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يمر

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root entry discusses terms related to animals, specifically wild goats and deer, and also a term for a male deer. It touches upon the legal implications of hunting certain animals while in a state of pilgrimage.

Derived headwords

اليامورnoun
  1. 1.
    male deerclassical

    The male of the wild deer (specifically, the red deer or elk).

  2. 2.
    sea creatureclassical

    A creature from the sea, often referring to something that moves swiftly or is hunted.

الأيلnoun
  1. 1.
    deerboth

    A general term for deer, particularly the red deer or elk.

الأوعالnoun
  1. 1.
    wild goatsclassical

    A collective noun for wild mountain goats.

الجبليةadjective
  1. 1.
    mountainousboth

    Pertaining to or found in the mountains.

الأياييلnoun
  1. 1.
    wild assesclassical

    A plural form referring to wild asses or similar wild ungulates.

الأروىnoun
  1. 1.
    ibexesclassical

    A plural form referring to ibexes or mountain goats.

اليعمورnoun
  1. 1.
    kidclassical

    A young goat, specifically a kid.

اليعاميرnoun
  1. 1.
    kidsclassical

    The plural of 'al-ya'mūr', referring to young goats.

Parallel reading

اليامور، بغير همز: الذكر من الأيل.
Al-yāmūr, without hamza: the male of the deer.
الليث: اليامور من البحر، يجري على من قتله في الحرم أو الإحرام الحكم.
Al-Layth said: Al-yāmūr from the sea, the ruling applies to one who kills it in the sanctuary or while in the state of Ihram.
وذكر عمرو بن بحر اليامور في باب الأوعال الجبلية والأياييل والأروى، وهو اسم لجنس منها بوزن اليعمور؛
And Amr ibn Bahr mentioned al-yāmūr in the chapter on mountain wild goats, wild asses, and ibexes, and it is a name for a genus of them, on the pattern of al-ya'mūr;
واليعمور: الجدي، وجمعه اليعامير.
And al-ya'mūr: the kid, and its plural is al-ya'āmīr.