كَوَّرَ
Root: كور
Form: 2
Full Definition
كَوَّرَII
see 1, in two places.
def.2 إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ, in the Kur [lxxxi. 1,] When the sun shall be wound round [with darkness] like a turban: or shall be wrapped up and effaced: or shall be wrapped up and have its light taken away: or shall have its light collected together and wrapped up like as a turban is wrapped: or shall be folded up like as a سِجِلّ [or scroll] is folded up: or shall lose its light: or shall be divested of its light: or shall be blinded; syn. عَوِّرَتْ: or shall pass away and come to nought: or shall be collected together and cast down into the depth below; syn. دُهْوِرَتْ: or shall be cast away.
def.3 يُكَوِّرُ ٱللَّيْلَ عَلَى ٱلنَّهَارِ He maketh the night to be a covering upon the day: or He addeth of the night to the day: or He maketh the night to overtake the day: or He bringeth in the night upon the day: from كَوَّرَ العِمَامَةَ: all of which meanings are nearly alike.
def.4 كوّر المَتَاعَ, Verbal.Noun تَكْوِيرٌ, He collected together the goods and bound or tied them: or he put the goods one upon another.
def.5 طَعَنَهُ فَكَوَّرَهُ, He smote and pierced him [with his spear], and threw him down gathered together, or in a heap.
2 ضَرَبَهَ فَكَوَّرَهُ He smote him, and threw him down prostrate: [like جَوَّرَهُ:] or كوّرهُ signifies he prostrated him, whether he smote him or not.
def.2 إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ, in the Kur [lxxxi. 1,] When the sun shall be wound round [with darkness] like a turban: or shall be wrapped up and effaced: or shall be wrapped up and have its light taken away: or shall have its light collected together and wrapped up like as a turban is wrapped: or shall be folded up like as a سِجِلّ [or scroll] is folded up: or shall lose its light: or shall be divested of its light: or shall be blinded; syn. عَوِّرَتْ: or shall pass away and come to nought: or shall be collected together and cast down into the depth below; syn. دُهْوِرَتْ: or shall be cast away.
def.3 يُكَوِّرُ ٱللَّيْلَ عَلَى ٱلنَّهَارِ He maketh the night to be a covering upon the day: or He addeth of the night to the day: or He maketh the night to overtake the day: or He bringeth in the night upon the day: from كَوَّرَ العِمَامَةَ: all of which meanings are nearly alike.
def.4 كوّر المَتَاعَ, Verbal.Noun تَكْوِيرٌ, He collected together the goods and bound or tied them: or he put the goods one upon another.
def.5 طَعَنَهُ فَكَوَّرَهُ, He smote and pierced him [with his spear], and threw him down gathered together, or in a heap.
2 ضَرَبَهَ فَكَوَّرَهُ He smote him, and threw him down prostrate: [like جَوَّرَهُ:] or كوّرهُ signifies he prostrated him, whether he smote him or not.
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