قَورَ
Root: قور
Form: 1
Full Definition
def.2 قَارَهُ, Present.T يَقُورُ, Verbal.Noun قَوْرٌ; and قوّرهُ , Verbal.Noun تَقْوِيرٌ; and إِقْتَوَرَهُ ; and ; [of all which the second is the most common;] He cut a round hole in the middle of it; as one cuts a جَيْب [or the opening at the neck and bosom of a shirt], and a melon: [he hollowed it out; he scooped it out; he cut out a piece of it, generally meaning in a round form:] he cut it in a round form. You say قوّر الجَيْبَ [He cut out, or hollowed out, the opening at the neck and bosom of the shirt]. And قُرْتُ البِطِّيخَةَ, and , [I cut a round hole in the melon]. And قُرْتُ خُفَّ البَعِيرِ, and , and , [I cut a round hollow in the foot of the camel].
2 قُرْتُهُ, and قُرْتُ عَيْنَهُ, I put out, or pulled out, [or scooped out,] his eye; syn. فَقَأْتُ عَيْنَهُ.
3 قَارَ المَرْأَةَ He circumcised the woman.
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