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عمر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

عَمْرَةٌ ذ : see عَمَارَةٌ. -A2- أَبُو عَمْرَةَ means Bankruptcy, insolvency, or the state of having no property remaining; (Lth, O, K;) which is said to be thus called because it was the name of an envoy of El-Mukhtár the son of Aboo-'Obeyd, on the occasion of whose alighting at the abode of a people, slaughter and war used to befall them: (Lth, O, K: *) ― -b2- and (K) hunger. (IAar, K.)

Derived headwords

عَمْرَةٌ
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أَبُو عَمْرَةَ