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كور

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 كَارَ العِمَامَةَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ذ , (S, A, Msb, *) aor. يَكُورُ, (S, Msb,) inf. n. كَوْرٌ, (S, Msb, K,) He wound round the turban upon his head; (S, A, Msb, K;) as also ↓ كوّرها, inf. n. تَكْوِيرٌ: (S, A, K:) or the latter has an intensive signification [app. meaning he wound it round many times upon his head; or in many folds ]: and hence you say, الشَّىْءَ ↓ كوّر he wound the thing in a round form. (Msb.) -A2- Hence the saying, حَارَ بَعْدَ مَا كَارَ, (Zj, in TA, art. حور,) (assumed tropical:) He became in a bad state of affairs after he had been in a good state: or he became in a state of defectiveness after he had been in a state of redundance. (TA, art. حور.) See also كَوْرٌ, below. -A3- كَارَ, (TA,) inf. n. كَوْرٌ, (K,) He carried a كَارَة, q. v., (K, TA,) upon his back; (TA;) as also ↓ استكار. (K, TA.)

Derived headwords

كَارَ العِمَامَةَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِverb
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حَارَ بَعْدَ مَا كَارَ