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سكر
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaسُكْرٌ ذ an inf. n., (A, Mgh, K,) or a simple subst., signifying Intoxication, inebriation, or drunkenness; i. e. the state thereof; (S, Msb;) a state that intervenes as an obstruction between a man and his intellect; mostly used in relation to intoxicating drinks: but sometimes as meaning (assumed tropical:) such a state arising from anger, or from the passion of love: a poet says, سُكْرَانِ سُكْرُ هَوًى وَسُكْرُ مُدَامَةٍ أَنَّى يُفِيقُ فَتًى بِهِ سُكْرَانِ [ Two intoxications, the intoxication of love and the intoxication of wine: how shall a youth recover his senses in whom are two intoxications? ]. (Er-Rághib, TA.)
Derived headwords
سُكْرٌ
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سُكْرَانِ سُكْرُ هَوًى وَسُكْرُ مُدَامَةٍ
أَنَّى يُفِيقُ فَتًى بِهِ سُكْرَانِ