حَضَارِ
Root: حضر
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حَضَارِ
[an imperative verbal n.] Be thou present.
def.2 Also A certain star, upon the right hoof of Centaurus: upon his other fore leg is الوَزْنُ. It is said, حَضَارِ وَالوَزْنُ مُحْلِفَانِ [Hadári and El-Wezn are two causes of swearing]: they are two stars that rise before Canopus ; and when either of them rises, it is thought to be Canopus, because of their resemblance to it: they are termed محلفان because of the disagreement of their beholders when they rise; one swearing that the one rising is Canopus, and another swearing that it is not. Th says that it is a dim, distant, star; and cites this verse:
def.3 حَضَارٌ: see what next follows.
def.2 Also A certain star, upon the right hoof of Centaurus: upon his other fore leg is الوَزْنُ. It is said, حَضَارِ وَالوَزْنُ مُحْلِفَانِ [Hadári and El-Wezn are two causes of swearing]: they are two stars that rise before Canopus ; and when either of them rises, it is thought to be Canopus, because of their resemblance to it: they are termed محلفان because of the disagreement of their beholders when they rise; one swearing that the one rising is Canopus, and another swearing that it is not. Th says that it is a dim, distant, star; and cites this verse:
I see the fire of Leylà, in El-'Akeek, dim in the distance, as though it were Hadári, when it appears, with its Furood, which are dim stars around Hadári.أَرَي نَارَ لَيْلَى بَالعَقِيقِ كَأَنَّهَا حَضَارِ إِذَا مَا أَعْرَضَتْ وَفُرُودُهَا
def.3 حَضَارٌ: see what next follows.
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