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العور

Root entry · 39 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of blindness or loss of sight in one eye. It extends to related ideas of defect, weakness, deficiency, and things that are hidden or exposed. It also encompasses concepts of borrowing, lending, and sharing, as well as specific geographical and ornithological references.

Derived headwords

عَوِرَverb
  1. 1.
    to be blind in one eyeboth

    To lose the sight of one of the eyes.

عَوَرٌnoun
  1. 1.
    blindness in one eyeboth

    The condition of being blind in one eye.

  2. 2.
    defectclassical

    A flaw or imperfection.

أَعْوَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to make blindboth

    To cause someone to become blind in one eye.

أَعْوَرُadjective
  1. 1.
    one-eyedboth

    Having only one eye.

  2. 2.
    crowclassical

    A crow, referring to the bird.

  3. 3.
    inferiorclassical

    The bad or inferior part of anything.

  4. 4.
    weak and cowardlyclassical

    A weak, cowardly, and dull person who is lost and lacks direction.

  5. 5.
    bad guideclassical

    A guide who gives poor direction.

  6. 6.
    worn out (book)classical

    A worn-out or old book.

  7. 7.
    without a whipclassical

    Someone who does not have a whip with them.

  8. 8.
    without full siblingsclassical

    One who has no full brother or sister from both parents.

  9. 9.
    unfulfilledclassical

    One whose need was not met or who did not achieve what they sought.

  10. 10.
    head injuryclassical

    A wound or injury to the head.

  11. 11.
    impassable roadclassical

    A road about which there is no knowledge or guidance.

عُورٌnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of أعورboth

    Plural form of the adjective 'a'war' (one-eyed).

أَعْوِرَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of أعورclassical

    Plural form of the adjective 'a'war' (one-eyed).

عَيَارٌnoun
  1. 1.
    defectboth

    A defect, flaw, or blemish.

  2. 2.
    tear in fabricclassical

    A tear or rip in a piece of clothing.

عَائِرٌadjective
  1. 1.
    affecting the eyeclassical

    Anything that affects or harms the eye.

  2. 2.
    eye inflammationclassical

    Inflammation of the eye, such as conjunctivitis.

  3. 3.
    foreign body in eyeclassical

    A foreign object in the eye, like dust or grit.

  4. 4.
    pimple on eyelidclassical

    A pimple or pustule on the lower eyelid.

  5. 5.
    uncertain arrowclassical

    An arrow whose thrower is unknown or uncertain.

عَائِرَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    large amount of moneyclassical

    A large amount of money that fills one's sight, implying a burden.

عَوَارٌnoun
  1. 1.
    defectboth

    A defect, flaw, or blemish.

  2. 2.
    tear in fabricclassical

    A tear or rip in a piece of clothing.

  3. 3.
    swallow (bird)classical

    The swallow bird.

  4. 4.
    tissue removed from eyeclassical

    Tissue removed from the eye after medication has been applied.

  5. 5.
    blind in the roadclassical

    One who has no sight or knowledge of the road.

  6. 6.
    weak and cowardlyclassical

    A weak and cowardly person.

  7. 7.
    plural of عوارboth

    Plural form of 'awār' (defect, tear).

عَوَارِيٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    those with anal needsclassical

    People whose needs are met through their anus.

شجرة عوارىnoun
  1. 1.
    tree in Meccaclassical

    A tree from which 'makhāniq' (a type of garment or veil) are taken in Mecca.

عَوْرَاءُadjective
  1. 1.
    ugly word or deedclassical

    An ugly or offensive word or action.

  2. 2.
    cross-eyedclassical

    A woman who is cross-eyed (ḥawlā').

عَوَائِرُnoun
  1. 1.
    scattered locustsclassical

    Scattered groups or swarms of locusts.

عَوْرَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    gap in teethboth

    A gap or opening in the teeth or elsewhere.

  2. 2.
    place to be coveredboth

    Any place that needs to be covered or concealed.

  3. 3.
    private partboth

    The private parts of the body; pudendum.

  4. 4.
    time of vulnerabilityclassical

    The time when vulnerability is likely to occur, specifically three times: before Fajr, at noon, and after Isha.

  5. 5.
    embarrassing matterclassical

    Any matter that causes shame or embarrassment.

  6. 6.
    mountain peakclassical

    The height or peak of a mountain.

  7. 7.
    sunrise/sunsetclassical

    The place of sunrise and sunset.

أَعْوَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to appearclassical

    To become visible or apparent.

