حَيْرَانُ
Root: حير
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حَيْرَانُ
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حَائِرٌ and
مُتَحَيِّرٌ A man in a state of confusion, or perplexity, and unable to see his right course: erring; having lost his way: fem. [of the first] حَيْرَى and حَيْرَآءُ: and pl. [of the same] حَيَارَى and حُيَارَى and حَيْرَى, like the fem. sing. You say, لَا تَفْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ أُمُّكَ حَيْرَى [Do not thou that: may thy mother become in a state of confusion, &c.]: and لَا تَفْعَلُوا ذٰلِكَ أُمَّهَاتُكُمْ حَيْرَى [Do not ye that: may your mothers become &c.]. And رَجُلٌ حَائِرٌ بَائِرٌ
A man who does not apply himself rightly to an affair; who knows not the right course to pursue in his affair; as also مُتَحَيِّرٌ فِى أَمْرِهِ. (TA. [See also the same phrase in art. حور.])
2 [رَوْضةٌ حَيْرَى is
3 [حَيْرَى is also applied as an epithet to the midday sun of summer: see a verse cited in the second paragraph of art. دوم.]
2 [رَوْضةٌ حَيْرَى is
3 [حَيْرَى is also applied as an epithet to the midday sun of summer: see a verse cited in the second paragraph of art. دوم.]
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