هور
Root entry · 1 derived lemma1 هَارَه ذ , (K,) [aor. يَهُورُهُ,] inf. n. هَوْرٌ, (TA,) He threw it down; pulled it down; pulled it to pieces; or demolished it; namely, a building; (K;) and in like manner, a جُرْف [i. e. an abrupt, water-worn, bank, rising by the bed of a torrent or stream]; (TA [in which هُؤُورٌ is given as an inf. n. of this verb; but it is more probably an inf. n. of the intrans. verb only, agreeably with analogy;]) as also ↓ هوّرهُ, (S, A,) the pronoun relating to a building, (A,) and to a جُرْف; (S;) and هيّرهُ [in illustration of which see what is said of تهيّر, below]; (S, art. هير;) and ↓ تهوّرهُ, in which the pronoun relates to the upper part of a جُرْف, or to the brink of a well. (TA.) ― -b2- هَارَ القَوْمَ, (K,) aor. يَهُورُهُمْ, inf. n. هَوْرٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) He slew the people, and threw them down prostrate, one upon another, (K,) like as when a جُرْف falls down. (TA.) And [in like manner you say,] ضَرَبَ فُلَانًا فَهَارَهُ (assumed tropical:) He smote such a one and prostrated him; as also ↓ هوّرهُ. (K, * TA.) ― -b3- هَارَ, (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. يَهُورُ, inf. n. هَوْرٌ (S, Msb) and هُؤُورٌ, (S,) It became thrown down, pulled down, pulled to pieces, or demolished; or it fell in ruins, or to pieces; (S, A, K;) said of a building, (K,) and of a جُرْف [explained above]; (S, A;) as also ↓ انهار and ↓ تهوّر (S, A, K) and تهيّر, (K,) which last has ى as being interchangeable with و, or it may be of the measure تَفَيْعَلَ [originally تَهَيْوَرَ]: (TA:) or it fell; it fell, or tumbled, down; it collapsed; broke down; said of a building; (TA;) as also ↓ انهار and ↓ تهوّر; (Msb, TA;) said of a building, (TA,) and of a جُرْف, (Msb,) or of the upper part of the latter, and of the brink of a well; (TA;) [and ↓ اِهْتَوَرَ, q. v., probably signifies the same:] or it cracked, without falling; said of a جُرْف: (Msb:) or it cracked in its hinder part, remaining yet in its place; said of a building. (TA.)
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