إِعْصَارٌ
Root: عصر
Full Definition
إِعْصَارٌ
A whirlwind of dust [or sand], resembling a pillar; a wind that raises dust [or sand] between the sky and the earth, and revolves, resembling a pillar; called also by the Arabs a
زَوْبَعَة; of the masc. gender; a wind that raises the dust [or sand], and rises towards the sky, as though it were a pillar; a wind that blows from the ground, and raises the dust [or sand], and rises like a pillar towards the sky; called by the people a
زَوْبَعَة: unless it blow in this manner, with vehemence, it is not thus called: [see عَمُودٌ:] a wind that rises into the sky: or a wind that raises the clouds, with thunder and lightning: or in which is fire: mentioned in the Kur ii. 268: or in which is
, which signifies vehement dust, or this latter word signifies dust raised into the air, by the wind, in the form of a pillar (مَا عَصَرَتْ بِهِ
الرِّيحُ مِنَ التُّرَابِ فِى الهَوَآءِ): [see also عَصَرٌ:] pl. أَعَاصِيرُ, and أَعَاصِرُ [occurring in poetry].
2 إِنْ كُنْتَ رِيحًا فَقَدْ لَاقَيْتَ إِعْصَارًا [If thou be a wind, thou hast met with a whirlwind of dust like a pillar] is a prov. of the Arabs, relating to a man in whom is somewhat of power and who meets with one superior to him, or to a man who meets his adversary with courage.
3 And one says, وَعْدُهُ إِعْصَارٌ [His promising is unprofitable like a whirlwind of dust].
2 إِنْ كُنْتَ رِيحًا فَقَدْ لَاقَيْتَ إِعْصَارًا [If thou be a wind, thou hast met with a whirlwind of dust like a pillar] is a prov. of the Arabs, relating to a man in whom is somewhat of power and who meets with one superior to him, or to a man who meets his adversary with courage.
3 And one says, وَعْدُهُ إِعْصَارٌ [His promising is unprofitable like a whirlwind of dust].
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