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مَعَرَّةٌ

Root: عر

Full Definition

مَعَرَّةٌ A place of عَرّ, i. e. mange, or scab: this is the primary signification.
2 Hence, المَعَرَّةُ The region of the sky that is beyond the Milky Way (المَجَرَّة) in the direction of the North Pole; so called because of the multitude of the stars therein; like as the sky is called الجَرْبَآءُ because of its numerous stars; these being compared to scabs on the body of a man: and to this and the مَجَرَّة a man alluded, when, being asked respecting the place where he alighted and abode, he informed the inquirer that he alighted and abode between two tribes, great and numerous; saying, نَزَلْتُ بَيْنَ المَعَرَّةِ وَالمَجَرَّةِ [I have alighted between the مَعَرَّة and the مَجَرَّة]: or, as some say, المَعَرَّةُ is the name of a certain star, or asterism, [which is] below the مَجَرَّة [or Milky Way, app. meaning when the latter, as viewed from Arabia, is seen stretching across the sky above the North Pole].
3 [Hence likewise, app.,] مَعَرَّةٌ signifies also A cause of reviling, or of being reviled; syn. مَسَبَّةٌ: a crime, or sin; syn. إِثْمٌ; and جِنَايَةٌ; (TS, L, TA; in the copies of the K خِيَانَة; [and thus in the O;] but this is a mistake; TA;) and جُرْمٌ; as also عُرَّةٌ : or a crime, or sin, [that is noxious] like the mange, or scab: a foul, or an abominable, thing: a cause of grief or vexation: annoyance, or hurt; or a thing by which one is annoyed or hurt; syn. أَذًى; or أَذِيَّةٌ: displeasing, grieving, or vexing, conduct: and i. q. شِدَّةٌ [app. as meaning violence, or the like]. (O: there mentioned between the significations of إِثْمٌ and أَذِيَّةٌ.) Also The slaying unexpectedly, or the fighting, of an army, without the permission of the commander: or the alighting of an army among a people, and eating of the produce of their fields without knowledge of the commander: or an army's oppressing, or assaulting, those by whom they pass, whether Muslims, or unbelievers with whom terms of peace have been made, and afflicting them in respect of their women under covert and their possessions by conduct not permitted to them.
4 And A debt, fine, or mulct, which one is obliged to pay: and a fine for homicide: thus expl. by Mohammad Ibn-Is-hák Ibn-Yesár: or a thing that one dislikes, or hates, relating to fines for homicide; of the measure مَفْعَلَةٌ from عَرٌّ signifying “ mange, ” or “ scab. ”
5 And The changing of the face in colour by reason of anger: Az says that it is thus mentioned by Abu-l-'Abbás with teshdeed to the ر: but if it be from تَمَعَّرَ وَجْهُهُ, not from العَرُّ, it is without teshdeed.


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