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نَيِّرٌ

Root: نور

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نَيِّرٌ Giving light, shining, bright, or shining brightly; as also مُنِيرٌ and مُسْتَنِيرٌ [and نَائِرٌ .]
2 Beautiful in colour, and bright; as also مُنِيرٌ and : or the last signifies [simply] beautiful; or conspicuous and beautiful. It is said of Mohammad. كَانَ المُتَجَرَّدِ: He was beautiful and bright in the colour [of what was unclad] of his body.
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