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حَائِرٌ

Root: حور

Full Definition

حَائِرٌ A man in a defective and bad state: or perishing, or dying. [See the same phrase in art. حير: see also حَوْرٌ: and see بَائِرٌ, in art. بور; where it is said that بائر is here an imitative sequent of حائر.]

def.2 See also مَحَارَةٌ.
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