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شعر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

شِعْرِىٌّ ذ [ Of, or relating to, poetry; poetical. ― -b2- And also (assumed tropical:) False, or lying ]. One says أَدِلَّةٌ شِعْرِيَّةٌ (assumed tropical:) False, or lying, evidences or arguments: because of the many lies in poetry. (B, TA.) -A2- [And Of, or relating to, الشِّعْرَى, i. e. Sirius. ] You say, رَعَيْنَا شِعْرِىَّ المَرَاعِى We pastured our cattle upon the herbage of which the growth was consequent upon the نَوْء [i. e. the auroral rising or setting ] of الشِّعْرَى [or Sirius ]. (A.)

Derived headwords

شِعْرِىٌّ
  1. 1.
أَدِلَّةٌ شِعْرِيَّةٌ
رَعَيْنَا شِعْرِىَّ المَرَاعِى