تمرّأ
Root: مراء
Form: 5
Full Definition
تمرّأV
He affected, or endeavoured to acquire, (تَكَلَّفَ,) manliness,
مُرُوْءَة: accord. to some, he became possessed of that quality.
2 تمرّأ بِهِمْ He sought to acquire the character of manliness (مُرُوْءَة) by disparaging them and vituperating them.
3 لَا يَتَمَرَّأْ أَحَدُكُمْ بِالدُّنْيَا [app., Let not any one of you delight himself in the present world]: but accord. to one relation, it is لَا يَتَمَرْأَى, from الرُّؤْيَةُ: [see art. رأى]. [See also تَهَنَّأَ.]
2 تمرّأ بِهِمْ He sought to acquire the character of manliness (مُرُوْءَة) by disparaging them and vituperating them.
3 لَا يَتَمَرَّأْ أَحَدُكُمْ بِالدُّنْيَا [app., Let not any one of you delight himself in the present world]: but accord. to one relation, it is لَا يَتَمَرْأَى, from الرُّؤْيَةُ: [see art. رأى]. [See also تَهَنَّأَ.]
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