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نَغِرَتِ

Root: نغر

Form: 1

Full Definition

نَغِرَتِI , Present.T ـَ; and نَغَرَت Present.T ـِ; and نَغَرَت, Present.T ـَ; Verbal.Noun نَغَرٌ [of the first] and نَغْرٌ and نَغَرَانٌ and نَغِيرٌ, The cooking-pot boiled; estuated; became in a state of violent commotion; syn. غَلَت, and فَارَت.

def.2 Hence, نَغِرَ الرَّجُلُ, or نَغَرَ, The man became angry, or vehemently or most vehemently angry, or affected with latent anger without power to exercise it: or his inside boiled by reason of such anger: and نَغِرَ عَلَيْهِ, Present.T ـَ; and نَغَرَ, Present.T ـِ; and نَغَرَ, Present.T ـَ; the first of which is the most common; Verbal.Noun نَغَرٌ [of the first] and نَغَرانٌ; and تَنَغَّرَ ; [after which last, in the CK, the word غَلَى, commencing the explanation, is omitted;] his inside boiled against him by reason of anger: or by reason of vehement or most vehement anger, or latent anger without power to exercise it: or تنغّر عَلَيْهِ he became changed, or altered, to him, and threatened him with evil: and نَغِرَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun نَغَرٌ, also signifies he held enmity in his heart, watching for an opportunity to indulge it; or he hid enmity and violent hatred in his heart; or he bore rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite.
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