مِحْمَرٌ
Root: حمر
Full Definition
def.2 Also, in the K, [and in a copy of the A,] مَحَمَّرٌ, which is a mistake, A horse got by a stallion of generous, or Arabian, race, out of a mare not of such a race; or not of generous birth; or a jade; syn. هَجِينٌ; in Persian, پَالَانِىْ; as also حَمَّارَةٌ : or a horse of mean race, that resembles the ass in his slowness of running: and a bad beast: pl. مَحَامِرُ and مَحَامِيرُ: and accord. to the T, حَمَّارَةٌ signifies [not as it is explained above, as a sing., but] i. q. مَحَامِرُ; and Z explains it as an epithet applied to horses, signifying that run like asses.
2 Also An ignoble, or a mean, man: and a man who will not give unless pressed and importuned.
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