  2. 2.
    to become possibleclassical

    To become feasible or possible.

  3. 3.
    to show weaknessclassical

    For a horseman, to show a weak spot vulnerable to attack.

عَارِيَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    loaned itemboth

    Something that is borrowed or lent; a loan.

عَارَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    loaned itemclassical

    Something that is borrowed or lent; a loan.

أَعَارَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to lendboth

    To lend something to someone.

عَاوَرَهُ إِيَّاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to lend to each otherclassical

    To lend something to each other.

تَعَوَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    to seek a loanclassical

    To seek to borrow something.

اسْتَعَارَverb
  1. 1.
    to borrowboth

    To ask for and receive a loan of something.

اسْتَعَارَهُ مِنْهُverb
  1. 1.
    to borrow fromboth

    To borrow something from someone.

اعْتَوَرُوا الشَّيْءَverb
  1. 1.
    to exchange itemsclassical

    To exchange items among themselves; to pass something around.

تَعَوَّرُوهُverb
  1. 1.
    to exchange itemsclassical

    To exchange items among themselves; to pass something around.

تَعَاوَرُوهُverb
  1. 1.
    to exchange itemsclassical

    To exchange items among themselves; to pass something around.

عَارَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to take awayclassical

    To take something away or carry it off.

  2. 2.
    to destroyclassical

    To ruin or destroy something.

عَاوَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to measureclassical

    To measure or estimate quantities.

عَايَرَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to measureclassical

    To measure or estimate quantities.

عَايَرَ بَيْنَهُمَاverb
  1. 1.
    to compareclassical

    To measure or compare two things to see their difference.

مُعَارٌadjective
  1. 1.
    trained horseclassical

    A trained or well-prepared horse.

  2. 2.
    docked-tail horseclassical

    A horse whose tail has been docked.

  3. 3.
    fat horseclassical

    A fat or well-fed horse.

عَوَّرَ الغَنَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to expose sheep to lossclassical

    To expose sheep to the risk of being lost or stolen.

عُورَتَاname
  1. 1.
    place near Nablusclassical

    A place near Nablus, said to be the burial site of seventy prophets, including Uzair and Joshua.

اسْتَعْوَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to be aloneclassical

    To become isolated or solitary.

عُوَيْرٌname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A name for two different places.

  2. 2.
    man's nameclassical

    The name of a man.

رَكِيَّةٌ عَوْرَانٌnoun
  1. 1.
    collapsed wellclassical

    A collapsed well, used for both singular and plural.

عُورَانُ قَيْسٍname
  1. 1.
    five poetsclassical

    A group of five poets from the tribe of Qays.

العُوَرُnoun
  1. 1.
    bad inner selfclassical

    One who has a bad or corrupt inner disposition.

مُسْتَعِيرُ الحَسَنِname
  1. 1.
    a type of birdclassical

    A type of bird.

