عير

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

The root عير primarily relates to the concept of protrusion, prominence, or standing out, often associated with physical objects like the hump of a camel, the tip of an arrow, or a prominent bone. It extends to meanings of movement, wandering, and comparison, as well as specific animals like donkeys and wild asses.

Derived headwords

العَيْرnoun

1.
donkeyboth
A donkey, whether domesticated or wild, though it often specifically refers to the wild ass.
2.
prominent partboth
A protruding or prominent part of an object, such as a bone, the tip of an arrow, or a raised line on a leaf.
3.
mountainclassical
A mountain, specifically a mountain named 'ʿayr' near Medina.
4.
leaderclassical
A leader or chief of a people.
5.
drumclassical
A drum.

إن ذهب العير فعير في الرباط — If the donkey goes, then a donkey remains tied up (a proverb about being content with what one has).

فلان أذل من العير — So-and-so is more humiliated than the donkey (or a peg).

كأنه عير — As if he were a wild ass (referring to the abundance of sins).

عَيْرَةnoun

1.
female donkeyboth
The female of the donkey (ʿayr).

أَعْيَارnoun

1.
donkeysboth
Plural of ʿayr, referring to donkeys.
2.
prominent partsboth
Plural of ʿayr, referring to prominent or protruding parts.

أفي السلم أعيارا جفاء وغلظة — In peace, are you like protruding parts (donkeys) in harshness and roughness?

عِيَارnoun

1.
donkeysboth
Plural of ʿayr, referring to donkeys.
2.
prominent partsboth
Plural of ʿayr, referring to prominent or protruding parts.
3.
measureboth
A standard measure, especially for liquids or grains; a calibration.

إذا توضأت فأمر على عيار الأذنين الماء — When you perform ablution, pass water over the prominent part of the ears.

عُيُورnoun

1.
donkeysboth
Plural of ʿayr, referring to donkeys.

عَيُورَةnoun

1.
donkeysboth
Plural of ʿayr, referring to donkeys.

عَيَّارَةnoun

1.
wanderingclassical
A state of wandering or moving about aimlessly.

مَعْيُورَاءnoun

1.
donkeysclassical
A collective noun for donkeys.

مَعْيُورnoun

1.
donkeysclassical
A collective noun for donkeys.

مُعَيَّرَةadjective

1.
having a prominent partclassical
Describing something that has a prominent part, like a shoulder blade with a prominent bone.

عَيَّرَverb

1.
to measureboth
To measure or calibrate something, especially using a standard measure.
2.
to compareboth
To compare or vie with someone, often in boasting or rivalry.
3.
to move back and forthclassical
To move back and forth, to wander or roam.

وعير الميزان والمكيال وعاورهما وعايرهما وعاير بينهما معايرة وعيارا — He measured the scale and the measure, and he measured them back and forth, and he measured between them with معايرة and عيارا.

عَارَverb

1.
to wanderboth
To wander, roam, or go off freely, like an escaped animal.
2.
to move aboutclassical
To move about, to go back and forth, especially in a disruptive manner.

عار الفرس والكلب يعير عيارا — The horse and the dog wandered, wandering a wandering.

إنما هو عائر — It is merely wandering (referring to a dog).

عَائِرadjective

1.
wanderingboth
Wandering, roaming, or moving about freely and aimlessly.
2.
activeboth
Active, energetic, or restless, used for both praise and blame.

كلب عائر خير من كلب رابض — A wandering dog is better than a resting dog.

مثل المنافق مثل الشاة العائرة بين غنمين — The hypocrite is like a wandering sheep between two flocks.

عَيَّارadjective

1.
wanderingboth
Wandering, roaming, or moving about freely and aimlessly.
2.
activeboth
Active, energetic, or restless, used for both praise and blame.

رجل عيار: كثير المجيء والذهاب في الأرض — A man 'ayyar: one who comes and goes a lot on earth.

فرس عيار بأوصال — A horse 'ayyar with limbs (moving them widely).

عَوَّرَverb

1.
to cause to wanderclassical
To cause something to wander or go astray.

عَوَّائِرnoun

1.
early locustsclassical
The early, scattered locusts that are beginning to fly.

أتتهم عوائر نبل، كالجراد نطيرها — Swarms of arrows came to them, flying like locusts.

مُعَايَرَةnoun

1.
measurementboth
The act of measuring or calibrating.
2.
comparisonboth
The act of comparing or vying with someone.

عَيَّرَverb

1.
to lendboth
To lend or give something temporarily, like clothes or tools.

وإن أعارت حافرا معارا — And if she lent a digger a borrowed thing.

