قُرٌّ
Root: قر
Full Definition
قُرٌّ
i. q.
قَرَارٌ [q. v.] and
مُسْتَقَرٌّ [and
مَقَرٌّ].
def.2 Also, and قَرٌّ , which latter form, it is said, must be used in conjunction with [its contr.] حَرٌّ, for the sake of assimilation, and قِرٌّ , Cold; coldness; chill; chilness; coolness; syn. بَرْدٌ; as also قِرَّةٌ : or قُرٌّ signifies cold; &c., in winter; whereas بَرْدٌ is in winter and summer: and قِرَّةٌ , cold, &c., by which a man or other creature, is affected, or smitten. You say دَخَلُوا فِى القُرِّ They entered upon the [time of] cold. And لَا حَرَّ وَلَا قَرَّ Neither heat nor cold. And ذَاتُ لَيْلَةٌ A night of cold. And العَطَشِ حِرَّةٌ عَلَى قِرَّةٌ اشدُّ The most severe of thirst is thirst in a cold day. (S, art. حر.) And sometimes the Arabs said أَجِدُ حِرَّةٌ تَحْتَ قِرَّةٌ [I experience] thirst in a cold day. (ISd, in TA, art. حر.) [See this and other exs. in art. حر.) One says also ذَهَبَتْ , [meaning قِرَّةٌ العِلَّةِ,] The time of its access, or coming, meaning of the access, or coming, of the disease, [app., of the shivering-fit of an ague, (see عُرَوَآءُ,)] departed: the [pronoun] ها refers to [the word] العِلَّة.
def.2 Also, and قَرٌّ , which latter form, it is said, must be used in conjunction with [its contr.] حَرٌّ, for the sake of assimilation, and قِرٌّ , Cold; coldness; chill; chilness; coolness; syn. بَرْدٌ; as also قِرَّةٌ : or قُرٌّ signifies cold; &c., in winter; whereas بَرْدٌ is in winter and summer: and قِرَّةٌ , cold, &c., by which a man or other creature, is affected, or smitten. You say دَخَلُوا فِى القُرِّ They entered upon the [time of] cold. And لَا حَرَّ وَلَا قَرَّ Neither heat nor cold. And ذَاتُ لَيْلَةٌ A night of cold. And العَطَشِ حِرَّةٌ عَلَى قِرَّةٌ اشدُّ The most severe of thirst is thirst in a cold day. (S, art. حر.) And sometimes the Arabs said أَجِدُ حِرَّةٌ تَحْتَ قِرَّةٌ [I experience] thirst in a cold day. (ISd, in TA, art. حر.) [See this and other exs. in art. حر.) One says also ذَهَبَتْ , [meaning قِرَّةٌ العِلَّةِ,] The time of its access, or coming, meaning of the access, or coming, of the disease, [app., of the shivering-fit of an ague, (see عُرَوَآءُ,)] departed: the [pronoun] ها refers to [the word] العِلَّة.
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