زحر

1 زَحَرَ ذ , aor. زَحَرَ , and زَحِرَ , (K,) inf. n. زَحِيرٌ (A, K) and زُحَارٌ and زُحَارَةٌ, (K,) He emitted the voice, (K, * TA,) or (K, TA, in the CK “ and, ”) the breath, with a moaning; (A, K;) [or he breathed hard; as appears from what follows;] in work, or labour, or in difficulty. (TA.) You say, سَمِعْتُ لَهُ زَحِيرًا [ I heard him breathe hard; or emit the voice, or the breath, with a moaning ]. (A.) And of a woman bringing forth, you say, زَحَرَتْ, aor. زَحَرَ and زَحِرَ , inf. n. زَحِيرٌ, She breathed hard. (S.) ― -b2- [Hence,] زَحَرَ said of a niggardly man, (assumed tropical:) He, being begged of, deemed the begging grievous, or troublesome, (K, TA,) and moaned thereat. (TA.) ― -b3- زَحَرَ, (A, K,) aor. زَحَرَ and زَحِرَ , (K,) inf. n. زَحِيرٌ (S, A, K) and زُحَارٌ (S, K) and زُحَارَةٌ; (K;) [and app. زُحِرَ also; (see مَزْحُورٌ;)] and ↓ تزحّر; (A, K;) and ↓ زحّر, inf. n. تَزْحِيرٌ; (K;) [all signify] He was, or became, affected with a looseness of the bowels: (S, A:) or with a violent looseness of the bowels, and with a griping pain in the belly, and a discharge of blood. (K.) ― -b4- And زَحَرَتْ بِهِ أُمُّهُ, and عَنْهُ ↓ تزحّزت, (tropical:) His mother brought him forth. (A, K.) -A2- زَحَرَهُ بِالرُّمْحِ, accord. to the K, signifies He broke, or clave, his head with the spear: but IDrd says that this is not of established authority. (TA.) -A3- زُحِرَ, like عُنِىَ, He was, or became, niggardly, or tenacious. (K.)