سُؤْرٌ

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سُؤْرٌ A remainder, or residue; of a thing, or of anything; as also سُؤْرَةٌ : or a remainder of beverage in the bottom of a vessel after one has drunk; such as is left by a rat or mouse &c. after drinking: properly applied to a remainder of water left by the drinker in a vessel or wateringtrough: and tropically to a remainder of food, &c.: and سُؤْرَةٌ signifies likewise a remainder of food: pl. of the former أَسْآرٌ, and, by transposition, آسَارٌ, like آبَارٌ and آرَامٌ, pls. of بِئْرٌ and رِئْمٌ. [See also سَائِرٌ, below.]
2 الصَّقْرِ means What remains of the portion of the flesh of the game that is given to the hawk which has captured it.
3 And سُؤْرَةٌ also signifies A remainder of youthful vigour in a man, or in a woman who has passed the prime of youth, or in a woman who has passed the period of youth but not been rendered decrepit by old age. [See also سُؤْدَةٌ.]
4 And What is good, or excellent, of property, or of camels or the like: pl. سُؤَرٌ. [App. because such is left when one has parted with the bad.]
5 سُؤْرَةٌ مِنَ القُرْآنِ [means A chapter of the Kur-án;] so called because it is a portion, or a remainder: or it may be from the signification immediately preceding: or it is a dial. var. of سُورَةٌ: pl. سُؤَرٌ.
6 فُلَانٌ سُؤْرُ شَرٍّ means Such a one is very evil or mischievous.

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