نَمِرٌ
Root: نمر
Full Definition
نَمِرٌ
: see أَنْمَرُ, throughout.
2 نَمِرٌ and نِمْرٌ, which is a contraction of the former, or a dial. form, [The leopard;] a certain wild beast, well known, more malignant than the lion, and bolder, so called because of his نُمَر [or spots], being of divers colours, called in Persian پَلَنْكْ: fem. with ة: pl. [of pauc.] أَنْمُرٌ and أَنْمَارٌ, and [of mult.] نُمُورٌ, held by Th to be pl. of نِمْرٌ, and نُمُورَةٌ and نُمُرٌ, which occurs in poetry, and is anomalous, perhaps a contraction of نُمُورٌ, and not mentioned by Sb, and نُمْرٌ, which is the most common in occurrence, but, accord. to Th, he who uses it makes the sing. أَنْمَرُ, and نِمَارٌ, held by Th to be pl. of نِمْرٌ, and نِمَارَةٌ. As the نَمِر is one of the most abominable and malignant of wild beasts, one says, لَبِسَ فُلَانٌ لِفُلَانٍ جِلْدَ النَّمِرِ, meaning,
def.2 See also نَمِيرٌ, throughout.
2 نَمِرٌ and نِمْرٌ, which is a contraction of the former, or a dial. form, [The leopard;] a certain wild beast, well known, more malignant than the lion, and bolder, so called because of his نُمَر [or spots], being of divers colours, called in Persian پَلَنْكْ: fem. with ة: pl. [of pauc.] أَنْمُرٌ and أَنْمَارٌ, and [of mult.] نُمُورٌ, held by Th to be pl. of نِمْرٌ, and نُمُورَةٌ and نُمُرٌ, which occurs in poetry, and is anomalous, perhaps a contraction of نُمُورٌ, and not mentioned by Sb, and نُمْرٌ, which is the most common in occurrence, but, accord. to Th, he who uses it makes the sing. أَنْمَرُ, and نِمَارٌ, held by Th to be pl. of نِمْرٌ, and نِمَارَةٌ. As the نَمِر is one of the most abominable and malignant of wild beasts, one says, لَبِسَ فُلَانٌ لِفُلَانٍ جِلْدَ النَّمِرِ, meaning,
def.2 See also نَمِيرٌ, throughout.
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