نحر

نَحِيرٌ ذ A camel [or other beast] stabbed, or stuck, (K. TA,) in the مَنْحَر, (TA,) where the windpipe (حُلْقُوم) commences, in the uppermost part of the breast; (K, TA;) and ↓ مَنْحُورٌ signifies [the same: and] slaughtered: (TA:) the former is masc. and fem., and the fem. is also نَحِيرَةٌ: (TA:) pl. of نحير, (K,) and of نحيرة, (TA,) نَحْرَى and نُحَرَاآءُ and نَحَائِرُ. (K, TA.) ― -b2- (tropical:) A son devoted to be sacrificed: of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ. (Mgh.) -A2- ↓ النَّحِيرَةُ (tropical:) The first day of the month; [as also, app., الشَّهْرِ ↓ نَحْرُ, and ↓ نَاحِرَتُهُ, and ↓ نَحِيرَتُهُ:] or the last thereof; (K;) as also ↓ النَّاحِرُ: (TA:) or the last night thereof; (S, K;) as also النَّحِيرٌ: (K:) or the last night thereof with its day [i. e. the day immediately following]; as also ↓ النَّاحِرَةُ; because it becomes opposite to that which is next after it, or because it reaches to the first part thereof [or of the following month]: (Abu-l-Gheyth, S:) pl. نَوَاحِرُ (S, K) and نَاحِرَاتٌ, (K,) both extr. [as pls. of نَحِيرَةٌ, but reg. as pls. of نَاحِرَةٌ], (TA,) [and app. نَحَائِرُ, being agreeable with rule as pl. of نَحِيرَةٌ: or] نَحَائِرُ الشَّهْرِ signifies i. q. نُحُورُهُ: see نَحْرٌ. (TA.) You say also جَاآءَ فِى نَحْرِ الشَّهْرِ, and نَاحِرَتِهِ, and نَحِيرَتِهِ, (tropical:) [app. signifying He came on the first day of the month. ] And مَا أَرَاهُ اـِلَّا فِى نُحُورِ الشُّهُورِ, and نَوَاحِرِهَا, and نَحَائِرِهَا, (tropical:) [app., I see him not save on the first days of the months. ] (A.)