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دعر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 دَعِرَ دعر , aor. دَعَرَ , inf. n. دَعَرٌ, It (wood) was bad; (S;) it smoked much: (S, Msb:) or smoked, and did not burn brightly, or blaze. (K.) ― -b2- It (a زَنْد [or piece of wood for producing fire]) failed to produce fire: (K:) or became burned at its extremity from frequent use in producing fire, and failed to produce fire. (TA.) ― -b3- دَعِرَ, aor. دَعَرَ ; and دَعَرَ, aor. دَعَرَ ; inf. n. دَعَارَةٌ; He acted vitiously, or immorally; transgressed the command of God; or committed adultery or fornication: syn. فَجَرَ وَمَجَرَ [the latter of which appears to be an imitative sequent to the former]: (TA:) and دَعِرَ, inf. n. دَعَرٌ, he stole, committed adultery or fornication, and did harm to others: (ISh, TA:) and دَعِرَ he acted badly, corruptly, or wickedly: from the same verb in the first of the senses explained above. (Msb.) [See also دَعَرٌ, below.]

Derived headwords

دَعِرَverb
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فَجَرَ وَمَجَرَ