شَعْرٌ
Root: شعر
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شَعْرٌ
and
شَعَرٌ , two wellknown dial. vars., the like being common in cases of this kind, in which the medial radical letter is a faucial, [but the latter I have found to be the more common,] Hair; i. e. what grows upon the body, that is not
صُوف
nor
وَبَر; it is an appertenance of human beings and of other animals: [when spoken of as used in the fabrication of cloth for tents &c., the meaning intended is goats' hair: (see 4 in art. بنى:)] of the masc. gender: pl. شُعُورٌ and أَشْعَارٌ and شِعَارٌ: and
أُشَيْعَارٌ , properly dim. of أَشْعَارٌ, is used, accord. to Aboo-Ziyád, as dim. of شُعُورٌ: the n. un. is with ة: and this, i. e. شَعْرَةٌ [or شَعَرَهٌ], is also used metonymically as a pl. One says, بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكَ المَالُ شَقُّ الشَّعْرَةِ and شَقُّ الأُبْلُمَةِ
2 [The n. un.] شَعْرَةٌ is also used, metonymically, as meaning
3 And شَعَرٌ (K, and so accord. to the TA, but in the CK شُعْرٌ ,) signifies also
4 And the same, (A, K, TA, but in the CK شُعْرٌ ,)
2 [The n. un.] شَعْرَةٌ is also used, metonymically, as meaning
3 And شَعَرٌ (K, and so accord. to the TA, but in the CK شُعْرٌ ,) signifies also
4 And the same, (A, K, TA, but in the CK شُعْرٌ ,)
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