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سور

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

3 مُسَاوَرَةٌ ذ signifies The leaping, or springing, of two antagonists, each upon the other, or their assaulting, or assailing, each other, in mutual fight. (Har p. 329.) ― -b2- And ساورهُ, (S, M, K,) inf. n. مُسَاوَرَةٌ and سِوَارٌ, (M, K,) He leaped, or sprang, upon him; he assaulted, or assailed, him; syn. وَاثَبَهُ. (S, M, K.) You say, الحَيَّةُ تُسَاوِرُ الرَّاكِبَ [ The serpent springs upon, or assaults, the rider ]. (A.) And it is said in a trad. of 'Omar, فَكِدْتُ أُسَاوِرُهُ فِى الصَّلَاةِ, meaning And I was near to leaping upon him, or assaulting him, and fighting him, during prayer. (TA.) [See also 1.] You say also, سَاوَرَتْنِى الهُمُومُ (tropical:) [ Anxieties assaulted, or assailed, me ]. (A.) ― -b3- Also i. q. أَخَذَ بِرَأْسِهِ [which, as it is mentioned immediately after سَوَّارٌ in the last of the senses assigned to that word below, is app. said of speech, or language, meaning (assumed tropical:) It had an overpowering influence upon his head ]. (M, K.)

Derived headwords

مُسَاوَرَةٌverb
  1. 1.
الحَيَّةُ تُسَاوِرُ
فَكِدْتُ أُسَاوِرُهُ فِى الصَّلَاةِ
سَاوَرَتْنِى الهُمُومُ
أَخَذَ بِرَأْسِهِ