نير

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root نير primarily relates to marking, identifying, and distinguishing things, often through visible signs or threads. It extends to concepts of knowledge, the structure of woven fabric, and even physical objects like yokes or paths that serve as markers.

Derived headwords

النَيْرnoun

1.
bundle of reeds/threadsclassical
A collection of reeds or threads when they are gathered together.
2.
mark/signboth
A mark or sign, especially on a piece of cloth, indicating its identity or pattern.
3.
warp and weftclassical
The warp and weft threads of a fabric.
4.
yokeboth
The wooden beam placed on the necks of oxen for plowing.
5.
path markerclassical
A clear or distinct part of a road or path.

النير: القصب والخيوط إذا اجتمعت — The bundle of reeds and threads when they are gathered.

النير: العلم — The mark or sign.

النير: علم الثوب ولحمته أيضا — The mark of the garment and its weft also.

النير: الخشبة التي تكون على عنق الثور بأداتها — The wooden beam that is on the neck of the ox with its attachments.

أَنَارَverb

1.
to mark (a garment)classical
To make a mark or sign on a garment.
2.
to weave with two threadsclassical
To weave fabric using two threads together, creating a distinct pattern.

وأنرته ونيرته إذا جعلت له علما — And I made a mark on it, and I marked it, if you made a mark for it.

نَارَverb

1.
to mark (a garment)classical
To make a mark or sign on a garment.
2.
to weave with two threadsclassical
To weave fabric using two threads together.

ونرت الثوب أنيره نيرا وأنرته ونيرته إذا جعلت له علما — And I marked the garment, I mark it, I made it marked, and I marked it, if you made a mark for it.

نَيَّرَverb

1.
to mark (a garment)classical
To make a mark or sign on a garment.
2.
to weave with two threadsclassical
To weave fabric using two threads together.

ونيرته إذا جعلت له علما — And I marked it if you made a mark for it.

أَنِيرَةnoun

1.
markclassical
A mark or sign, especially on a garment.

مُنِيرadjective

1.
markedclassical
A garment that is woven with two threads or has a distinct mark.

وثوب منير: منسوج على نيرين — And a marked garment: woven on two threads.

مِهْنارadjective

1.
maker of marksclassical
One who makes marks or signs, possibly referring to a weaver or craftsman.

وهو مهنار على البدل — And he is a maker of marks by substitution.

أَنْيَارnoun

1.
marksclassical
Plural of نير (mark), referring to marks on garments.
2.
yokesclassical
Plural of نير (yoke), referring to the beams on oxen.

والجمع أنيار — And the plural is aniyar.

نَيِّرnoun

1.
markclassical
A mark or sign, especially on a garment.

والاسم النير — And the name is al-nayr.

تَنْيِيرnoun

1.
markingclassical
The act of making a mark or sign on a garment.

ونيرت الثوب تنييرا — And I marked the garment with tanyir.

نَائِرnoun

1.
sower of discordclassical
One who casts evils or strife among people.

والنائر: الملقي بين الناس الشرور — And the na'ir: the one who casts evils among people.

نَائِرَةnoun

1.
strife/enmityclassical
A conflict, quarrel, or enmity that arises between people.

والنائرة: الكائنة تقع بين القوم — And the na'irah: the event that occurs between a group of people.

بينهم نائرة أي عداوة — Between them is a na'irah, meaning enmity.

نَيِّرَانnoun

1.
yokesclassical
Plural of نير (yoke), specifically referring to the yoke of two paired oxen.

والجمع أنيار ونيران؛ شامية — And the plural is aniyar and niran; Syrian.

نَيِّرَةnoun

1.
weaver's toolclassical
A tool used by a weaver, specifically a crossbeam.
2.
thread/warpclassical
A thread or warp, especially when referring to the structure of fabric.

والنيرة أيضا: من أدوات النساج ينسج بها، وهي الخشبة المعترضة — And the nairah also: one of the weaver's tools with which he weaves, and it is the crossbeam.

وما تسدوا لمكرمة تنيروا — And you do not fulfill any noble deed that you mark.

نَيِّرnoun

1.
ridge/furrowclassical
A clear furrow or groove in a path.

ونير الطريق: أخدود فيه واضح — And the nair of the road: a clear furrow in it.

ذات نيرينphrase

1.
having two marks/threadsclassical
Describing a garment woven with two distinct threads or patterns.
2.
strong (camel)classical
Describing a female camel that is pregnant and has accumulated fat, indicating strength and resilience.
3.
strong (man)classical
Describing a man who possesses great strength and resilience.

ناقة ذات نيرين إذا حملت شحما على شحم كان قبل ذلك — A camel with two marks (fat) if it carried fat upon fat that was there before.

ورجل ذو نيرين أي قوته وشدته ضعف شدة صاحبه — And a man with two strengths, meaning his power and intensity are double that of his companion.

نَيِّرnoun

1.
mountainclassical
A specific mountain belonging to the Banu Ghadirah tribe.

والنير جبل لبني غاضرة — And al-Nair is a mountain of Banu Ghadirah.

Parallel reading

النير: القصب والخيوط إذا اجتمعت.

Al-Nair: reeds and threads when they are gathered.

والنير: العلم، وفي الصحاح: علم الثوب ولحمته أيضا.

And al-Nair: the mark, and in Al-Sihah: the mark of the garment and its weft also.

ابن سيده: نير الثوب علمه، والجمع أنيار.

Ibn Sidah: The mark of the garment is its sign, and the plural is aniyar.

