ latter signifies good aid, or assistance: (M, K:) and this ↓ same word, when the object is God, signifies aid of God's servants; &c.; as explained above: see 1. (El-Basáïr.) b2: Spoil; plunder; booty. (Bd, ubi supra.) b3: (tropical:) Rain; (A, TA;) as also ↓ نُصْرَةٌ: (TA:) in like manner as it is called فَتْح: (A, TA:) or the ↓ latter signifies a complete rain. (IAar.) b4: [Hence,] (tropical:) A gift: (S, TA:) and نَصَائِرُ gifts. (M.) b5: See also نَاصِرٌ.

نُصَرٌ: see نَاصِرٌ.

نُصْرَةٌ: see نَصْرٌ, in five places.

نَصْرِىٌّ: see نَصْرَانِىٌّ.

نَصْرَانٌ: see نَصْرَانِىٌّ.

نَصْرَانِىٌّ, (S, A, Msb, K, &c.) and ↓ نَصْرَانٌ, (M, A,) or this latter has not been used without the addition of the relative ى, (S,) or it has been sometimes used, (M,) and ↓ نَصْرِىٌّ, (M, Msb, K,) but we have not heard this used, (M,) [A Christian: or this is a secondary application, and the original meaning is a Nazarene:] fem. نَصْرَانِيَّةٌ, (S, A, Msb, K,) and نَصْرَانَةٌ, (S, A, K,) or the latter is used only by poetic licence: (IB:) ↓ نَصَارَى [applied to the Christians] is a rel. n. from نَاصِرَةُ, [or Nazareth,] a town of Syria, (S, M, K,) also called نَصْرَانَةُ, (Lth, IDrd, K,) or نَصْرَانُ, (S, Msb,) and نَصُورِيَةٌ, (M, Sgh, K,) without teshdeed, accord. to Sgh, (TA,) and نُصْرِىٌّ and نُصْرَى, (as in a copy of the M,) or نَصْرَى and نَصْرَوَةُ: (TA:) so originally, and then applied to such as hold the religion of its inhabitants: (Msb:) this is the opinion of the lexicologists; but it is of weak authority, though admissible as there are other anomalous rel. ns.: (M:) or [so in K, but in the S, and] نَصَارَى is pl. of نَصْرِىٌّ, (Kh, M, Msb, K,) like as مَهَارَى is pl. of مَهْرِىٌّ; (Msb, K;) or of نَصْرَانٌ (Kh, S, M) and نَصْرَانَةٌ, (S,) like as نَدَامَى is pl. of نَدْمَانٌ (Kh, S, M) and نَدْمَانَةٌ; (S;) but more probably of نَصْرَانٌ, because this word has been sometimes used, whereas we have not heard نَصْرِىٌّ used: (M:) and it is implied in the copies of the K, that أَنْصَارٌ is pl. of نَصْرَانِىٌّ; but correctly, it is a pl. of نَصْرَانٌ, without ى, as is said in the TS, and the L, in both of which is mentioned the saying of the poet, لَمَّا رَأَيْتُ نَبَطًا أَنْصَارَا [When I saw Nabatheans, Christians], meaning نَصَارَى. (TA.) النَّصْرَانِيَّةُ The religion of the نَصَارَى [or Christians]. (K, TA.) نَصُورٌ One who aids, or assists, much or well. (TA in art. عقرب.) نَصِيرٌ: see نَاصِرٌ. It has the signification of the measure فَاعِلٌ or of the measure مَفْعُولٌ; for أَخَوَانِ نَصِيرَانِ, occurring in a trad., means Two brothers, aiders of, and aided by, each other. (TA.) نَصَارَى: see نَصْرَانِىٌّ.

نَصَائِرُ: see نَصْرٌ.

نَاصِرٌ act. part. n. of نَصَرَ, An aider or assister, especially against an enemy; &c.; as also ↓ نَصِيرٌ, (S, * M, A, Msb, K,) and ↓ نَصَرٌ: (Sgh, K:) pl. (of نَصِيرٌ, (S, M, Msb, and of نَاصِرٌ, M,) أَنْصَارٌ (S, M, A, Msb, K) and (of نَاصِرٌ, M) نُصَّارٌ, (M, K,) and نُصُورٌ may also be a pl. of the same, as occurring in the verse of Khidásh, cited above: (M:) and أَنَاصِيرُ is a pl. pl., being pl. of أَنْصَارٌ: (TA:) and ↓ نَصْرٌ is used as sing. and pl., (M, K,) being an inf. n. employed as an epithet, like عَدْلٌ. (M.) b2: الأَنْصَارُ also signifies The Assistants of the Prophet; (M, K;) of [the tribes of] El-Ows and El-Khazraj; (TA;) being an epithet applied to them especially, (M, K,) and used as a subst., as though it were the name of a tribe, wherefore the rel. n. أَنْصَارِىٌّ [which is used as sing.] is formed from it. (M.) نَاصُورٌ: see نَاسُورٌ.

أَنْصَارٌ: see نَصْرَانِىٌّ: b2: and ناصِرٌ.

أَنْصَارِىٌّ: see نَاصِرٌ.

مَنْصُورٌ [Aided or assisted, especially against an enemy, &c.]. b2: أَرْضٌ مَنْصُورَةٌ (tropical:) Land watered by rain; rained upon. (S, A.) مُسْتَنْصِرٌ [Asking, seeking, or desiring, aid, or assistance]. b2: (tropical:) A beggar. (M.)
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