نَاضِرٌ

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نَاضِرٌ and نَضِيرٌ and نَضِرٌ , [being epithets from نَضَرَ and نَضُرَ and نَضِرَ, respectively,] and أَنْضَرُ , accord. to the K, but in the place of this we find in the corresponding passage in the L the verb أَنْضَرَ, with the addition “ is like نَضَرَ, ” Beautiful and bright. So in the Kur, lxxv. 22, وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاضِرَةٌ Faces on that day shall be beautiful and bright: or shining by reason of enjoyment, or of a beautiful and pleasant and easy state of existence. [These epithets have also other, similar, significations, shown by explanations of نَضُرَ and its variations.] نَاضِرٌ is coupled with غَضٌّ, as an epithet applied to a boy, and so نَضِيرٌ ; and نَاضرَةٌ with غَضَّةٌ, applied to a girl, and so نَضِيرَةٌ; and thus used are tropical.
2 نَاضِرٌ also signifies Intense in greenness: you say أَخْضَرُ نَاضِرٌ [intense, or bright, green], like as you say أَصْفَرُ فَاقِعٌ and أَبْيَضُ نَاصِعٌ: and in like manner it is used as an intensive epithet applied to any colour: you say أَحْمَرُ نَاضِرٌ [intense, or bright, red], and أَصْفَرُ نَاضِرٌ [intense, or bright, yellow]: so says IAar: or أَخْضَرُ نَاصِرٌ signifies smooth green, accord. to A'Obeyd, and Az adds, glistening in its clearness.

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