ونرت الثوب أنيره نيرا وأنرته ونيرته إذا جعلت له علما.

And I marked the garment, I mark it, I made it marked, and I marked it, if you made a mark for it.

قال الزفيان: ومنهل طام عليه الغلفق ... ينير، أو يسدي به الخدرنق

Al-Zufyan said: And a watering place covered by the darkness... it is marked, or the dark cloud moves over it.

قال: ويجوز أن يكون أراد بنير فغير للضرورة.

He said: And it is permissible that he intended 'nir' and changed it out of necessity.

وفي حديث عمر، رضي الله عنه: أنه كره النير ، وهو العلم في الثوب.

And in the narration of Umar, may Allah be pleased with him: that he disliked al-Nair, which is the mark on the garment.

يقال: نرت الثوب وأنرته ونيرته إذا جعلت له علما.

It is said: I marked the garment, and I made it marked, and I marked it, if you made a mark for it.

وروي عن ابن عمر، رضي الله عنهما، أنه قال: لولا أن عمر نهى عن النير لم نر بالعلم بأسا ولكنه نهى عن النير ، والاسم النيرة، وهي الخيوطة والقصبة إذا اجتمعنا، فإذا تفرقنا سميت الخيوطة خيوطة والقصبة قصبة وإن كانت عصا فعصا، وعلم الثوب نير، والجمع أنيار.

And it was narrated from Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them: that he said: If Umar had not forbidden al-Nair, we would not see any harm in the mark, but he forbade al-Nair, and the name is al-Nairah, and it is the thread and the reed when they are gathered; when they separate, the thread is called a thread and the reed is called a reed, even if it is a stick, it is a stick, and the mark of the garment is Nair, and the plural is aniyar.

ونيرت الثوب تنييرا، والاسم النير، ويقال للحمة الثوب نير.

And I marked the garment with tanyir, and the name is al-Nair, and the weft of the garment is called Nair.

وثوب منير: منسوج على نيرين؛ عن اللحياني.

And a marked garment: woven on two threads; according to Al-Lihyani.

فقمت بها تمشي تجر وراءنا ... على أثرينا نير مرط مرجل

So I stood with her, walking, dragging behind us... on our tracks, the mark of a flowing garment.

والنيرة أيضا: من أدوات النساج ينسج بها، وهي الخشبة المعترضة.

And al-Nairah also: one of the weaver's tools with which he weaves, and it is the crossbeam.

فما تأتوا يكن حسنا جميلا، ... وما تسدوا لمكرمة تنيروا

So whatever you do will not be good and beautiful, and you do not fulfill any noble deed that you mark.

ألم تسأل الأحلاف كيف تبدلوا ... بأمر أناروه، جميعا، وألحموا؟

Have you not asked the allies how they changed... by a matter they marked, all of them, and they joined?

والطرة من الطريق تسمى النير تشبيها بنير الثوب، وهو العلم في الحاشية؛

And the edge of the road is called al-Nair by analogy with the mark of the garment, which is the sign on the hem;

على ظهر ذي نيرين: أما جنابه ... فوعث، وأما ظهره فموعس

On the back of the one with two marks: as for its side... it is rough, and as for its back, it is smooth.

فلاة ذات نيرين ... بمرو، سمحها رنه

A plain with two marks (paths) in Marw, its ease is a ringing sound.

يقال: ناقة ذات نيرين إذا حملت شحما على شحم كان قبل ذلك،

It is said: A camel with two marks (fat) if it carried fat upon fat that was there before,

وهو الذي يقال له ديابوذ، وهو بالفارسية [دو باف] ويقال له في النسج: المتاءمة، وهو أن ينار خيطان معا ويوضع على الحفة خيطان،

And it is what is called Diabudh, and it is in Persian [do baf], and it is called in weaving: Al-Muta'amah, which is to mark two threads together and place two threads on the edge,

ورجل ذو نيرين أي قوته وشدته ضعف شدة صاحبه.

And a man with two strengths, meaning his power and intensity are double that of his companion.

ونير: الخشبة التي تكون على عنق الثور بأداتها؛

And Nair: the wooden beam that is on the neck of the ox with its attachments;

دنانيرنا من نير ثور، ولم تكن ... من الذهب المضروب عند القساطر

Our dinars are from the yoke of an ox, and they were not... from struck gold at the money changers.

يقال للخشبة المعترضة على عنقي الثورين المقرونين للحراثة نير، وهو نير الفدان،

The crossbeam on the necks of two yoked oxen for plowing is called Nair, and it is the yoke of the plow,

ويقال للحرب الشديدة: ذات نيرين؛

And a severe war is called: ذات نيرين (having two marks/intensities);

عدا عن سليمى أنني كل شارق ... أهز، لحرب ذات نيرين، ألتي

He moved away from Sulayma, that I every morning... I shake, for a war of two intensities, the one.

ونير الطريق: ما يتضح منه.

And the Nair of the road: what is clear from it.

والنائر: الملقي بين الناس الشرور.

And the Na'ir: the one who casts evils among people.

وقال الليث: النائرة الكائنة تقع بين القوم.

And Al-Layth said: Al-Na'irah is the event that occurs between a group of people.

أقبلن، من نير ومن سواج، ... بالقوم قد ملوا من الإدلاج

They came, from Nair and from Sawaj, ... with the people who were tired of traveling.

أبو بردة بن نيار: رجل من قضاعة من الصحابة، واسمه هانئ.

Abu Burdah bin Nayyar: a man from Quda'ah, a companion, and his name is Hani'.