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مَائِرٌ

Root: مير

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مَائِرٌ and مَيَّارٌ One who brings, or conveys, or purveys, مِيرَة, or مَيْر: pl. of the former, مُيَّارٌ and مَيَّارَةٌ, like رَجَّالَةٌ. You say نَحْنُ نَنْتَظِرُ مُيَّارَنَا, and مَيَّارَتَنَا, [We are expecting our bringers, or conveyers, or purveyors, of wheat, &c.] The pl. مَيَّارَةٌ is applied to A company of men who go together from the desert to the towns or villages to bring مِيرَة. It is said in a trad. الحَمُولَةُ المَائِرَةُ لَهُمْ لاَغِيَةٌ, meaning, The camels that carry مِيرَة for them for sale and the like are exempt from the eleëmosynary taxation, because they are working beasts.
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