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سَعِيرٌ

Root: سعر

Full Definition

سَعِيرٌ Lighted, or kindled; or made to burn, burn up, burn brightly or fiercely, blaze, or flame: of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ: [and thus] similar to دَهِينٌ and صَرِيعٌ; for you say نَارٌ : or نَارٌ سَعِيرٌ signifies fire kindled, or made to burn &c., with other fire.
2 Also Fire itself; and so سَاعُورَةٌ and سَاعُورٌ : or [so in the TA, but in the K “ and, ”] its flame; as also سَاعُورَةٌ and سَاعُورٌ .

def.2 السَّعِيرُ: see what next follows.
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