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سَعَرَ

Root: سعر

Form: 1

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سَعَرَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun سَعْرٌ; and , Verbal.Noun إِسْعَارٌ; and سعّرها , Verbal.Noun تَسْعِيرٌ; or the last has an intensive signification; He lighted, or kindled, the fire; or made it to burn, to burn up, to burn brightly or fiercely, to blaze, or to flame; syn. أَوْقَدَهَا, or هَيَّجَهَا and أَلْهَبَهَا. In the Kur lxxxi. 12, some read سُعِرَتْ; and others, , which latter has an intensive signification. And سَعَرَ النَّارَ He stirred the fire with a مِسْعَر.
2 [Hence,] سَعَرَ الحَرْبَ, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun; and , and سعّرها ; He kindled war; excited, or provoked, it. And سَعَرُوا نَارَ الحَرْبِ [They kindled, or excited, the fire of war].
3 [Hence also,] سَعَرَهُمْ شَرٌّ [Evil, or mischief, excited them, or inflamed them]. And سَعَرَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ [He excited, or inflamed, against his people].
4 And سَعَرَهُمْ شَرًّا He did extensive evil, or mischief, to them: or he did evil, or mischief, to them generally, or in common; as also , and سعّرهم ; or one should not say .
5 And سَعَرْنَاهُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ We burned and pained them [or inflicted upon them burning pain] with arrows.
6 And سَعَرَ الإِبِلَ, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun, He communicated to the [other] camels his mange, or scab.
7 And سُعِرَ, Verbal.Noun سُعَارٌ, He was smitten by the [hot wind called] سَمُوم. And He was, or became, vehemently hungry and thirsty. And He was, or became, mad, insane, or a demoniac.
8 You say also, سَعَرْتُ اليَوْمَ فِى حَاجَتِى سَعْرَةً I made a circuit during the day, or to-day, for the accomplishment of my want. And لَأَسْعَرَنَّ سَعْرَهُ, i. e. لَأَطُوفَنُّ طَوْفَهُ [app. meaning I will assuredly practise circumvention like his practising thereof].
9 And سَعَرَ اللَّيْلَ بِالمَطِىّ, Verbal.Noun as above, He journeyed throughout the night with the camels, or beasts, used for riding.
10 And سَعَرَتِ النَّاقَةُ The she-camel was quick, or swift, in her going. [See also سَعَرَانٌ, below.]
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