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حَوِيرٌ

Root: حور

Full Definition

حَوِيرٌ and حَوِيرَةٌ , or , and حَوَارٌ and حِوَارٌ and مَحُورَةٌ (S, K, TA, in the CK مَحْوُرَةٌ) and and مُحَاوَرَةٌ [originally an Verbal.Noun of 3] and حِيرَةٌ and حَوْرٌ , An answer; a reply. You say, مَا رَجَعَ إِلَىَّ حَوِيرًا, &c., He did not return to me an answer, or a reply. [See a verse of Tarafeh cited voce مُجْمِدٌ.]


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