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رير

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a state of being dissolved, melted, or liquefied, often associated with extreme thinness, emaciation, or a watery substance. It can refer to the marrow of bones becoming thin and watery due to weakness, or to a watery discharge from the mouth.

Derived headwords

مخ رارnoun
  1. 1.
    dissolved marrowclassical

    Refers to the marrow of bones that has become thin and watery due to emaciation or weakness.

وريرnoun
  1. 1.
    dissolved marrowclassical

    Similar to 'makh rarar', it denotes the marrow of bones that has become thin and watery due to emaciation.

ريرnoun
  1. 1.
    dissolved marrowclassical

    The marrow that has become thin and watery, often due to extreme emaciation.

  2. 2.
    watery dischargeclassical

    Refers to a watery substance that comes out of a child's mouth.

أرارverb
  1. 1.
    to make thin/dissolvedclassical

    To cause something, specifically the marrow, to become thin, watery, or dissolved.

رارverb
  1. 1.
    to be thin/dissolvedclassical

    To become thin, watery, or dissolved, particularly referring to the marrow due to emaciation.

الغيرnoun
  1. 1.
    thinnessclassical

    A state of being thin or emaciated.

Parallel reading

مخ رار ورير ورير: ذائب فاسد من الهزال.
Makh rarar, warir, and rarir: dissolved and corrupted from emaciation.
أرار الله مخه أي جعله رقيقا.
May God make his marrow dissolved, meaning He makes it thin.
تركت المخ رارا أي ذائبا رقيقا للهزال وشدة الجدب.
I left the marrow dissolved, meaning thin and watery due to emaciation and severe drought.
الرير الذي كان شحما في العظام ثم صار ماء أسود رقيقا
The rarir is what was fat in the bones, then became a thin, black liquid.
إذ أنا مغلوب قليل الغير
When I am overcome and lacking in substance (thin).
والساق مني باديات الرير
And the marrow of my leg is showing.
أي أنا ظاهر الهزال لأنه دق عظمه ورق جلده فظهر مخه
Meaning I am visibly emaciated because his bones became thin and his skin became thin, so his marrow appeared.
وقد رار وأراره الهزال.
And he became thin, and emaciation made him thin.
والرير: الماء يخرج من فم الصبي.
And the rarir: water that comes out of a child's mouth.