Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

صَقَّارٌ

Root: صقر

Full Definition

صَقَّارٌ [A falconer, or rearer of hawks.

def.2 And] i. q. دَبَّاسٌ [A seller of دِبْس, or صَقْر].

def.3 Also One who is in the habit of cursing those who are not deserving [of being cursed]: and a calumniator: and an unbeliever. The Prophet, being asked the meaning of صَقَّارٌ, or of سَقَّارَةٌ, or of صَقَّارُونَ, occurring in a trad., said Young people who shall be in the end of time, whose mutual greeting will be mutual cursing. See also صَقُورٌ.


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