عمر

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of life, longevity, and existence. It extends to terms related to habitation, sustenance, and the act of visiting or inhabiting. It also encompasses names and specific historical or tribal designations.

Derived headwords

عَمَرَverb

1.
the man lived, from the category of 'fahima'both
the man lived, from the category of 'fahima'
2.
by God's life, I did not do such and suchboth
by God's life, I did not do such and such

عُمْرnoun

1.
the man lived, from the category of 'fahima'both
the man lived, from the category of 'fahima'
2.
by God's life, I did not do such and suchboth
by God's life, I did not do such and such

أطال الله عمرك — May God prolong your life

عُمُرnoun

1.
the man lived, from the category of 'fahima'both
the man lived, from the category of 'fahima'
2.
by God's life, I did not do such and suchboth
by God's life, I did not do such and such

أطال الله عمرك — May God prolong your life

عَمْرname

1.
the man lived, from the category of 'fahima'both
the man lived, from the category of 'fahima'
2.
by God's life, I did not do such and suchboth
by God's life, I did not do such and such

وعمرو الخير إن ذكر العمور — And 'Amr al-Khayr when the 'Amrs are mentioned

عَمْرُ اللهِoath

1.
By God!classical
An oath invoking God's existence and permanence, meaning 'I swear by the enduring life of God'.

عمر الله ما فعلت كذا — By God, I did not do such a thing

لَعَمْرُ اللهِoath

1.
By God!classical
An emphatic oath, meaning 'Indeed, by the enduring life of God'. The 'lam' is for emphasis.

لعمر الله قسمي — By God, it is my oath

عَمْرَكَ اللهُoath

1.
By God!classical
An oath meaning 'I ask God to prolong your life', used as an invocation or oath.

عمرك الله كيف يلتقيان — May God grant you long life, how do they meet?

عُمُرُnoun

1.
the man lived, from the category of 'fahima'both
the man lived, from the category of 'fahima'
2.
by God's life, I did not do such and suchboth
by God's life, I did not do such and such

عَمْرُوَيْهِname

1.
dual nameclassical
A construction where two names are treated as a single unit, often indeclinable.

مررت بعمرويه — I passed by 'Amruwayh

عُمْرَةnoun

1.
He prolonged his life.both
He prolonged his life.

واعتمر في الحج واعتمر — And he performed the minor pilgrimage and wore the turban

عَامِرadjective

1.
meaning inhabited/flourishingboth
meaning inhabited/flourishing

فهو عامر، أي معمور — It is inhabited, meaning populated

عِمَارَةnoun

1.
civilizationboth
The act of building, populating, or developing a place.
2.
tribeclassical
A clan or lineage group.
3.
headwearclassical
Anything worn on the head, such as a turban or crown.

لكل أناس من معد عمارة — Every people of Ma'add has a tribe

عُمَيْرadjective

1.
meaning inhabited/flourishingboth
meaning inhabited/flourishing

ومكان عمير، أي عامر — And a place 'umayr, meaning inhabited

عَوْمَرَةnoun

1.
uproarclassical
A state of clamor, noise, and commotion.

تركت القوم في عومرة — I left the people in an uproar

أَعْمَرَهُverb

1.
a house, land, or camels: he gave them to him and said they are yours for my lifetime or your lifetime, and when you die, they return to meboth
a house, land, or camels: he gave them to him and said they are yours for my lifetime or your lifetime, and when you die, they return to me

أعمرته دارا أو أرضا — I granted him a house or land

عُمْرَىnoun

1.
conditional grantclassical
A grant of property (land, house) that reverts to the grantor upon the grantee's death.

والاسم العمرى — And the noun is 'umra

اعْتَمَرَهُverb

1.
he visited himboth
he visited him

واعتمره، أي زاره — And 'i'tamara-hu, meaning he visited him

العِمَارَةnoun

1.
the tribe and clanboth
the tribe and clan

العمارة بالفتح: كل شئ جعلته على رأسك — Al-'imarah (with fatha): everything you place on your head

مُعْتَمِرnoun

1.
pilgrimboth
One performing the 'Umrah (minor pilgrimage).
2.
visitorclassical
One who visits.
3.
turban-wearerclassical
One who wears a turban.

معتمر، أي زائر — Mu'tamir, meaning visitor

عَمَّرَهُverb

1.
He prolonged his life.both
He prolonged his life.

عمره الله تعميراً — May God grant him a long life

عُمَّارnoun

1.
Its inhabitants from the jinn.both
Its inhabitants from the jinn.

عمار البيوت: سكانها من الجن — The 'ummār of houses: their inhabitants from the jinn

مُعَمَّرadjective

1.
spaciousclassical
Describing a dwelling as large and ample, especially near water and pasture.

