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عرو

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

عَارٍ ذ act. part. n. of عَرَاهُ in the first [and in others also] of the senses assigned to it above. (Msb.) En-Nábighah says, أَتَيْتُكَ عَارِيًا خَلَقًا ثِيَابِى عَلَى خَوْفٍ يُظَنُّ بِىَ الظُّنُونُ meaning I came to thee, or have come to thee, as a guest [or seeking thy beneficence, with my clothes old and worn out, in fear, various thoughts being thought of me ]. (S; one of my copies of which has تَظُنُّ instead of يُظَنُّ.)

Derived headwords

عَارٍ
  1. 1.
أَتَيْتُكَ عَارِيًا خَلَقًا ثِيَابِى
عَلَى خَوْفٍ يُظَنُّ بِىَ الظُّنُونُ