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مرس

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مُتَمَرَّسٌ ذ [originally A place where one rubs or scratches himself against a thing. Hence, app., the saying,] ― -b2- مَا بِفُلَانٍ مُتَمَرَّسٌ (tropical:) [ Nothing can be done with, or got from, such a one ]: said of him from whom the enemy can obtain no advantage: (A:) or of him who is hardy and strong, so that he who strives with him cannot withstand him, because he has striven against calamities and contentions: (TA:) and of the avaricious man, from whom he who is in want cannot obtain anything. (A, TA.)

Derived headwords

مُتَمَرَّسٌ
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مَا بِفُلَانٍ مُتَمَرَّسٌ