أَمَرَةٌ
Root: امر
Full Definition
أَمَرَةٌ
Stones: [or a heap of stones:] or it is the n. un. of أَمَرٌ, which signifies stones: or the latter signifies stones set up in order that one may be directed thereby to the right way: and the former also signifies a hill; and أَمَرٌ is [used as] its pl.: and a sign, or mark, by which anything is known; as also
أَمَارٌ and
أَمَارَةٌ ; and أَمَرٌ is [used as] its pl. in this sense also: or a sign, or mark, set up to show the way; as also
أَمَارٌ and
: or a small sign, or mark, of stones, to show the way, in a waterless desert; as also
أَمَارٌ [and
أَمَارَةٌ ]; and any sign, or mark, that is prepared: or a structure like a
مَنَارَة [here app. meaning a tower of a mosque], upon a mountain, wide like a house or tent, and larger, of the height of forty times the stature of a man, made in the time of 'Ád and Irem; in some instances its foundation being like a house, though it consists only of stones piled up, one upon another, cemented together with mud, appearing as though it were of natural formation: the pl. [or rather the coll. gen. n.,] is أَمَرٌ.
def.2 See also إِمْرَةٌ.
def.2 See also إِمْرَةٌ.
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