مور

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

The root 'مور' primarily denotes movement characterized by oscillation, fluctuation, or flowing back and forth. This encompasses physical motion like flowing, surging, or swaying, as well as abstract concepts like hesitation or the passage of time. It can also refer to specific types of movement or terrain.

Derived headwords

مَارَverb

1.
to flow, surgeboth
To flow, surge, or move back and forth, especially of liquids like blood or tears.
2.
to move back and forthboth
To move back and forth, to oscillate, or to sway, describing the motion of objects or beings.
3.
to go to Najdclassical
To travel to the highlands (Najd), as opposed to going to the lowlands (Ghawr).
4.
to move gentlyclassical
To move gently or with a swaying motion, like a palm tree swaying in the wind.

مارت عليه وسبغت حتى تبلغ قدميه — it flowed over him and was abundant until it reached his feet

مَوْرnoun

1.
oscillation, fluctuationboth
The act of oscillating, fluctuating, or moving back and forth; a surging or flowing motion.
2.
flowing motionboth
The flowing or running of something, especially liquids, on a surface.
3.
trodden pathclassical
A well-trodden, smooth, and easy path or road.
4.
gentle movementclassical
A gentle, swaying, or oscillating movement.
5.
dust in the airclassical
Dust or fine particles suspended and moving in the air, often stirred by the wind.

يوم تمور السماء مورا — the Day when the sky will heave and sway

وأنصاب تركن لدى السعير — and idols left near the fire

أَمَارَverb

1.
to cause to flowboth
To cause something to flow or move back and forth; to make something surge.
2.
to cause to flow (urine)classical
To cause urine to flow, as in a poetic description.

أمارت بالبول ماء الكراض — it caused the water of the stream to flow with urine

مَوَّارَةadjective

1.
swaying, oscillatingclassical
Describing something that sways, oscillates, or moves with a fluctuating motion, especially a camel or horse.
2.
easy-pacedclassical
Describing a camel or horse that has an easy, smooth, and fast gait.

خطارة غب السرى موارة — swift and swaying after the night journey

تَمَوَّرَverb

1.
to surge, heaveclassical
To surge, heave, or move with great fluctuation, often used for the sky or large movements.
2.
to move back and forthclassical
To move back and forth, to sway, or to oscillate.

يوم تمور السماء مورا — the Day when the sky will heave and sway

انْمَارَverb

1.
to be plucked offclassical
To be plucked off or shed, referring to wool, hair, or the tuft of a young animal.

ومرت الوبر فانمار — and he plucked the fur, and it came off

مَارَةnoun

1.
shedding, falling offclassical
What is shed or falls off from an animal, such as wool or hair.
2.
tuft of a young animalclassical
The tuft or first hair of a young animal, like a foal or lamb, whether alive or dead.

ومورة نعجة ماتت هزالا — and the tuft of a ewe that died of emaciation

مَائِرadjective

1.
penetrating, swiftclassical
Describing an arrow that is light, swift, and penetrates deeply into bodies.
2.
light-mindedclassical
Describing a person who is light-minded or of weak intellect.

أني مائر السهم نازع — that I am a penetrating arrow, a remover

مَارِيَةadjective

1.
white, radiantclassical
Describing a woman who is white and radiant, as if light moves over her.

مَائِرَاتnoun

1.
flowing bloodclassical
The flowing of blood; blood that is flowing or has flowed.

حلفت بمائرات حول عوض — I swear by the flowing blood around 'Awad

المَوَّارnoun

1.
swaying camelclassical
A camel whose forelegs sway widely as it walks.

على ظهر موار الملاط حصان — on the back of a swaying, well-built horse

مُوَارَةnoun

1.
shedding, decayclassical
Something that falls off from another thing, or something that perishes leaving a remnant.

التَّمْوُرnoun

1.
coming and goingclassical
The act of coming and going, moving back and forth, or fluctuating.
2.
shedding of hairclassical
The shedding of hair or fur from an animal.

تمور عن الحمار نسيله — its shedding fell off the donkey

مَارَّverb

1.
to pluckclassical
To pluck or pull off something, like wool or fur.

فمارّه فانمار — and he plucked it, and it came off

مُورِيَانِيname

1.
nisba (place name)classical
A nisba indicating origin from a place called Muryan or similar, often a town or region.

سليمان بن أبي أيوب المورياني وزير المنصور — Sulayman ibn Abi Ayyub al-Muryani, the minister of al-Mansur

مَارِيَّة القبطيةname

1.
Maria al-Qibtiyyaclassical
Maria al-Qibtiyya, a concubine of the Prophet Muhammad, gifted by the ruler of Egypt.

مَارَةnoun

1.
speedclassical
Speed or swiftness in movement.

مَوَرَةname

1.
fortress nameclassical
A fortress located in Andalusia, in the region of Toledo.

المَائِرadjective

1.
light-mindedclassical
A person who is light-minded, easily swayed, or of weak intellect.

المَورِيَّةname

1.
city nameclassical
A city in Yemen, also known as Malha, belonging to the 'Akk tribe.

