إِمْرَةٌ

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إِمْرَةٌ a subst. from أَمَرَ [q. v.]; Possession of command; the office, and authority, of a commander, governor, lord, prince, or king; as also and أَمَارَةٌ ; but this last is by some disallowed, and is said in the Fs and its Expositions to be unknown. It is said in a trad., لَعَلَّكَ سآءَ تْكَ إِمْرَةُ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ Perhaps thy paternal uncle's son's possession of command hath displeased thee.
2 [And hence, Increase, or abundance, or the like; as also other forms mentioned in what follows.] You say, فِى وَجْهِ مَالِكَ تَعْرِفُ إِمْرَتَهُ In the face of thy property, [meaning such as consists in camels or the like, and also money,] thou knowest its increase and abundance, and its expense: or , and , which latter is a dial. var. of weak authority, and , i. e., its increase and abundance: or as meaning its prosperous state; as also , and : accord. to AHeyth, who reads تُعْرَفُ , the meaning is, its decrease; but the correct meaning is, its increase, as Fr explains it. It is said respecting anything of which one knows what is good in it at first sight: and means, on a thing's presenting itself, thou knowest its goodness. One says also, مأَحْسَنَ How good is their multiplying, and the multiplying of their offspring and of their number! And لَا جَعَلَ اللّٰهُ فِيهِ May God not make an increase to be therein.

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