أَعْوَرَ

Form: 4

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أَعْوَرَIV see 1, in four places.

def.2 اعارهُ الشَّىْءَ, Verbal.Noun إِعَارَةٌ and عَارَةٌ ; like as you say أَطَاعَهُ, Verbal.Noun إِطَاعَةٌ and طَاعَةٌ, and أَجَابَهُ, Verbal.Noun إِجَابَةٌ and جَابَةٌ; [or rather عَارَةٌ is a quasi-Verbal.Noun; and so is طَاعَةٌ, and جَابَةٌ;] and اعارهُ مِنْهُ; and إِيَّاهُ; [accord. to the TK, all signify He lent him the thing: but the second seems rather to signify he lent him of it: and respecting the third, see 3 above.] For three exs., see 10. سَيْفٌ أُعِيرَتْهُ المَنِيَّةُ [A sword which fate has had lent to it] is an appellation applied to a man, by En-Nábighah. [See also 4 in art. عير.]

def.3 أَعُوَرَ It appeared; and was, or became, within power, or reach. One says, أَعْوَرَ لَكَ الصَّيْدُ The object of the chase has become within power, or reach, to thee; and so أَعُوَرَكَ.
2 It had a place that was a cause of fear, i. e. what is termed عَوْرَةٌ, appearing [in it]. He had, appearing in him, a place open and exposed to striking and piercing. It had a gap, or breach, appearing in it: and [so] a house, or chamber, by its wall's being in a state of demolition.

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