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مير

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مَائِرٌ ذ (S, M, K) and ↓ مَيَّارٌ (M, K) One who brings, or conveys, or purveys, مِيرَة, (S, * K,) or مَيْر: (M, L:) pl. of the former, مُيَّارٌ (S, M, K) and مَيَّارَةٌ, like رَجَّالَةٌ. (S, K.) You say نَحْنُ نَنْتَظِرُ مُيَّارَنَا, and مَيَّارَتَنَا, [ We are expecting our bringers, or conveyers, or purveyors, of wheat, &c.] (S.) The pl. مَيَّارَةٌ is applied to A company of men who go together from the desert to the towns or villages to bring مِيرَة. (TA.) It is said in a trad. الحَمُولَةُ المَائِرَةُ لَهُمْ لاَغِيَةٌ, meaning, The camels that carry مِيرَة for them for sale and the like are exempt from the eleëmosynary taxation, because they are working beasts. (TA.)

Derived headwords

مَائِرٌ
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نَنْتَظِرُ مُيَّارَنَا
الحَمُولَةُ المَائِرَةُ لَهُمْ لاَغِيَةٌ