ضَرٌّ
Root: ضر
Full Definition
ضَرٌّ
The taking a wife in addition to another wife; a subst. from ضَرَّةٌ. You say, نُكِحَتِ المَرْأَةُ عَلَى ضِرٍّ
The woman was taken to wife in addition to a former wife. And, accord. to Aboo-'Abd-Allah Et-Tuwál, تَزَوَّجْتُ
المَرْأَةَ عَلَى ضِرٍّ and
[I took the woman to wife in addition to another wife]. And تَزَوَّجَ
عَلَى ضِرٍّ and
i. e.
, meaning He married so as to have two or three wives together. And Kr mentions the phrase, تَزَوَّجْتُ المَرْأَةَ عَلَى
ضِرٍّ كُنَّ لَهَا [I took to wife the woman in addition to others who were her fellow-wives]: and if it be so, ضِرّ is an Verbal.Noun [used in this instance as an epithet, and therefore applicable to a pl. number as well as to a single person], formed by the rejection of the augmentative letter [in its verb, i. e. أَضَرَّ], or it is a pl. that has no sing.
def.2 One says also رَجُلٌ ضِرُّ أَضْرَارٍ i. e. A man [who is] a strong one of strong ones; like as one says صِلُّ أَصْلَالٍ and ضِلُّ أَضْلَالٍ: or very cunning (دَاهِيَةٌ) in his judgment, or opinion.
def.2 One says also رَجُلٌ ضِرُّ أَضْرَارٍ i. e. A man [who is] a strong one of strong ones; like as one says صِلُّ أَصْلَالٍ and ضِلُّ أَضْلَالٍ: or very cunning (دَاهِيَةٌ) in his judgment, or opinion.
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