Parallel reading

مار الشيء يمور مورا: تردد في عرض،

Something moves back and forth, it moves with a swaying motion, a back-and-forth movement: it oscillates sideways,

ما أدري أغار أم مار

I don't know if he went to the lowlands or the highlands

مار الدم والدمع: سال وجرى

Blood and tears moved: they flowed and ran

فأما المنفق فإذا أنفق مارت عليه وسبغت حتى تبلغ قدميه.

As for the one who spends, when he spends, it flows over him and is abundant until it reaches his feet.

والدم يمور على وجه الأرض، إذا انصب فتردد عرضا.

And blood flows on the face of the earth, when it pours and oscillates sideways.

أماره: أساله، قال: (سوف تدنيك من لميس سبندا ... ة أمارت بالبول ماء الكراض)

He made it flow: he said: (Soon Lamis will bring you close with a fine garment... that caused the water of the stream to flow with urine)

مار الشيء والدم ميرا، وأماره: أساله، فمار هو مورا

The thing and the blood moved with a flowing motion, and he made it flow, so it moved with a flowing motion

أمر الدم بما شئت قال شمر: معناه سيله وأجره.

Let the blood flow as you wish, Shamir said: its meaning is to let it flow and run.

مار الشيء مورا، إذا ترهيأ، أي تحرك وجاء وذهب، كما تتكفأ النخلة العيدانة.

Something moves with a flowing motion, if it becomes ready, meaning it moves and comes and goes, like a young palm tree sways.

ومارت الناقة في سيرها مورا: ماجت وترددت، وكذلك الفرس والبعير تمور عضداه إذا ترددا في عرض جنبه.

And the she-camel swayed in her gait with a flowing motion: she surged and hesitated, and likewise the horse and the camel, their forelegs sway when they hesitate across their flanks.

يوم تمور السماء مورا

the Day when the sky will heave and sway

كأن مشيتها من بيت جارتها ... مور السحابة لا ريث ولا عجل

As if her walk from her neighbor's house... is like the swaying of a cloud, neither slow nor fast

والدماء تمور، أي تجري على وجه الأرض.

And the bloods flow, meaning they run on the face of the earth.

كتائب تمور كرجل الجراد أي تتردد وتضطرب لكثرتها.

Battalions surging like locusts, meaning they hesitate and are agitated due to their abundance.

لما نفخ في آدم الروح مار في رأسه فعطس. أي دار وتردد.

When the spirit was breathed into Adam, it moved in his head, and he sneezed. Meaning it turned and hesitated.

ونجوم تمور، أي تجيء وتذهب.

And stars move, meaning they come and go.

فتركت المور وأخذت في الجبل

So he left the path and took to the mountain

وظيفا وظيفا فوق مور معبد

joint after joint over a trodden path

ومشيهن بالحبيب مور

And their walk on the beloved ground is a gentle movement

وقد مار مورا.

And it moved with a flowing motion.

وأمارته الريح، وريح موارة، وأرياح مور.

And the wind stirred it, and a swaying wind, and winds that move.

ناقة موارة اليد، وفي المحكم: موارة سهلة السير سريعة

A camel with a swaying gait, and in al-Muhkam: swaying, easy-paced, and fast

خطارة غب السرى موارة

swift and swaying after the night journey

لقد علم الذئب الذي كان عاديا ... على الناس أني مائر السهم نازع

The wolf that used to prey... on people knows that I am a penetrating arrow, a remover

ومرت الوبر فانمار

And he plucked the fur, and it came off

ومورة نعجة ماتت هزالا

And the tuft of a ewe that died of emaciation

ومار سرجيس وموتا ناقعا

And Marj-Sargis and a deadly death

والتمور: المجيء والذهاب والتردد، كالمور

And al-Tumur: the coming and going and hesitation, like al-Mawr

تمور عن الحمار نسيله، أي سقط.

Its shedding fell off the donkey, meaning it fell.

وانمارت عقيقة الحمار، إذا سقطت عنه أيام الربيع.

And the donkey's tuft shed, when it fell off it during the spring days.

ومما يستدرك عليه: مار مورا وميرا: سار، عن ابن القطاع.

And among what is to be added: he moved with a flowing motion and a flowing motion: he traveled, from Ibn al-Qatta'.

والمور، بالفتح: السرعة، وبالضم: جمع ناقة مائر ومائرة إذا كانت نشيطة في سيرها فتلاء في عضدها.

And al-Mawr, with fatha: speed, and with damma: a collection of a swift she-camel and a swift she-camel if she is energetic in her gait and her foreleg is strong.

والموار، كشداد: البعير تمور عضداه في عرض جنبه، قال الشاعر: على ظهر موار الملاط حصان

And al-Mawar, like Shaddad: a camel whose forelegs sway in the width of its flank, the poet said: on the back of a swaying, well-built horse

وقطاة مارية: ملساء.

And a Maria partridge: smooth.

والمور: الدوران.

And al-Mawr: the turning.

والموارة كثمامة: الشيء يسقط من الشيء والشيء يفنى فيبقى منه الشيء.

And al-Mawwara, like Thamama: something that falls from something, and something perishes, leaving a remnant of it.

حلفت بمائرات حول عوض

I swear by the flowing blood around 'Awad

والمائر: الرجل اللين الخفيف العقل.

And al-Ma'ir: the gentle, light-minded man.