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مهر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 مَهَرَ المَرْأَةَ ذ , (AZ, S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. مَهَرَ (S, Msb, K) and مَهُرَ , (K,) inf. n. مَهْرٌ, (S, Msb, TA,) He gave the woman a مَهْر [or dowry ]: (A, Mgh, Msb, K:) or he assigned to her (جَعَلَ لَهَا) a مَهْر: (K:) and ↓ أَمْهَرَهَا signifies the same as مَهَرَهَا, (AZ, S, Msb, K,) which is of the dial. of Temeem, and the more usual: (Msb:) or مَهَرَهَا has the first of the above significations, (A, Mgh, Msb, K,) or signifies he set apart for her a مَهْر: (Msb:) and ↓ أَمْهَرَهَا signifies he named for her a مَهْر and married her to himself for it; (A, Mgh;) or he married her to another man for a certain مَهْر; (Msb, K;) or he sent for her a مَهْر. (TA.) -A2- مَهَرَ الشَّىْءَ, (S, K,) and فِيهِ, and بِهِ (K,) and فِيهِ ↓ تمهّر, (K, * TA,) and مَهَرَ صِنَاعَتَهُ, (A,) and فِيهَا, (Mgh, Msb,) and بِهَا, and فِيهَا ↓ تمهّر, (A,) and مَهَرَ فِى العِلْمِ وَغَيْرِهِ, (Msb,) aor. مَهَرَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. مَهَارَةٌ (S, A, Mgh, L, Msb, K) and مِهَارَةٌ (L) and مُهُورٌ (Msb, K) and مَهَارٌ and مَهْرٌ, (K,) He was, or became, skilled, or expert, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) in the thing, (S, K,) and in his art, or craft, (A, Mgh, Msb,) and in science, &c., (Msb,) knowing its abstrusities and niceties, or having learned the whole of it; syn. حَذَقَ. (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K.)

Derived headwords

مَهَرَ المَرْأَةَverb
  1. 1.
جَعَلَ لَهَا
مَهَرَ الشَّىْءَ
مَهَرَ صِنَاعَتَهُ
مَهَرَ فِى العِلْمِ وَغَيْرِهِ