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نعر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

نَاعُورٌ ذ , (S, A, Mgh, Msb,) or ↓ نَاعُورَةٌ, (K,) A [ machine of the kind called ] دُولَاب [q. v.], (A, K,) or مَنْجَنُون [q. v.], (Mgh, Msb,) with which water is drawn [ for irrigation ], (S,) and which is turned by water, (S, Mgh, Msb,) and makes a noise, or [ creaking ] sound by [ its revolving ]: (S:) so called because of its نَعِير [or sound]: (A, Mgh, Msb:) [app. also any rotary machine for raising water to irrigate land: see Niebuhr's ' Voyage en Arabie, ' tome i., p. 220 et seq.:] it is used on the banks of the Euphrates (A, TA) and the 'Ásee: (TA:) pl. نَوَاعِيرُ. (S, A, Msb.) ― -b2- And the former, The wing (جَنَاح) of a mill or mill-stone. (K.) ― -b3- Also ↓ نَاعُورَةٌ A bucket with which water is raised. (K.) ― -b4- See also نَاعِرٌ.

Derived headwords

نَاعُورٌ
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