سُعْرٌ

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سُعْرٌ : see سُعَارٌ.
2 [Hence,] Madness, insanity, or demoniacal possession; as also سُعُرٌ : so ↓ the latter is expl. by AAF as used in the Kur liv. 47: and so it is expl. as used in verse 24 of the same chap.: or it signifies in the former, or in the latter, fatigue, or weariness, or distress, or affliction, and punishment: or, accord. to Az, إِنَّا إِذَا لَفِى ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ, in verse 24, may mean verily we should in that case be in error, and in punishment arising from what would necessarily befall us: or, accord. to Ibn-'Arafeh, it means, in a state that would inflame and excite us.
3 Also Hunger; and so سُعَارٌ : or the former signifies vehemence of desire for flesh-meat: and ↓ the latter, vehemence of hunger: or the burning of hunger: and the burning of thirst.
4 And A disease, such as the mange, or scab, that is transitive from one to another; or the transition of the mange, or scab, or other disease, from one to another; syn. عَدْوَى.

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