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حمر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

9 احمرّ احمر أحمر حمر ٱحمر , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. اِحْمِرَارٌ, (K,) It became أَحْمَر [or red ]; (Msb, K;) as also ↓ احمارّ: (K:) both these verbs signify the same: (S:) or the former signifies it was red, constantly, not changing from one state to another: and ↓ the latter, it became red, accidentally, not remaining so; as when you say, جَعَلَ يَحْمَارُّ مَرَّةً وَيَصْفَارُّ أُخْرَى He, or it, began to become red one time and yellow another. (TA.) [It is also said that] every verb of the measure اِفْعَلَّ is contracted from اِفْعَالَّ; and that the former measure is the more common because [more] easy to be pronounced. (TA.) ― -b2- احمرّ البَأْسُ (tropical:) War, or the war, became vehement, or fierce: (S, A, IAth, Msb, K:) or the fire of war burned fiercely. (TA.)

Derived headwords

احمرّverb
  1. 1.
جَعَلَ يَحْمَارُّ مَرَّةً وَيَصْفَارُّ أُخْرَى
احمرّ البَأْسُ