المنزل الواسع من جهة الماء والكلأ — The spacious dwelling in terms of water and pasture

العُمْرَانname

1.
Abu Bakr and Umar, may God be pleased with them both.both
Abu Bakr and Umar, may God be pleased with them both.
2.
Umar ibn al-Khattab and Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz.both
Umar ibn al-Khattab and Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz.

العمران: أبو بكر وعمر رضى الله عنهما — Al-'Umran: Abu Bakr and Umar, may God be pleased with them

يَعْمُرname

1.
name of a manclassical
A male given name, derived from the root 'amara, often not inflected because it resembles a verb form.

يحيى بن يعمر العدواني، لا ينصرف يعمر — Yahya ibn Ya'mur al-'Adwani, Ya'mur is indeclinable

يَعَامِيرnoun

1.
young sheepclassical
Small sheep or lambs.

الجداء وصغار الضأن، واحدها يعمور — Young goats and small sheep, their singular is ya'mur

عَامِرname

1.
meaning inhabited/flourishingboth
meaning inhabited/flourishing

عامر: أبو قبيلة، وهو عامر بن صعصعة — 'Amir: the father of a tribe, who is 'Amir ibn Sa'sa'ah

العَامِرَانname

1.
two prominent figuresclassical
A designation for two specific individuals named 'Amir, known for their prominence.

العامران: عامر بن مالك بن جعفر... وعامر بن الطفيل بن مالك — The two 'Amirs: 'Amir ibn Malik ibn Ja'far... and 'Amir ibn al-Tufayl ibn Malik

Parallel reading

عمر الرجل بالكسر يعمر عمرا وعمرا على غير قياس، لأن قياس مصدره التحريك، أي عاش زمانا طويلا.

The man lived (with kasra) 'amara 'umran and 'umran (irregularly), because the standard for its masdar is with haraka, meaning he lived for a long time.

ومنهم قولهم: أطال الله عمرك وعمرك.

And from them is their saying: May God prolong your life ('umrak) and your life ('umrik).

وإذا أدخلت عليه اللام رفعته بالابتداء قلت: لعمر الله، واللام لتوكيد الابتداء والخبر محذوف، والتقدير لعمر الله قسمي ولعمر الله ما أقسم به.

And if you add the 'lam' to it, you raise it by way of initial subject, saying: La-'umra Allah, and the 'lam' is for emphasis of the subject, and the predicate is omitted, meaning 'La-'umra Allah is my oath' and 'La-'umra Allah is what I swear by'.

فإن لم تأت باللام نصبته نصب المصادر وقلت: عمر الله ما فعلت كذا وعمرك الله ما فعلت كذا.

If you do not use the 'lam', you make it accusative like masdars and say: 'Umra Allah I did not do such a thing, and 'Umrak Allah I did not do such a thing.

وإن لم تأت باللام نصبته نصب المصادر وقلت: عمر الله ما فعلت كذا.

If you do not use the 'lam', you make it accusative like masdars and say: 'Umra Allah I did not do such a thing.

وإن لم تأت باللام نصبته نصب المصادر وقلت: عمر الله ما فعلت كذا، وعمرك الله ما فعلت كذا.

If you do not use the 'lam', you make it accusative like masdars and say: 'Umra Allah I did not do such a thing, and 'Umrak Allah I did not do such a thing.

ومعنى لعمر الله وعمر الله: أحلف ببقاء الله ودوامه.

And the meaning of La-'umra Allah and 'Umra Allah is: I swear by God's permanence and His everlastingness.

وإذا قلت عمرك الله، فكأنك قلت بتعميرك الله، أي بإقرارك له بالبقاء.

And when you say 'Umrak Allah, it is as if you said 'by your affirmation of God's permanence', meaning by your acknowledging His everlastingness.

أيّها المنكح الثريّا سهيلاً * عمرك الله كيف يلتقيان

O one who marries the Pleiades to Suhail * May God grant you long life, how do they meet?

والعمر: واحد عمور الأسنان، وهو ما بينها من اللحم.

And al-'umr: the singular of the gums of the teeth, which is the flesh between them.

وعمرو: اسم رجل، يكتب بالواو للفرق بينه وبين عمر، وتسقطها في النصب لان الالف تخلفها، ويجمع على عمور.

And 'Amr: is the name of a man, written with a 'waw' to distinguish it from 'Umar, and you omit it in the accusative because the 'alif' replaces it, and it is pluralized as 'umūr.

وشيد لي زرارة باذخات * وعمرو الخير إن ذكر العمور

And Zurara built for me lofty structures * And 'Amr al-Khayr when the 'Amrs are mentioned.

