عِيرٌ
Root: عير
Full Definition
عِيرٌ
A caravan; syn. قَافِلَةٌ; of the fem. gen.: from عَارَ “ he journeyed: ” or camels that carry provision of corn: then generally applied to any caravan: or a caravan of asses; and then extended to any caravan; as though pl. of عَيْرٌ, being originally and regularly of the measure فُعُلٌ, [i. e. عُيُرٌ,] like سُقُفٌ as pl. of سَقْفٌ; but it has no proper sing.: or any beasts upon which provision of corn is brought, whether camels or asses or mules: the عير mentioned in the Kur xii. 94 consisted of asses; and the assertion of him who says that عير is applied specially to camels is false: Nuseyr cites the poet Aboo-'Amr El-Asadee as applying this appellation to asses; and says that camels are not so called unless employed for bringing provision of corn: IAar says that it is applied to camels bearing burdens, and not bearing burdens: but camels are not thus called that bring corn for their owners: (TA, voce رِكَاب:) pl. عِيَرَاتٌ, with ا and ت because it is of the fem. gender, and, being a subst., with the ى movent, accord. to the dial. of Hudheyl, for they say جَوْزَاتٌ and بَيْضَاتٌ; and عِيْرَاتٌ is allowable, and is the regular form, and occurs in a trad., meaning horses or the like, and camels carrying merchandise.
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