إِمْرٌ

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إِمْرٌ a subst. from أَمِرَالِأَمْرُ in the sense of اِشْتَدَّ; or a subst. from أَمِرَ as signifying كَثُرَ and تَمَّ; [A severe, a distressful, a grievous, or an afflictive, thing: or] a terrible, and foul, or very foul, thing: or a wonderful thing. Hence, [used as an epithet, like أَمِرٌ, q. v.,] in the Kur [xviii. 70], لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئًا إِمْرًا Verily thou hast done a severe, a distressful, a grievous, or an afflictive, thing: or a terrible, and foul, or very foul, thing: or a wonderful thing: or an abominable, a foul, or an evil, and a wonderful, thing: or a terrible and an abominable thing; signifying more than نَكْرًا, [which occurs after, in verse 73,] inasmuch as the [presumed] drowning of the persons in the ship was more abominable than the slaying of one person: or a crafty, and an abominable, or a foul, or an evil, and a wonderful, thing; and derived from أَمِرَ القَوْمُ as meaning كَثُرُوا.

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