يسر

يَاسِرٌ ذ : see يَسْرٌ, first signification. -A2- [ Taking the left-hand side or direction: or coming on, or from the direction of, the left hand of a person:] contr. of يَامِنٌ. (S.) -A3- [ Dividing a thing into parts, or portions. ] ― -b2- [Hence,] The slaughterer of a camel: (K, TA:) because he divides its flesh into portions: (TA:) the person who superintends the division of the slaughtered camel (M, K) for the game called المَيْسِر: (K:) pl. [يَاسِرُونَ and] أَيْسَارٌ: (M, K:) A'Obeyd says, I have heard them put يَاسِرٌ in the place of يَسَرٌ, [for the explanations of which see what follows,] and ↓ يَسَرٌ in the place of يَاسِرٌ, (M,) or ↓ يَسَرٌ and يَاسِرٌ signify the same: and the pl. is أَيْسَارٌ: (S, A:) يَاسِرٌ signifies [as explained above, and also] a person who plays with gaming-arrows, (S, Msb, TA,) [ at the game called المَيْسِر,] for a slaughtered camel; because he is one of those who occasion the slaughter of the camel; and the pl. is [as above and] يَاسِرُونَ: (TA:) and ↓ يَسَرٌ, i. q. ضَرِيبٌ [which signifies the same; and the person who is entrusted, as deputy, with the disposal of the arrows in the game above mentioned, and who shuffles them in the رِبَابَة:] and, [as quasi-pl. of يَاسِرٌ, like as خَدَمٌ is of خَادِمٌ,] a party assembled together at the game called المَيْسِر: (M, K:) pl. أَيْسَارٌ: (M:) and ↓ يَسِيرٌ and ↓ يَسُورٌ signify one who contends with another at a game of hazard; syn. قَامِرٌ: (K:) or ↓ يَسَرٌ and ↓ يَسُورٌ, and also يَاسِرٌ, are applied to one who has, or to whom pertains, a gamingarrow. (IAar, TA.)