أَمَرُّ
Root: مر
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أَمَرُّ
[More, or most, tightly twisted].
2 [Hence,] فُلَانٌ أَمَرُّ عَقْدًا مِنْ فُلَانٍ
def.2 More, or most, bitter: fem. مُرَّى: of which the dual is مُرَّيَانِ. You say, هٰذَا أَمَرُّ مِنْ ذَا [This is more bitter than that]. And خُذِ الحَلْوَى وَأَعْطِهِ المُرَّى [Take thou the sweeter, or sweetest, and give to him the bitterer, or bitterest]. (S in art. حلو.) And it is said in a prov., by a certain Arab woman, صُغْرَاهَا مُرَّاهَا
2 الأَمَرَّانِ
3 Also,
4 You say also, لَقِيتُ مِنْهُ الأَمَرِّينَ, with the pl. ن, and with kesr to the ر, and الأَمَرَّيْنِ, dual of أَمَرُّ, with fet-h to the ر, and المُرَّيَيْنِ, dual of مُرَّى, or ,
2 [Hence,] فُلَانٌ أَمَرُّ عَقْدًا مِنْ فُلَانٍ
def.2 More, or most, bitter: fem. مُرَّى: of which the dual is مُرَّيَانِ. You say, هٰذَا أَمَرُّ مِنْ ذَا [This is more bitter than that]. And خُذِ الحَلْوَى وَأَعْطِهِ المُرَّى [Take thou the sweeter, or sweetest, and give to him the bitterer, or bitterest]. (S in art. حلو.) And it is said in a prov., by a certain Arab woman, صُغْرَاهَا مُرَّاهَا
2 الأَمَرَّانِ
3 Also,
4 You say also, لَقِيتُ مِنْهُ الأَمَرِّينَ, with the pl. ن, and with kesr to the ر, and الأَمَرَّيْنِ, dual of أَمَرُّ, with fet-h to the ر, and المُرَّيَيْنِ, dual of مُرَّى, or ,
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