حور
Root entry · 1 derived lemma4 احار احار أحار حار [ He returned a thing]. You say, طَحَنَتْ فَمَا أَحَارَتْ شَيْئًا She ground, and did not return (مَا رَدَّتْ) anything of the flour [app. for the loan of the hand-mill: see حُورٌ, below]. (S, K.) ― -b2- احار الغُصَّةَ He swallowed the thing sticking in his throat and choking him; [as though he returned it from its place: see 1: see also 4 in art. حير: and see an ex. voce اـِحَارَةٌ.] (TA.) And فُلَانٌ سَرِيعُ الاـِحَارَةِ Such a one is quick in swallowing: [said to be] from what next follows. (Meyd, TA.) ― -b3- احار, (S, K, &c.,) inf. n. اـِحَارَةٌ, (TA,) He returned an answer, or a reply. (Msb, TA.) You say, كَلَّمْتُهُ فَمَا أَحَارَ اـِلَىَّ جَوَابًا I spoke to him, and he did not return to me an answer, or a reply. (S, A, * Msb, * K, *) And in like manner, مَا أَحَارَ بِكَلِمَةِ [ He did not return a word in answer, or in reply]. (TA.) -A2- احارت She (a camel) had a young one such as is called حُوَار. (K.)
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