عَمِرَ
Root: عمر
Form: 1
Full Definition
عَمِرَI
, Present.T
ـَ; and عَمَرَ, Present.T
ـُ and
ـِ; Verbal.Noun عَمْرٌ and عُمْرٌ, both anomalous, as inf. ns. of عَمِرَ, for by rule the Verbal.Noun should be عَمَرٌ, but عَمَرٌ is also an Verbal.Noun, and عُمُرٌ, which is the most chaste, and عَمَارَةٌ; He lived, or continued in life (بَقِىَ), long, or a long time; his life was, or became, long: and عَمِرَ
he grew old.
2 عَمَرَ بِمَكَانٍ He remained, continued, stayed, resided, dwelt, or abode, in a place.
def.2 عَمَرَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun عَمْرٌ, or عِمَارَةٌ and عُمْرَانٌ, It became inhabited; بِأَهْلهِ [by its people]: [it became peopled, well peopled, well stocked with people and the like, in a flourishing state, in a state the contrary of desolate or waste or ruined, or in a state of good repair:] and in like manner you say, عَمِرَتِ الدَّارُ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun عَمْرٌ, the house became inhabited [&c.].
2 [You say also, عَمَرَتِ الأَرْضُ The land became inhabited, peopled, well stocked with people and camels and the like, colonized, cultivated, well cultivated, in a flourishing state, or in a state the contrary of waste: see its act. part. n., عَامِرٌ.]
3 And عَمَرَ المَالُ, Present.T ـُ; and عَمِرَ, Present.T ـَ; and عَمُرَ, Present.T ـُ; Verbal.Noun عِمَارَةٌ; (K; [so in most copies; in the TA, عَمَارَةٌ, and there said to be Verbal.Noun of عَمُرَ; but, I think, erroneously;]) i. q. صَارَ عَامِرًا [The property, consisting of camels or the like, became in a flourishing state]; the property became much; the camels, or the like, became many, or numerous.
def.3 عَمَرَهُ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun عِمَارَةٌ (K [so in most copies, but in the TA, عَمَارَةٌ, with fet-h, which I think erroneous;]) and عُمُورٌ and عُمْرَانٌ, He inhabited it; remained, continued, stayed, resided, dwelt, or abode, in it; namely, a place of abode: he kept to it; namely, his property, or his camels or the like, and his house, or tent: one should not say, of a man, أَعْمَرَ مَنْزِلِهُ, with ا. إِنَّمَا يَعْمُرُ مَسَاجِدَ ٱللّٰهِ, in the Kur [ix. 18], signifies Only he shall abide in the mosques, or places of worship, of God: or shall visit them: see 8: but Z says, I know not عَمَرَ as occurring in the sense of اعتمر [he visited]: or shall enter them and sit in them: or the verb in the above-cited phrase of the Kur has another signification, which see below.
def.4 عَمَرَهُ is also syn. with عَمَّرَهُ, in the first of the senses expl. below: see 2.
def.5 عَمَرَ ٱللّٰهُ بِكَ مَنْزِلَكَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun عِمَارَةٌ; and ; May God make thy place of abode to become peopled, [or well peopled, well stocked with people and the like, in a flourishing state, in a state the contrary of ruined or waste or desolate, or in a state of good repair,] by thee [or by thy means]: but AZ says that one should not say, of a man, أَعْمَرَ مَنْزِلَهُ, with ا.
2 عَمَرَ الخَرَابَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, [He made the ruin, or waste, or the like, to become in a state of good repair, in a state the contrary of ruined or waste or desolate.]
3 [عَمَرَ الأَرْضَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He peopled the land; stocked it well with people and camels and the like; colonized it; cultivated it, or cultivated it well; rendered it in a flourishing state, or in a state the contrary of waste.]
4 And عَمَرَ البِنَآءَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He kept the building in a good state; syn. حَفِظَهُ. So accord. to some, in the Kur, إِنَّمَا يَعْمُرُ مَسَاجِدَ ٱللّٰهِ, [quoted above,] Only he shall keep in a good state [or in repair] the mosques, or places of worship, of God: among the significations of the verb as here used, are these; he shall adorn them with carpets or the like, and light them with lamps, and continue the performance of religious worship and praise and the study of science in them, and guard them from [desecration by] that for which they are not built, such as worldly discourse.
5 عَمَرَ الدَّارَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun عَمْرٌ [and عِمَارَةٌ, or this, accord. to the Msb, is a simple subst.], He built the house. [And] He made the house to be inhabited; he peopled it; [or made it to be well stocked with people and the like, or in a flourishing state, or in a state of good repair.]
