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جرى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مُجْرٍ مجر [ Making to run ]. It is said in a prov., كُلُّ مُجْرٍ فِى الخَلَاآءِ يُسَرُّ [ Every one who makes his horse to run in the solitary place rejoices, because no one can contradict his account of his horse's fleetness]. (Mgh.) [See Freytag's Arab. Prov., ii. 315 and 316, where two other readings are added: كلّ مجر بِخَلَاآءٍ مُجِيدٌ, i. e., is possessor of a fleet horse; and كلّ مجر بِخَلَاآءٍ سَابِقٌ, i. e., is one who outstrips. ]

Derived headwords

مُجْرٍ
  1. 1.
كُلُّ مُجْرٍ فِى الخَلَاآءِ يُسَرُّ
كلّ مجر بِخَلَاآءٍ مُجِيدٌ
كلّ مجر
بِخَلَاآءٍ سَابِقٌ