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فور

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

الفَارُ ذ The muscles of a man: (M, K:) also mentioned in art. فأرِ, as written with ء. (TA.) أَبْرِزْ نَارَكَ وَاـِنْ هَزَلْتَ فَارَكَ [ Put forth thy fire, that passengers may see it and be attracted by it, though thou make lean thy muscles, ] is a saying meaning (assumed tropical:) give food though thou injure thy body [by doing so]. (M, L.) -A2- See also فَأْرٌ (with which it is syn. in other senses), in art. فأر.

Derived headwords

الفَارُ
  1. 1.
نَارَكَ وَاـِنْ هَزَلْتَ فَارَكَ