مير

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

The root مير primarily concerns the bringing and provision of food, often for sale or sustenance. It extends to the act of supplying others with provisions, the people who do this, and the goods themselves. Figuratively, it can denote corruption or the act of dissolving something.

Derived headwords

الميرةnoun

1.
Provisionsboth
Food that a person procures or brings.
2.
Bringing foodclassical
The act of bringing food, especially for sale.

يمتارهverb

1.
to procure provisionsboth
To obtain or bring provisions, especially food.

جلب الطعامnoun

1.
Bringing foodclassical
The act of bringing food, often for the purpose of selling it.

يمتارونverb

1.
procuring provisionsboth
They procure provisions for themselves.

يميرونverb

1.
providing provisionsboth
They provide provisions for others.

ميراnoun

1.
provisioningboth
The act of bringing or providing provisions.

مارverb

1.
to provide provisionsboth
He provided provisions for his family and household.

امتارverb

1.
to procure provisionsboth
He procured provisions for them.

الميارnoun

1.
Provisionerboth
One who brings provisions.
2.
Bringer of provisionsclassical
One who brings provisions, especially for sale.

جلابةnoun

1.
Bringer of goodsclassical
A female bringer of provisions; not a plural of ميار but a plural of مائر.

مائرnoun

1.
Bringer of provisionsclassical
One who brings provisions.

مارهverb

1.
to bring provisionsclassical
He brought him provisions, i.e., food.

الامتيارnoun

1.
Procuring provisionsclassical
The act of procuring provisions.

ميارnoun

1.
Provisionersclassical
Plural of مائر, meaning those who bring provisions.

ميارةnoun

1.
Provisionersclassical
Plural of مائر, meaning those who bring provisions.
2.
Group procuring provisionsclassical
A group of people who set out from the desert to the villages to procure provisions.

الحمولة المائرةnoun

1.
Carried provisionsclassical
Camels carrying provisions, which are exempt from Zakat because they are working animals.

مارهمverb

1.
to give provisionsboth
He gave them provisions.

تمايرverb

1.
to become corruptclassical
To become corrupt or spoiled, similar to تماءر.

أمارverb

1.
to cutclassical
To cut the jugular veins.
2.
to dissolveclassical
To dissolve something.

أمار الزعفرانverb

1.
to mix saffronclassical
To pour water into saffron and then mix it.

مرت الدواءverb

1.
to mix medicineclassical
To mix medicine.

مرت الصوفverb

1.
to card woolclassical
To card wool, i.e., to fluff it up.

الموارةnoun

1.
What falls offclassical
That which falls off from something, its 'waw' being a conversion from 'ya' due to the preceding 'damma'.

ميارname

1.
Miyarclassical
The name of a horse belonging to Qart bin al-Tu'am.

Parallel reading

الميرة: الطعام يمتاره الإنسان.

Al-Mīrah: Food that a person procures.

ابن سيده: الميرة جلب الطعام، وفي التهذيب: جلب الطعام للبيع؛

Ibn Sidah said: Al-Mīrah is bringing food, and in Al-Tahdhib: bringing food for sale;

وهم يمتارون لأنفسهم ويميرون غيرهم ميرا،

and they procure provisions for themselves and provide provisions for others with provisioning,

وقد مار عياله وأهله يميرهم ميرا وامتار لهم.

and he provided provisions for his family and household, provisioning them and procuring provisions for them.

والميار: جالب الميرة.

And Al-Miyār: the bringer of provisions.

والميار: جلابة ليس بجمع ميار إنما هو جمع مائر.

And Al-Miyār: a female bringer of goods, not a plural of Miyār, but rather a plural of Mā'ir.

يقال ماره يموره إذا أتاه بميرة أي بطعام،

It is said: He brought him provisions (māra yamūruhu) if he came to him with provisions, meaning food,

ومننه يقال: ما عنده خير ولا مير،

and from this it is said: He has no good nor provisions.

والامتيار مثله،

And Al-Imtiyār is similar.

وجمع المائر ميار مثل كفار، وميارة مثل رجالة،

And the plural of Al-Mā'ir is Miyār, like Kuffār, and Miyārah, like Rijālah,

يقال: نحن ننتظر ميارتنا وميارنا.

It is said: We are waiting for our provisioners (Miyāratunā wa Miyārunā).

ويقال للرفقة التي تنهض من البادية إلى القرى لتمتار: ميارة.

And it is said of a group that sets out from the desert to the villages to procure provisions: Miyārah.

والحمولة المائرة لهم لاغية ؛

And the carried provisions belonging to them are null;

يعني الإبل التي تحمل عليها الميرة وهي الطعام ونحوه مما يجلب للبيع، لا يؤخذ منها زكاة لأنها عوامل.

meaning the camels that carry provisions, which are food and the like that are brought for sale; Zakat is not taken from them because they are working animals.

ويقال مارهم يميرهم إذا أعطاهم الميرة.

And it is said: He provided them provisions (māra-hum yumīru-hum) if he gave them provisions.

وتماير ما بينهم: فسد كتماءر.

And Tumāyara between them: it means corruption, like Tatamā'ara.

وأمار أوداجه: قطعها؛

And Amāra the jugular veins: cutting them;

وأمار الشيء: أذابه.

And Amāra a thing: dissolving it.

وأمار الزعفران: صب فيه الماء ثم دافه؛

And Amāra saffron: pouring water into it then mixing it;

كأن عليها زعفرانا تميره ... خوازن عطار يمان كوانز

as if on it was saffron that he was mixing... Yemenite perfumer's bags, collectors.

ومرت الدواء: دفته.

And Marrata the medicine: mixing it.

ومرت الصوف ميرا: نفشته.

And Marrata the wool with mirr: fluffing it.