جَيْرِ
Root: جير
Full Definition
جَيْرِ
, with kesr to the ر, like أَمْسِ; and جَيْرَ, like أَيْنَ; and sometimes جَيْرٍ; or this, where it occurs, is for جَيْرِ إِنَّ, and is properly written جَيْرِنْ, إِنَّ in the sense of نَعَمْ being a corroborative of جَيْرِ, and its hemzeh and sheddeh and final vowel being here suppressed: a form of oath, or put in the place of an oath, meaning Verily, or truly; syn. حَقًّا: or a responsive particle, meaning yes; syn. نَعَمْ [which is most approved as responsive to an interrogation], or أَجَلْ [which is most approved as responsive to an affirmation]; not a noun in the sense of حَقًّا, for were it so it would be an Verbal.Noun; nor in the sense of أَبَدًا, for were it so it would be an adv. n. of time; and if it were a noun it would be decl., and would admit the article ال, and would not have إِنَّ for a corroborative, nor have لَا opposed to it, as it has in the saying,
[When the daughter of El-'Ojeyr says لا, she speaks truly: not when she says جير]: or it is a verbal noun, meaning I know; syn. أَعْرِفُ; as is mentioned by Ibn-Abi-r-Rabeea, and by Er-Radee on the authority of 'Abd-El- Káhir. You say, جَيْرِ لَا آتِيكَ Verily, or truly, [&c.,] I will not come to thee. And جَيْرِ لَا أَفْعَلُ ذٰلِكَ Verily, or truly, [&c.,] I will not do that. And لَا جَيْرِ لَا أَفْعَلُ No, verily, or truly, [&c.,] I will not do [that].إِذَا تَقُولُ لَا ٱبْنَةُ العُجَيْرِ تَصْدُقُ لَا إِذَا تَقُولُ جَيْرِ
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