شَاعِرٌ
Root: شعر
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شَاعِرٌ
A poet: so called because of his intelligence; or because he knows what others know not: accord. to Akh, it is a possessive epithet, like لَابِنٌ and تَامِرٌ: pl. شُعَرَآءُ, deviating from analogy: Sb says that the measure فَاعِلٌ is likened in this case to فَعِيلٌ; and hence this pl.: or, accord. to IKh, the pl. is of this form because the sing. is from شَعُرَ, and therefore should by rule be of the measure فَعِيلٌ, like شَرِيفٌ [from شَرُفَ]; but were it so, it might be confounded with شَعِير meaning the grain thus called, therefore they said شَاعِرٌ, and regarded in the pl. the original form of the sing. A wonderful poet is called خِنْذِيذٌ: one next below him, شَاعِرٌ: then, [the dim.]: then, شُعْرُورٌ : and then, .
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3 شِعْرٌ شَاعِرٌ Excellent poetry: or known poetry: but the former explanation is the more correct. One also says, sometimes, كَلِمَةٌ شَاعِرَةٌ, [by كلمة] meaning قَصِيدَةٌ: but generally in a phrase of this kind the two words are cognate, as in وَيْلٌ وَائِلٌ and لَيْلٌ لَائِلٌ.
2 Also
3 شِعْرٌ شَاعِرٌ Excellent poetry: or known poetry: but the former explanation is the more correct. One also says, sometimes, كَلِمَةٌ شَاعِرَةٌ, [by كلمة] meaning قَصِيدَةٌ: but generally in a phrase of this kind the two words are cognate, as in وَيْلٌ وَائِلٌ and لَيْلٌ لَائِلٌ.
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