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ورس

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

وَارِسٌ ذ applied to a place [ Producing the plant called وَرْس]. (TA.) ― -b2- Applied to a tree of the kind called رِمْث, Producing وَرْس, a thing yellow like the [ garments termed ] مُلَاآء: (M:) or becoming yellow in the leaves, (S, K,) after attaining to maturity, (S,) and having upon it what is like yellow مُلَاآءُ: (S, K:) or becoming yellow in its fruit: (A:) or, app., having وَرْس, like as تَامِرٌ signifies “ possessing dates; ” (AHn;) and ↓ وَرِيسٌ likewise has the last of these significations: (TA:) ↓ مُورِسٌ also signifies the same as وَارِسٌ, applied to a tree of the kind abovementioned; (A, K;) but is very rare, though agreeable with analogy: (K:) it is said (M) one should not say مُوْرِسٌ; (S, M;) but it occurs in a poem of Ibn-Harmeh. (M.) ― -b3- Applied to a tree [of any other kind], Putting forth leaves. (TA.) ― -b4- Applied to a plant, Becoming green. (M.) You say also, صَخْرَةٌ وَارِسَةٌ بِالطُّحْلُبِ, A rock overspread with the green substance called طحلب, so that it is green and smooth: see 1]. (A.) ― -b5- It also denotes intenseness of colour, in the phrase أَصْفَرُ وَارِسٌ Yellow intensely bright. (M.) And [in like manner] you say, جَمَلٌ وَارِسُ الحُمْرَةِ A camel intensely red. (Sgh.) And زَعْفَرَانٌ وَارِسٌ [app., Bright-coloured saffron ]. (A.) See also وَرِيسٌ.

Derived headwords

وَارِسٌ
  1. 1.
صَخْرَةٌ وَارِسَةٌ بِالطُّحْلُبِ
أَصْفَرُ وَارِسٌ
جَمَلٌ وَارِسُ
زَعْفَرَانٌ وَارِسٌ