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Root entry · 1 derived lemmaمَا بِالدَّارِ دَيَّارٌ ما بالدار ديار , (S, M, A, K,) originally دَيْوَارٌ, of the measure فَيْعَالٌ, (S,) and ↓ دُورِىٌّ, (S, M, K,) and ↓ دَيِّورٌ, (M, K,) in which a و is changed into ى, (M,) [ديّور being originally دَيْوُورٌ,] and ↓ دَارِىٌّ, There is not in the house any one: (S, M, K:) the broken pl. of دَيَّارٌ and دَيُّورٌ is دَوَاوِيرُ; the و being unchanged because of its distance from the end of the word. (M.) ISd says, in the عَوِيص, that Yaakoob has erred in asserting ديّار to be used only in negative phrases; for Dhu-r-Rummeh uses it in an affirmative phrase. (MF.) ― -b2- See also دَيْرَانِىٌّ.
Derived headwords
مَا بِالدَّارِ دَيَّارٌ
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