وعمرويه: شيئان جعلا واحدا.

And 'Amruwayh: two things made into one.

وبنى على الكسر لان آخره أعجمى مضارع للاصوات، فشبه بغاق.

And it is constructed with kasra because its end is foreign, resembling sounds, likened to 'ghāq'.

فإن نكرته نونت فقلت مررت بعمرويه وعمرويه آخر.

If you make it indefinite, you add tanwin and say: I passed by 'Amruwayh and another 'Amruwayh.

والعمرة في الحج، وأصلها من الزيارة، والجمع العمر.

And al-'umrah is in Hajj, and its origin is from visiting, and the plural is al-'umūr.

والعمرة: أن يبني الرجل بامرأته في أهلها، فإن نقلها إلى أهله فذلك العرس.

And al-'umrah: is for a man to consummate his marriage with his wife among her family; if he moves her to his family, that is al-'urs.

وعمرت الخراب أعمره عمارة، فهو عامر، أي معمور، مثل ماء دافق أي مدفوق، وعيشة راضية أي مرضية.

And I inhabited the ruin, I inhabit it 'imārah, so it is 'āmir, meaning inhabited, like flowing water meaning poured, and a pleasing life meaning pleasing.

والعمارة أيضا: القبيلة والعشيرة.

And al-'imārah also: the tribe and the clan.

لكل أناس من معد عمارة * عروض إليها يلجؤون وجانب

Every people of Ma'add has a tribe * A region to which they resort and a side.

ومكان عمير، أي عامر.

And a place 'umayr, meaning inhabited.

وثوب عمير، أي صفيق.

And a garment 'umayr, meaning thick.

ويقال: تركت القوم في عومرة، أي في صياح وجلبة.

And it is said: I left the people in 'awmarah, meaning in shouting and clamor.

وأعمرته دارا أو أرضا أو إبلا، إذا أعطيته إياها وقلت: هي لك عمري أو عمرك، فإذا مت رجعت إلي.

And I granted him a house, or land, or camels, if I gave it to him and said: It is yours for my life or your life, then when you die it returns to me.

والاسم العمرى.

And the noun is al-'umra.

وأعمرت الأرض: وجدتها عامرة.

And I found the land inhabited ('a'martu al-arḍa: wajadtuhā 'āmirah).

يقال عمر الله بك منزلك، وأعمر الله بك منزلك.

It is said: 'Umra Allah bik manzilak, and 'A'mar Allah bik manzilak.

ولا يقال أعمر الرجل منزله بالالف.

And it is not said: 'A'mara the man his dwelling (with alif).

واعتمره، أي زاره.

And 'i'tamara-hu, meaning he visited him.

واعتمر في الحج واعتمر، أي تعمم بالعمامة.

And he performed 'umrah in Hajj and 'i'tamara, meaning he wore the turban.

العمارة بالفتح: كل شئ جعلته على رأسك من عمامة أو قلنسوة أو تاج أو غير ذلك.

Al-'imārah (with fatha): everything you place on your head, from a turban, or a cap, or a crown, or otherwise.

فلما أتانا بعيد الكرى * سجدنا له ورفعنا العمارا

And when he came to us after sleep * We prostrated to him and removed our headwear.

أي وضعناها عن رؤوسنا إعظاما له.

Meaning we took them off our heads out of reverence for him.

وقال غيره: رفعنا له أصواتنا بالدعاء وقلنا: عمرك الله.

And others said: We raised our voices in supplication for him and said: May God grant you long life.

ويقال: العمار ها هنا: الريحان يزين به مجالس الشراب، وتسمية الفرس ميوران.

And it is said: Al-'immār here: are the fragrant herbs used to adorn drinking gatherings, and the Persians call them miyūrān.

فإذا دخل عليهم داخل رفعوا شيئا منه بأيديهم وحيوه به.

And if an entrant came upon them, they would raise something of it with their hands and greet him with it.

وجاشت النفس لما جاء فلهم * وراكب جاء من تثليث معتمر

And the soul stirred when they came * And a rider came from Tathlith wearing a turban.

فإن الأصمعي يقول: معتمر، أي زائر.

And Al-Asma'i says: Mu'tamir, meaning visitor.

وقال أبو عبيدة: أي متعمم بالعمامة.

And Abu 'Ubaydah said: Meaning wearing a turban.

فهو من عمرة الحج.

So it is from the 'umrah of Hajj.

واستعمركم فيها *، أي جعلكم عمارها.

And He has made you its inhabitants (ista'marakum fīhā), meaning He made you its builders/dwellers.

