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عرس

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 اعرس ذ He made, or prepared, a marriagefeast. (S, O, Msb, K, TA.) ― -b2- [ He became a bridegroom. ] And اعرس بِأَهْلِهِ, (S, O, K,) or بِا@مْرَأَتِهِ, (Mgh, * Msb,) He had his wife conducted to him on the occasion of the marriage; syn. بَنَى بِهَا, (T, S,) or بَنَى عَلَيْهَا; (Mgh, O, K;) as also بها ↓ عرّس; (TA;) or this latter is only used by the vulgar; (S, O, TA;) or is a mistake: (Mgh, Msb:) and he abode with his wife during the days of and after that event: (TA:) [and] he went in to his wife (IAth, Msb) [a signification which may be meant to be included in the explanation بني بها or بنى عليها] on the occasion of that event; meaning, he compressed her; وَطْءٌ being thus called اـِعْرَاسٌ because it is a consequence of اـِعْرَاس [properly so termed]: (IAth:) the phrase also signifies [simply] he compressed his wife. (S, TA.) -A2- See also 2: -A3- and see عَرِسَ بِهِ.

Derived headwords

اعرسverb
  1. 1.
اعرس بِأَهْلِهِ
بَنَى عَلَيْهَا
بني بها
بنى عليها
عَرِسَ بِهِ