عَابِرُ

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عَابِرُ A wayfarer; a passenger; a person passing along a way or road; a traveller: or one who passes through without abiding: pl. عَابِرُو سَبِيلٍ and عُبَّارُ سَبِيلٍ. And عَابِرُ السَّبِيلِ The wayfarer; the passer along the way or road. إِلَّا عَابِرِى سَبِيلٍ, in the Kur [iv. 46], means Except those who, wanting something in the mosque, and their houses or tents being distant, [merely pass through, or] enter the mosque and go forth quickly: or except travellers; for the traveller sometimes wants water [which is found in the mosque]: or, as some say, except passers through the mosque, not meaning to pray.
2 Hence عَابِرٌ signifies Dying, or dead.
3 [And Passing, or having currency. Hence,] لُغَةٌ عَابِرَةٌ An allowable form of word or expression: from عَبَرَ signifying “ he passed over ” a river.

def.2 عَابِرٌ also signifies Examining a thing: examining a book, or writing, and considering and comparing one part of it with another, so as to understand it.

def.3 Also Shedding tears, applied to a man, and likewise to a woman: and weeping, applied to a man; and so [its fem.] applied to a woman: or عَبْرَانُ signifies weeping and grieving, applied to a man; as also عَبِرٌ ; and عَابِرٌ and and are applied to a woman in the same sense, or as meaning grieving: pl. [of عَبْرَانُ and عَبْرَى] عَبَارَى, like سَكَارَى: and عَيْنٌ means a weeping eye.

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