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جهر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَجْهَرُ ذ : see جَهِيرٌ. ― -b2- Also A man having the eyeball, or globe of the eye, prominent and apparent, or large and prominent; syn. جَاحِظٌ: or resembling such as is termed جاحظ: fem. جَهْرَاآءُ. (TA.) And this latter, An eye having the ball, or globe, prominent and apparent, or large and prominent; syn. جَاحِظَةٌ: (K:) or resembling what is thus termed. (TA.) ― -b3- Having a pretty cast in the eye: (AA, K:) fem. as above. (K.) ― -b4- That cannot see in the sun; (S, A, Msb, K;) applied to a man, (A, Msb,) and to a ram: (S:) fem. as above: (S, A, Msb, K:) or weak-sighted in the sun: (Lh, TA:) or that cannot see in the daytime; أَعْشَى signifying “ that cannot see in the night: ” (TA:) and the fem., a woman who closes her eyes in the sun. (A.) ― -b5- A horse having a blaze that covers his face: fem. as above. (K.) ― -b6- Also the fem., Open, bare, land, not concealed by anything: (A:) or plain land, in which are no trees nor hills (K, TA) nor sands: (TA:) pl. جَهْرَاوَاتٌ. (A, TA.) ― -b7- And A company (S, K) consisting of the distinguished part (TA) of a people: (S:) the more, or most, excellent persons of a tribe. (K.) You say, [with reference to distinguished persons,] كَيْفَ جَهْرَاؤُكُمْ How is your company? (S.)

Derived headwords

أَجْهَرُ
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كَيْفَ جَهْرَاؤُكُمْ