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برء

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

3 بارأهُ ذ , (T, S, M, Mgh, K,) inf. n. مُبَارَأَةٌ (T, M, Mgh) and بِرَاآءٌ, (M,) He made him (his copartner) free, clear, quit, or irresponsible, the latter doing to him the same: (Mgh:) he compounded, or made a compromise, with him (his hired man, T, M) for their mutual separation: (M:) he separated himself from him (his copartner, S, O), the latter doing the same. (S, O, K.) And بَارَأْتُ الرَّجُلَ I became free, clear, quit, or irresponsible, to the man, he becoming so to me. (M.) And بارأ المَرْأَةَ, (T, M, K,) or ا@مْرَأَتَهُ, (S,) inf. n. as above, (M,) He compounded, or made a compromise, with the woman (or his wife, S) for their mutual separation; (M, K;) i. e. he divorced her for a compensation [ which she was to make him, such as her giving up a portion of her dowry remaining due to her, in order that they might be clear, each of the other ]: it occurs also [without ء] in art. برى. (TA.)

Derived headwords

بارأهُverb
  1. 1.
بَارَأْتُ الرَّجُلَ
بارأ المَرْأَةَ