إعَارَةnoun

1.
lendingboth
The act of lending or temporarily giving something.

ومنه إعارة الثياب والأدوات — And from it is the lending of clothes and tools.

اسْتَعَارَverb

1.
to borrowboth
To borrow or take something temporarily.

واستعار فلان سهما من كنانته — And so-and-so borrowed an arrow from his quiver.

عَيَّارnoun

1.
standard measureboth
A standard measure, especially for liquids or grains; a calibration.

مِعْيَارnoun

1.
standard measureboth
A standard measure, especially for liquids or grains; a calibration.

Parallel reading

الحمار، أيا كان أهليا أو وحشيا، وقد غلب على الوحشي

The donkey, whether domesticated or wild, and it has become predominant for the wild one.

ومن أمثالهم في الرضا بالحاضر ونسيان الغائب قولهم: إن ذهب العير فعير في الرباط

And among their proverbs regarding contentment with the present and forgetting the absent is their saying: If the donkey goes, then a donkey remains tied up.

فلان أذل من العير

So-and-so is more humiliated than the donkey.

وجمع العير أعيار وعيار وعيور وعيورة وعيارات

And the plural of al-ʿayr is aʿyār, ʿiyār, ʿuyūr, ʿuyūrah, and ʿayārāt.

المعيورا الحمير، مقصور

Al-maʿyūrā is donkeys, shortened.

إذا أراد الله بعبد شرا أمسك عليه بذنوبه حتى يوافيه يوم القيامة كأنه عير

If Allah intends evil for a servant, He holds back his sins until he meets Him on the Day of Resurrection as if he were a wild ass.

لأن أمسح على ظهر عير بالفلاة أي حمار وحش

That I would wipe the back of a wild ass in the desert, meaning a wild donkey.

فإنه لم يجعلهم أعيارا على الحقيقة لأنه إنما يخاطب قوما والقوم لا يكونون أعيارا

For he did not make them literally aʿyār because he is addressing people, and people are not aʿyār.

والعير العظم الناتئ وسط الكف

And al-ʿayr is the protruding bone in the middle of the palm.

وعير النصل: الناتئ في وسطه

And the ʿayr of the blade is the protrusion in its middle.

والعير من أذن الإنسان والفرس ما تحت الفرع من باطنه كعير السهم

And the ʿayr of a human's or horse's ear is what is beneath the outer part on its inner side, like the ʿayr of an arrow.

إذا توضأت فأمر على عيار الأذنين الماء

When you perform ablution, pass water over the prominent part of the ears.

والعير: ماقيء العين

And al-ʿayr is the corner of the eye.

جاء قبل عير وما جرى

He came before the blink of an eye and what moved.

والعير: الوتد

And al-ʿayr is the peg.

والعير: الجبل، وقد غلب على جبل بالمدينة

And al-ʿayr is the mountain, and it has become predominant for a mountain in Medina.

والعير: السيد والملك

And al-ʿayr is the leader and the king.

زعموا أن كل من ضرب العير موال لنا

They claimed that everyone who struck the ʿayr is our ally.

كلب عائر خير من كلب رابض

A wandering dog is better than a resting dog.

فرس عيار بأوصال

A restless horse with its limbs.

مثل المنافق مثل الشاة العائرة بين غنمين

The hypocrite is like a wandering sheep between two flocks.

إنما هو عائر

It is merely wandering.

رجل عيار: كثير المجيء والذهاب في الأرض

A man 'ayyar: one who comes and goes a lot on earth.

والعائرة التي تخرج من الإبل إلى أخرى ليضربها الفحل

And the 'ā'irah is that which comes out from one camel to another for the male to mount it.

وعار في الأرض يعير أي ذهب

And he wandered on earth, wandering, meaning he went.

وعير الدينار: وازن به آخر

And he compared the dinar: he weighed another against it.

وعير الميزان والمكيال وعاورهما وعايرهما وعاير بينهما معايرة وعيارا: قدرهما ونظر ما بينهما

And he measured the scale and the measure, and he measured them back and forth, and he measured between them with معايرة and عيارا: he estimated them and looked at what was between them.

ويقال: فلان يعاير فلانا ويكايله أي يساميه ويفاخره

And it is said: So-and-so compares himself to so-and-so and measures himself against him, meaning he rivals him and boasts against him.

والعيار ما عايرت به المكاييل

And al-ʿiyār is what you measured the measures with.

وعيرت الدنانير: وهو أن تلقي دينارا دينارا فتوازن به دينارا دينارا

And he weighed the dinars: which is that you take a dinar after a dinar and weigh it against a dinar.

وإن أعارت حافرا معارا

And if she lent a digger a borrowed thing.