صِيرٌ
Root: صير
Full Definition
صِيرٌ
The ulterior or ultimate, latter or last, state, or condition; the end, conclusion, event, issue, or result; of a thing, an affair, or a case; as also
صَيْرٌ and
مَصِيرٌ and
مَصِيرَةٌ and
صَيُّورٌ , of the measure فَيْعُولٌ, and
صَيُّورَةٌ .
2 The verge, brink, or point, of an affair, or event. You say, أَنَا عَلَى صِيرٍ مِنْ أَمْرِ كَذَا I am on the verge of such an affair, or event. And أَنَا عَلَى صِيرٍ مِنْ حَاجَتِى I am at the point of [attaining] the object of my want. And أَنَا عَلَى صِيرٍ مِنْ قَضَآءِ حَاجَتِى I am at the point of accomplishing my want. And فُلَانٌ عَلَى صِيرِ أَمْرٍ Such a one is at the point of accomplishing an affair.
def.2 A water at which people stay, or abide; as also صِيرَةٌ .
def.3 A crevice of a door. It is said in a trad., مَنْ نَظَرَ فِى صِيرِ بَابٍ فَفُقِئَتْ عَيْنُهُ فَهِىَ هَدَرٌ [Whosoever looks into the crevice of a door and has his eye put out, it is a thing for which no mulct is to be exacted]: A'Obeyd says that this is the only instance in which the word [in this sense] has been heard.
def.4 [The condiment, made of small fish, called] صِحْنَاة: or [a condiment, or the like,] resembling صحناة: or what is called in Pers. مَاهِى آوَهْ [jelly of salted fish]; as also صِحْنَاةٌ: (Mgh voce صحناة:) and the small salted fish of which صحناة is made: or the young ones of fish: [a coll. gen. n.:] n. un. with ة: thought by IDrd to be Syriac; by IAth, to be Pers., as also صحناة. (TA in art. صحن.)
def.5 Also The أُسْفُفّ [properly bishop] of the Jews.
def.6 See also the next paragraph.
2 The verge, brink, or point, of an affair, or event. You say, أَنَا عَلَى صِيرٍ مِنْ أَمْرِ كَذَا I am on the verge of such an affair, or event. And أَنَا عَلَى صِيرٍ مِنْ حَاجَتِى I am at the point of [attaining] the object of my want. And أَنَا عَلَى صِيرٍ مِنْ قَضَآءِ حَاجَتِى I am at the point of accomplishing my want. And فُلَانٌ عَلَى صِيرِ أَمْرٍ Such a one is at the point of accomplishing an affair.
def.2 A water at which people stay, or abide; as also صِيرَةٌ .
def.3 A crevice of a door. It is said in a trad., مَنْ نَظَرَ فِى صِيرِ بَابٍ فَفُقِئَتْ عَيْنُهُ فَهِىَ هَدَرٌ [Whosoever looks into the crevice of a door and has his eye put out, it is a thing for which no mulct is to be exacted]: A'Obeyd says that this is the only instance in which the word [in this sense] has been heard.
def.4 [The condiment, made of small fish, called] صِحْنَاة: or [a condiment, or the like,] resembling صحناة: or what is called in Pers. مَاهِى آوَهْ [jelly of salted fish]; as also صِحْنَاةٌ: (Mgh voce صحناة:) and the small salted fish of which صحناة is made: or the young ones of fish: [a coll. gen. n.:] n. un. with ة: thought by IDrd to be Syriac; by IAth, to be Pers., as also صحناة. (TA in art. صحن.)
def.5 Also The أُسْفُفّ [properly bishop] of the Jews.
def.6 See also the next paragraph.
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