عمره الله تعميراً، أي طول الله عمره.

May God grant him a long life ('ammara-hu Allah ta'mīran), meaning may God prolong his life.

عمار البيوت: سكانها من الجن.

The 'ummār of houses: their inhabitants from the jinn.

أحولي تنفض استك مذرويها * لتقتلني فها أنا ذا عمارا

O my beloved, shaking your forelegs * to kill me, here I am, 'Ammār (a truncated form of 'Imārah).

هو ترخيم عمارة، لانه يهجو به عمارة بن زياد العبسى.

It is the truncation of 'Imārah, because he is insulting 'Imārah ibn Ziyad al-'Absi with it.

والمعمر: المنزل الواسع من جهة الماء والكلأ.

And al-Mu'ammar: the spacious dwelling in terms of water and pasture.

يا لك من قبرة بمعمر

Oh, what a lark in a spacious place!

يبغينك في الارض معمرا

They seek for you in the land a place to inhabit.

أي يبغين لك، كقوله تعالى: (يبغونها عوجا).

Meaning they seek for you, like His saying: (they seek it crooked).

يحيى بن يعمر العدواني، لا ينصرف يعمر لانه مثل يذهب.

Yahya ibn Ya'mur al-'Adwani, Ya'mur is indeclinable because it is like 'yadhhabu'.

العمران: أبو بكر وعمر رضى الله عنهما.

Al-'Umran: Abu Bakr and Umar, may God be pleased with them.

لقد قيل سيرة العمرين قبل عمر بن عبد العزيز، لانهم قالوا لعثمان رضى الله عنه يوم الدار: نسألك سيرة العمرين.

Indeed, the way of the two 'Umars was mentioned before 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, because they said to 'Uthman, may God be pleased with him, on the day of the house: We ask you for the way of the two 'Umars.

أعتق العمران فما بينهما من الخلفاء أمهات الاولاد.

He freed the two 'Umars and the Caliphs between them, the mothers of children.

وفى قول قتادة أنه عمر بن الخطاب وعمر بن عبد العزيز، لانه لم يكن بين أبى بكر وعمر خليفة.

And in Qatadah's saying, it is Umar ibn al-Khattab and Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, because there was no Caliph between Abu Bakr and Umar.

العمران: عمرو بن جابر بن هلال بن عقيل ابن سمى بن مازن بن فزارة، وبدر بن عمرو بن جؤية بن لوذان بن ثعلبة بن عدى بن فزارة، وهما روقا فزارة.

Al-'Umran: 'Amr ibn Jabir ibn Hilal ibn 'Aqil ibn Sumay ibn Mazin ibn Fazarah, and Badr ibn 'Amr ibn Ju'ayyah ibn Lawdhan ibn Tha'labah ibn 'Adi ibn Fazarah, and they are the two prominent figures of Fazarah.

إذا اجتمع العمران عمرو بن جابر * وبدر بن عمرو خلت ذبيان تبعا

When the two 'Umrans, 'Amr ibn Jabir * and Badr ibn 'Amr, meet, Dhubyan becomes followers.

وألقوا مقاليد الامور إليهما * جميعا قماء كارهين وطوعا

And they cast the reins of affairs to them both * willingly or unwillingly, submissive.

اليعامير: الجداء وصغار الضأن، واحدها يعمور.

Al-Ya'amīr: young goats and small sheep, their singular is ya'mūr.

ترى لاخلافها من خلفها نسلا * مثل الذميم على قزم اليعامير

You see from behind them offspring * like the despised one on the dwarf of the small sheep.

أي ينسل اللبن منها كأنه الذميم الذى يذم من الانف.

Meaning milk flows from them as if it were the despised one that is despised from the nose.

عامر: أبو قبيلة، وهو عامر بن صعصعة بن معاوية بن بكر بن هوازن.

'Amir: the father of a tribe, who is 'Amir ibn Sa'sa'ah ibn Mu'awiyah ibn Bakr ibn Hawazin.

وأم عامر: كنية الضبع.

And Umm 'Amir: is the kunyah of the hyena.

العامران: عامر بن مالك بن جعفر بن كلاب ابن ربيعة بن عامر بن صعصعة - وهو أبو براء ملاعب الاسنة - وعامر بن الطفيل بن مالك بن جعفر بن كلاب، وهو أبو على.

The two 'Amirs: 'Amir ibn Malik ibn Ja'far ibn Kilab ibn Rabi'ah ibn 'Amir ibn Sa'sa'ah - and he is Abu Bara' Mulā'ib al-Asinnah - and 'Amir ibn al-Tufayl ibn Malik ibn Ja'far ibn Kilab, and he is Abu 'Ali.