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سعر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

سُعْرٌ ذ : see سُعَارٌ. ― -b2- [Hence,] (assumed tropical:) Madness, insanity, or demoniacal possession; (K;) as also ↓ سُعُرٌ: (S, K:) so ↓ the latter is expl. by AAF as used in the Kur liv. 47: and so it is expl. as used in verse 24 of the same chap.: (TA:) or it signifies in the former, (S,) or in the latter, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) fatigue, or weariness, or distress, or affliction, and punishment: (Fr, S, TA:) or, accord. to Az, اـِنَّا اـِذَا لَفِى ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ, in verse 24, may mean (assumed tropical:) verily we should in that case be in error, and in punishment arising from what would necessarily befall us: or, accord. to Ibn-'Arafeh, it means, in a state that would inflame and excite us. (TA.) ― -b3- Also (assumed tropical:) Hunger; and so ↓ سُعَارٌ: (Fr, K, TA:) or the former signifies vehemence of desire for flesh-meat: (K, TA:) and ↓ the latter, vehemence of hunger: (S:) or the burning of hunger: (TA:) and the burning of thirst. (A.) ― -b4- And (assumed tropical:) A disease, such as the mange, or scab, that is transitive from one to another; or the transition of the mange, or scab, or other disease, from one to another; syn. عَدْوَى. (K. [See 1.])

Derived headwords

سُعْرٌ
  1. 1.
اـِنَّا اـِذَا لَفِى ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