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مراء

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

5 تمرّأ ذ He affected, or endeavoured to acquire, (تَكَلَّفَ,) manliness, مُرُوْءَة: (AZ, S, K:) accord. to some, he became possessed of that quality. (TA.) ― -b2- تمرّأ بِهِمْ He sought to acquire the character of manliness (مُرُوْءَة) by disparaging them and vituperating them. (ISk, S, K.) ― -b3- لَا يَتَمَرَّأْ أَحَدُكُمْ بِالدُّنْيَا (a trad.) [app., Let not any one of you delight himself in the present world ]: but accord. to one relation, it is لَا يَتَمَرْأَى, from الرُّؤْيَةُ: [see art. رأى]. (TA.) [See also تَهَنَّأَ.]

Derived headwords

تمرّأverb
  1. 1.
تمرّأ بِهِمْ
لَا يَتَمَرَّأْ أَحَدُكُمْ بِالدُّنْيَا
لَا يَتَمَرْأَى