تعاوروا

Form: 6

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تعاورواVI , and , and تعوّروهُ , They took the thing, or did it, by turns; syn. تَدَاوَلُوهُ, فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ: the و is apparent [not changed into ا] in اعتوروا because it signifies the same as تعاوروا. Aboo-Kebeer says, وَإِذَا الكُمَاةُ تَعَاوَرُوا طَعْنَ الكُلَى [And when the men clad in armour interchange the piercing of the kidneys]. And in a trad. it is said, يَتَعَاوَرُونَ عَلَى مِنبرِى They will ascend my pulpit one after another, by turns; whenever one goes, another coming after him. One says also, تعاور القَوْمُ فُلَانًا, meaning The people aided one another in beating such a one, one after another. And تَعَاوَرْنَا فُلَانًا ضَرْبًا We beat such a one by turns; I beating him one time, and another another time, and a third another time. And القَتِيلَ رَجُلَانِ Each of the two men [in turn] struck the slain man. And تَعَاوَرَتِ الرِّيَاحُ رَسْمَ الدَّارِ The winds blew by turns upon, or over, the remains that marked the site of the house, or dwelling; syn. تَنَاوَبَتْهُ, or تَدَاوَلَتْهُ; one time blowing from the south, and another time from the north, and another time from the east, and another time from the west: or blew over them perseveringly, so as to obliterate them; a signification doubly tropical: but Az says that this is a mistake. And doubly tropical is the saying الاِسْمُ حَرَكَاتُ الإِعْرَابِ [The noun has the vowels of desinential syntax by turns; having at one time رَفْعٌ, at another نَصْبٌ, and at another خَفْضٌ]. تَعَاوُرٌ and denote that this has the place of this, and this the place of this: one says هٰذَا مَرَّةً وَهٰذَا مَرَّةً [They two took it, or did it, by turns; this, one time; and this, one time]: but you do not say اِعْتَوَرَ زَيْدٌ عَمْرًا.
2 تَعَاوَرْنَا العَوَارِىَّ We lent loans, one to another: and هُمْ يَتَعَاوَرُونُ العَوَارِىَّ They lend loans, one to another. [See also 10.]

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