بحر

بَحْرِىٌّ حر حران حري بحر بحرى بحري بحريي Of, or relating to, or belonging to, the sea, or a great river; rel. n. of بَحْرٌ. (S, K.) ― -b2- A seaman; a sailor; (TA;) as also ↓ بَحَّارٌ: (K:) and [↓ بَحْرِيَّةٌ and] ↓ بَحَّارَةٌ seamen; sailors. (K, TA.) ― -b3- [In the dial. of Egypt, North; northern; because the Mediterranean Sea lies on the north of that country: like as, in Hebrew, יָם signifies “ west; ” because that sea lies on the west of Palestine.]