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حِمَارٌ

Root: حمر

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حِمَارٌ [The ass;] the well-known braying quadruped; i. q. عَيْرٌ; applied to the male; both domestic and wild: the former is also called حِمَارٌ أَهْلِىٌّ; and the latter, حِمَارٌ وَحْشِىٌّ, and حِمَارُ الوَحْشِ, and يَحْمُورٌ : أَتَانٌ is the appellation applied to the female; and sometimes حِمَارَةٌ : pl. [of pauc.] أَحْمِرَةٌ and [of mult.] حَمِيرٌ [more properly termed a quasi-pl. n.] and حُمُرٌ and حُمْرٌ and حُمُورٌ and مَحْمُورَآءُ , the last [a quasi-pl. n.] of a very rare form [of which see instances voce شَيْخٌ], and حُمُرَاتٌ, which is said to be a pl. of حُمُرٌ.
2 [Hence,] مُقَييِّدَةُ الحِمَارِ A stony tract, of which the stones are black and worn and crumbling, as though burned with fire; syn. حَرَّةٌ: because the wild ass is impeded in it, and is as though he were shackled.
3 And [hence,] بَنُو مُقَيِّدَةِ الحِمَارِ Scorpions: because they are generally found in a حَرَّة. (TA. [See an ex. in verses cited voce رُمْحٌ.])

def.2 A piece of wood in the fore part of the [saddle called] رَحْل, upon which a woman [when riding] lays hold: and in the fore part of the [saddle called] إِكَاف: and, accord. to Aboo-Sa'eed, the stick upon which [the saddles called] أَقْتَاب [pl. of قَتَبٌ] are carried.
2 The wooden implement of the polisher, upon which he polishes iron [weapons &c.].
3 Three pieces of wood, or four, across which is placed another piece of wood; with which one makes fast a captive. [The last words of the explanation are يُؤْسَرُ بِهَا.])
4 حِمَارُ الطُّنْبُورِ [The bridge of the mandoline;] a thing well-known.
5 حَمَارُ قَبَّانَ [The wood-louse; so called in the present day;] a certain insect; a certain small insect, that cleaves to the ground, resembling the beetle, but smaller, and having many legs: when any one touches it, it contracts itself like a thing folded. The حمار قبّان is also called حِمَارُ البَيْتِ; app. because its back resembles a قُبَّة. (TA in art. قب, q. v.)
6 حِمَارَانِ Two stones, which are set up, and upon which is placed another stone, which is thin, and is called عَلَاةٌ, whereon [the preparation of curd called] أَقِط is dried.
7 الحِمَارَانِ The two bright stars [a and حَمِيرٌ] in Cancer.


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