6 عَمَرَ الخَيْرَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun عَمْرٌ and عِمَارَةٌ, [app., He instituted what was good: or perhaps, he cultivated, or promoted, it: or he kept to it; or observed it; or regarded it.]
def.6 عَمَرَ رَبَّهُ, Present.T ـُ [Verbal.Noun عِمَارَةٌ,] He served, or worshipped, his Lord; he prayed and fasted. You say تَرَكْتُ فُلَانًا يَعْمُرُ رَبَّهُ I left such a one worshipping his Lord, praying and fasting.
2 عَمَرَ بِمَكَانٍ He remained, continued, stayed, resided, dwelt, or abode, in a place.
def.2 عَمَرَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun عَمْرٌ, or عِمَارَةٌ and عُمْرَانٌ, It became inhabited; بِأَهْلهِ [by its people]: [it became peopled, well peopled, well stocked with people and the like, in a flourishing state, in a state the contrary of desolate or waste or ruined, or in a state of good repair:] and in like manner you say, عَمِرَتِ الدَّارُ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun عَمْرٌ, the house became inhabited [&c.].
2 [You say also, عَمَرَتِ الأَرْضُ The land became inhabited, peopled, well stocked with people and camels and the like, colonized, cultivated, well cultivated, in a flourishing state, or in a state the contrary of waste: see its act. part. n., عَامِرٌ.]
3 And عَمَرَ المَالُ, Present.T ـُ; and عَمِرَ, Present.T ـَ; and عَمُرَ, Present.T ـُ; Verbal.Noun عِمَارَةٌ; (K; [so in most copies; in the TA, عَمَارَةٌ, and there said to be Verbal.Noun of عَمُرَ; but, I think, erroneously;]) i. q. صَارَ عَامِرًا [The property, consisting of camels or the like, became in a flourishing state]; the property became much; the camels, or the like, became many, or numerous.
def.3 عَمَرَهُ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun عِمَارَةٌ (K [so in most copies, but in the TA, عَمَارَةٌ, with fet-h, which I think erroneous;]) and عُمُورٌ and عُمْرَانٌ, He inhabited it; remained, continued, stayed, resided, dwelt, or abode, in it; namely, a place of abode: he kept to it; namely, his property, or his camels or the like, and his house, or tent: one should not say, of a man, أَعْمَرَ مَنْزِلِهُ, with ا. إِنَّمَا يَعْمُرُ مَسَاجِدَ ٱللّٰهِ, in the Kur [ix. 18], signifies Only he shall abide in the mosques, or places of worship, of God: or shall visit them: see 8: but Z says, I know not عَمَرَ as occurring in the sense of اعتمر [he visited]: or shall enter them and sit in them: or the verb in the above-cited phrase of the Kur has another signification, which see below.
def.4 عَمَرَهُ is also syn. with عَمَّرَهُ, in the first of the senses expl. below: see 2.
def.5 عَمَرَ ٱللّٰهُ بِكَ مَنْزِلَكَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun عِمَارَةٌ; and ; May God make thy place of abode to become peopled, [or well peopled, well stocked with people and the like, in a flourishing state, in a state the contrary of ruined or waste or desolate, or in a state of good repair,] by thee [or by thy means]: but AZ says that one should not say, of a man, أَعْمَرَ مَنْزِلَهُ, with ا.
2 عَمَرَ الخَرَابَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, [He made the ruin, or waste, or the like, to become in a state of good repair, in a state the contrary of ruined or waste or desolate.]
3 [عَمَرَ الأَرْضَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He peopled the land; stocked it well with people and camels and the like; colonized it; cultivated it, or cultivated it well; rendered it in a flourishing state, or in a state the contrary of waste.]
4 And عَمَرَ البِنَآءَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He kept the building in a good state; syn. حَفِظَهُ. So accord. to some, in the Kur, إِنَّمَا يَعْمُرُ مَسَاجِدَ ٱللّٰهِ, [quoted above,] Only he shall keep in a good state [or in repair] the mosques, or places of worship, of God: among the significations of the verb as here used, are these; he shall adorn them with carpets or the like, and light them with lamps, and continue the performance of religious worship and praise and the study of science in them, and guard them from [desecration by] that for which they are not built, such as worldly discourse.
5 عَمَرَ الدَّارَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun عَمْرٌ [and عِمَارَةٌ, or this, accord. to the Msb, is a simple subst.], He built the house. [And] He made the house to be inhabited; he peopled it; [or made it to be well stocked with people and the like, or in a flourishing state, or in a state of good repair.]
6 عَمَرَ الخَيْرَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun عَمْرٌ and عِمَارَةٌ, [app., He instituted what was good: or perhaps, he cultivated, or promoted, it: or he kept to it; or observed it; or regarded it.]
def.6 عَمَرَ رَبَّهُ, Present.T ـُ [Verbal.Noun عِمَارَةٌ,] He served, or worshipped, his Lord; he prayed and fasted. You say تَرَكْتُ فُلَانًا يَعْمُرُ رَبَّهُ I left such a one worshipping his Lord, praying and fasting.
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