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القَمَرُ

Root: قمر

Full Definition

القَمَرُ The moon in its third night [and after]: or the moon during the interval between the first two and last two nights: or after three nights until the end of the month: [and the moon, absolutely, in many instances:] so called because of its whiteness, from القُمْرَةُ: of the masc. gender: pl. أَقْمَارٌ. The dim., قُمَيْرٌ, is found to occur: and is applied to The moon at the time called مُحَاق [which is generally said to be applied to the last three nights of the month]: you say غَابَ قَمَيْرٌ [The moon at the time called مُحَاق set, or disappeared].
2 اِسْتَرْعَيْتُ مَالِىَ القَمَرَ I left my cattle to pasture without a pastor to take care of them in the night: and [in like manner,] استرعيته الشَّمْس, in the day.
3 القَمَرَانِ The sun and the moon: one of them [namely the latter] being made predominant.
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