Parallel reading

ذهاب حس إحدى العينين
Loss of sensation in one of the eyes.
فهو أعور ج: عور وعيران وعوران
He is one-eyed, plural: 'ur, 'ayrān, and 'awrān.
وعاره وأعوره وعوره: صيره أعور
And he made it defective, and he made it one-eyed, and he made it one-eyed: he made it one-eyed.
والأعور: الغراب، كالعوير، والرديء من كل شيء
And the 'a'war: the crow, like the 'uwayr, and the inferior of everything.
والأعور: الضعيف الجبان البليد الذي لا يدل ولا يندل
And the 'a'war: the weak, cowardly, dull person who is lost and cannot find his way.
والأعور: الدليل السيئ الدلالة
And the 'a'war: the guide who gives bad direction.
والأعور: من الكتب: الدارس
And the 'a'war: from books: the worn-out.
والأعور: والذي عور ولم تقض حاجته، ولم يصب ما طلب
And the 'a'war: and one whose need was not met, and who did not obtain what he sought.
والأعور: الصؤاب في الرأس ج: أعاور
And the 'a'war: the wound in the head, plural: 'awā'ir.
والأعور: من الطرق: الذي لا علم فيه
And the 'a'war: from roads: the one about which there is no knowledge.
والعائر: كل ما أعل العين، والرمد، والقذى، كالعوار
And the 'ā'ir: everything that affects the eye, inflammation, and foreign matter, like the 'awār.
والعائر: بثر في الجفن الأسفل
And the 'ā'ir: a pustule on the lower eyelid.
والعائر: من السهام: ما لا يدرى راميه
And the 'ā'ir: from arrows: that whose thrower is unknown.
وعليه من المال عائرة عينين وعيرة عينين، أي: كثرة تملأ بصره
And upon him from the money is a burden of two eyes and a burden of two eyes, meaning: a large amount that fills his sight.
والعوار، مثلثة: العيب، والخرق، والشق في الثوب
And the 'awār, with three pronunciations: the defect, the tear, and the rip in the garment.
وكرمان: الخطاف، واللحم ينزع من العين بعدما يذر عليه الذرور
And Kermān: the swallow, and the flesh removed from the eye after medication has been applied.
والعوار: والذي لا بصر له في الطريق، والضعيف الجبان ج: عواوير
And the 'awār: and he who has no sight on the road, and the weak, cowardly, plural: 'awāwīr.
والعوارى: الذين حاجاتهم في أدبارهم
And the 'awārī: those whose needs are in their anuses.
والعوراء: الكلمة أو الفعلة القبيحة، والحولاء
And the 'awrā': the ugly word or deed, and the cross-eyed woman.
والعوائر من الجراد: الجماعات المتفرقة، كالعيران
And the 'awā'ir from locusts: the scattered groups, like the 'ayrān.
والعورة: الخلل في الثغر وغيره، وكل مكمن للستر، والسوأة
And the 'awrah: the gap in the teeth and elsewhere, and every place that must be covered, and the private part.
والعورة: الساعة التي هي قمن من ظهور العورة فيها، وهي ثلاث: ساعة قبل صلاة الفجر، وعند نصف النهار، وبعد العشاء الآخرة
And the 'awrah: the time when vulnerability is likely to occur, and it is three: the hour before Fajr prayer, and at noon, and after Isha prayer.
والعورة: وكل أمر يستحيا منه
And the 'awrah: and every matter that causes shame.
والعورة: من الجبال: شهوقها، ومن الشمس: مشرقها ومغربها
And the 'awrah: from mountains: their height, and from the sun: its rising and setting.
وأعور: ظهر، وأمكن
And 'a'wara: it appeared, and it became possible.
وأعور الفارس: بدا فيه موضع خلل للضرب
And the horseman 'a'wara: a place of vulnerability for striking appeared in him.
والعارية، مشددة وقد تخفف، والعارة: ما تداولوه بينهم ج: عواري، مشددة ومخففة
And the 'āriyah, with shaddah and sometimes lightened, and the 'ārah: what they exchanged among themselves, plural: 'awārī, with shaddah and lightened.
أعاره الشيء، وأعاره منه، وعاوره إياه
He lent him the thing, and he lent from him, and he lent it to him.
وتعور، واستعار: طلبها
And he sought, and he borrowed: he sought it.
واستعاره منه: طلب إعارته
And he borrowed it from him: he asked for its loan.
واعتوروا الشيء وتعوروه وتعاوروه: تداولوه
And they exchanged the thing, and they exchanged it, and they exchanged it: they passed it around.
وعاره يعوره ويعيره: أخذه، وذهب به، أو أتلفه
And he took it, he took it and took it, and he took it: he took it, and went with it, or destroyed it.
وعاور المكاييل وعورها: قدرها، كعايرها
And he measured the measures and measured them: he estimated them, like he measured them.
وعاير بينهما معايرة وعيارا: قدرهما، ونظر ما بينهما
And he measured between them a measuring and a measuring: he estimated them, and looked at what was between them.
والمعار: الفرس المضمر، أو المنتوف الذنب، أو السمين
And the mu'ār: the trained horse, or the docked-tailed horse, or the fat horse.
وعور الغنم: عرضها للضياع
And he exposed the sheep to loss: he exposed them to the possibility of being lost.
وعورتا: د قرب نابلس، قيل: بها قبر سبعين نبيا، منهم: عزير ويوشع
And 'Urtā: a village near Nablus, it is said: in it is the grave of seventy prophets, including Uzair and Joshua.
واستعور: انفرد
And he became solitary: he became alone.
وركية عوران: متهدمة، للواحد والجمع
And a well of 'Awrān: collapsed, for singular and plural.
والعور، ككتف: الرديء السريرة
And al-'awr, like 'kutf: the one with a bad inner disposition.
وقرأ ابن عباس وجماعة {إن بيوتنا عورة} أي: ذات عورة
And Ibn 'Abbas and a group read: {Indeed, our houses are vulnerable} meaning: possessing vulnerability.