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صعر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَصْعَرُ ذ Having a wryness, or distortion, in the cheek, (S,) or in the face, (A, K,) or in either side [ thereof ], (K,) or in the neck, (A, Msb,) by reason of pride, (A,) with a turning of the face on one side: (Msb:) or a camel having a disorder by reason of which he twists his neck, (K,) and distorts it: (TA:) sometimes the being so is natural (S, A, Msb, K) in a man (S, Msb) and in an ostrich; (S, A, Mgh;) and sometimes it is accidental: (Msb:) pl. صُعْرٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- It occurs in a trad. as signifying Such as withdraws himself [ from others, through pride ]; syn. ذَاهِبٌ بِنَفْسِهِ: (S, TA: [thought by Ibr D to be a mistake for زَاهٍ بِنَفْسِهِ: but this seems to me improbable:]) or such as turns away his face, by reason of pride: (IAth:) and in another trad. as signifying such as turns away from the truth, and is faulty. (TA.)

Derived headwords

أَصْعَرُ
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زَاهٍ بِنَفْسِهِ