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يسر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

يَسْرٌ ذ (TA) and ↓ يَسَرٌ, (M, A, K, TA,) [each an inf. n. (see 1) used as an epithet,] and يَاسِرٌ, (K, TA,) Easy and gentle in tractableness, submissiveness, or manageableness; applied to a man and to a horse: (TA:) or [simply] easy; facile; (M, A, K;) as also ↓ يُسْرٌ (TA) and يَسِيرٌ, (Msb), this last being syn. with هَيِّنٌ, (S, K,) and signifying not difficult, غَيْرُ عَسِيرٍ, (A,) and ↓ مَيْسُورٌ [respecting which see also عُسْرٌ, pl. مَيَاسِيرُ]. (A.) Hence, ↓ يَسَرَاتٌ, pl. of يَسْرَةٌ and يَسَرَةٌ, applied to the legs of a beast, signifies Easy: (M:) or light, or active, legs of a beast: (S, TA:) or light, or active, and obedient, legs of a beast of carriage: (A:) or the legs of a she-camel: and you say also, اـِنَّ قَوَائِمَ هٰذَا الفَرَسِ يَسَرَاتٌ خِفَافٌ, meaning, verily the legs of this horse are obedient and light or active. (TA.) [Hence also,] وِلَادَةٌ يَسْرٌ [ An easy birth, or bringing forth ]. (A.) And وَلَدَتْ وَلَدَهَا يَسْرًا She brought forth her child easily: (M, K *:) said of a woman: (M:) or ↓ يَسَرًا. (CK.) And it is said in a trad., ↓ اـِنَّ هٰذَا الدِّينَ يُسْرٌ Verily this religion is easy; liberal; one having little straitness. (TA.) You say also, ↓ خُذْ مَيْسُورَهُ وَدَعْ مَعْسُورَهُ [ Take thou what is easy thereof, and leave thou what is difficult ]. (A.) And ↓ مَيْسُورٌ is applied to a saying, or speech: (A:) so in the Kur. xvii. 30; meaning, gentle; (Bd, Jel;) easy: (Jel:) or ↓ قُوْلٌ مَيْسُورٌ means prayer for مَيْسُور, i. e., for يُسْر [q. v.]. (Bd.) ― -b2- فَتْلٌ يَسْرٌ [The twisting a rope or cord towards the left, by rolling it against the body from right to left; or] the twisting downwards, by extending the right hand towards the body [ and so rolling the rope or cord downwards against the body or thigh, which is the usual way of twisting]; (S, A *, K;) contr. of شَزْرٌ. (M, A, TA) ― -b3- طَعْنٌ يَسْرٌ The thrusting, or piercing, [ straight forward; or] opposite the face: (S, M, K:) opposed to شَزْرٌ, which is from one's right and one's left. (TA.) See an ex. voce شَزَرَهُ.

Derived headwords

يَسْرٌ
  1. 1.
غَيْرُ عَسِيرٍ
اـِنَّ قَوَائِمَ هٰذَا الفَرَسِ يَسَرَاتٌ خِفَافٌ
وِلَادَةٌ يَسْرٌ
وَلَدَتْ وَلَدَهَا
وَدَعْ مَعْسُورَهُ
فَتْلٌ يَسْرٌ
طَعْنٌ يَسْرٌ