أَصْعَرُ
Root: صعر
Full Definition
أَصْعَرُ
Having a wryness, or distortion, in the cheek, or in the face, or in either side [thereof], or in the neck, by reason of pride, with a turning of the face on one side: or a camel having a disorder by reason of which he twists his neck, and distorts it: sometimes the being so is natural in a man and in an ostrich; and sometimes it is accidental: pl. صُعْرٌ.
2 It occurs in a trad. as signifying Such as withdraws himself [from others, through pride]; syn. ذَاهِبٌ بِنَفْسِهِ: (S, TA: [thought by Ibr D to be a mistake for زَاهٍ بِنَفْسِهِ: but this seems to me improbable:]) or such as turns away his face, by reason of pride: and in another trad. as signifying such as turns away from the truth, and is faulty.
2 It occurs in a trad. as signifying Such as withdraws himself [from others, through pride]; syn. ذَاهِبٌ بِنَفْسِهِ: (S, TA: [thought by Ibr D to be a mistake for زَاهٍ بِنَفْسِهِ: but this seems to me improbable:]) or such as turns away his face, by reason of pride: and in another trad. as signifying such as turns away from the truth, and is faulty.
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