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مير

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 مَارَ أَهْلَهُ ذ (T, * S, A, Msb, *) and عِيَالَهُ, (M, K,) aor. يَمِيرُ, (T, S, A, &c.,) inf. n. مَيْرٌ, (T, S, M, Msb, K,) He brought, or conveyed, or purveyed, طَعَام, [here meaning wheat, or other corn, and food, victuals, or provision, of any kind, (see مِيرَةٌ,)] (T, S, M, A, K) to, or for, his family, (T, * S, A,) or his household: (M, K:) or he brought to them مِيرَة, i. e. طَعَام: (As [accord. to whom, as I find in the TA, the aor. is يَمُورُ, but this I suppose to be a mistranscription,] T, Mgh, Msb:) or he gave them مِيرَة: (TA:) and ↓ أَمَارَهُمْ signifies the same as مَارَهُمْ; (K;) and so لَهُمْ ↓ امتار: (S, * M, K:) or you say, هُمْ يَمْتَارُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ they bring, or convey, or purvey, طعام for themselves; (T;) and لِنَفْسِهِ ↓ امتار, (A,) or المِيرَةَ لِنَفْسِهِ ↓ امتار, (Mgh, Msb,) he brought, (A, Mgh, Msb,) or conveyed, or purveyed, (A,) طعام for himself. (A, Mgh, Msb.) See مِيرَةٌ.

Derived headwords

مَارَ أَهْلَهُverb
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هُمْ يَمْتَارُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ
المِيرَةَ لِنَفْسِهِ