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عشر
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaعَشِيرٌ ذ : see عُشْرٌ, in three places. ― -b2- Also A certain measure of land, a tenth of the قَفِيز, (O, Msb, K,) which is the tenth of the جَرِيب [q. v.]: (O, TA:) pl. أَعْشِرَاآءُ. (TA in art. جرب.) -A2- And An associate; i. q. مُعَاشِرٌ. (S, O, Msb, K.) ― -b2- And A husband; (S, O, Msb, K;) because he and his wife are associates, each of the other. (S, O.) يَكْفُرْنَ العَشِيرَ means They are ungrateful to the husband. (Msb.) ― -b3- And A wife. (Msb.) ― -b4- And A relation. (K.) ― -b5- And A friend. (K.) Pl. عُشَرَاآءُ. (K.) ― -b6- See also عَشِيرَةٌ. -A3- Also The cry of the ضَبُع [or hyena, or female hyena ]: (K:) in this sense, a word not derived. (TA.)
Derived headwords
عَشِيرٌ
- 1.
يَكْفُرْنَ العَشِيرَ