إِمَّرٌ
Root: امر
Full Definition
إِمَّرٌ
A man who consults every one respecting his case; as also
أَمِرٌ and
أَمَّارَةٌ : or a man resembling [in stupidity] a kid: [see the latter part of this paragraph:] or, as also
إِمَّرَةٌ and
أَمَّرٌ and
أَمَّرَةٌ , a man having weak judgment, stupid, or weak, without judgment, or without intellect, or intelligence, who obeys the command of every one, who complies with what every one desires to do in all his affairs; a stupid man, of weak judgment, who says to another, Command me to execute thine affair. It is said in a trad., مَنْ
يُطِعْ إِمَّرَةً لَا يَأْكُلْ ثَمَرَةً [He who obeys a stupid man, &c., shall not eat fruit: or the meaning is]
2 Also, and إِمَّرَةٌ and and , A young lamb: or the first (إِمَرٌ) and the second, a young kid: or the former of these two, a male lamb: or a young male lamb: and the latter of them, a female lamb: or a young female lamb. One says, مَا لَهُ إِمَّرٌ وَلَا إِمَّرَةٌ , meaning He has not a male lamb nor a female lamb: or he has not anything.
2 Also, and إِمَّرَةٌ and and , A young lamb: or the first (إِمَرٌ) and the second, a young kid: or the former of these two, a male lamb: or a young male lamb: and the latter of them, a female lamb: or a young female lamb. One says, مَا لَهُ إِمَّرٌ وَلَا إِمَّرَةٌ , meaning He has not a male lamb nor a female lamb: or he has not anything.
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