ظَاهِرٌ
Root: ظهر
Full Definition
ظَاهِرٌ
[Outward, exterior, external, extrinsic, or exoteric: and hence, appearing, apparent, overt, open, perceptible or perceived, manifest, conspicuous, ostensible, plain, or evident: in all these senses] contr. of
بَاطِنٌ: and so
ظَهِيرٌ . [Hence, ظَاهِرًا
Outwardly, &c.: and apparently; &c.: and فِى الظَّاهِرِ
in appearance. And الظَّاهِرُ أَنَّهُ كَذَا
It appears, or it seems, or what seems to be the case is, that it is so, or thus. And ظَاهِرُ كَذَا for ظَاهِرٌ فِيهِ كَذَا, meaning A person, or thing, in whom, or in which, such a quality is apparent, or manifest, &c.: see an ex. in a verse cited in the first paragraph of art. طعن.] See also مُظْهَرٌ.
2 [Hence also,] عَيْنٌ ظَاهِرَةٌ A prominent eye; that fills its cavity.
3 And هٰذَا أَمْرٌ ظَاهِرٌ عَنْكَ عَارُهُ
4 [الظَّاهِرُ also signifies The outside, or exterior, of a thing. You say, نَزَلَ ظَاهِرَ المَدِينَةِ He alighted, or took up his abode, outside the city: comp. ظَاهِرَةٌ. Hence,] ظَاهِرُ الكَفِّ and ظَاهِرُ القَدَمِ; and another signification of ظَاهِرٌ: for all of which see ظَهْرٌ, third quarter.
5 [Also The external, outward, or extrinsic, state, condition, or circumstances, of a man: and the outward, or apparent, character, or disposition of the mind: opposed to البَاطِنُ.]
6 One says also, فُلَانٌ ظَاهِرٌ عَلَى فُلَانٍ Such a one has the ascendancy, or mastery, over such a one; is conqueror of him, or victorious over him. And هٰذَا أَمْرٌ ظَاهِرٌ بِكَ This is a thing, or an affair, that overcomes, or overpowers, thee. And هٰذَا أَمْرٌ أَنْتَ بِهِ ظَاهِرٌ This is an affair which thou hast power to do. [And هُوَ ظَاهِرٌ عَلَى كَذَا He is a conqueror, a winner, an achiever, or an attainer, of such a thing: see an ex. voce غَرَبٌ, near the end.] And الظَّاهِرُ is one of the names of God, meaning The Ascendant, or Predominant, over all things: or, as some say, He who is known -by inference of the mind from what appears to mankind of the effects of his actions and his attributes.
7 حَاجَتُهُ عِنْدَكَ ظَاهِرَةٌ means
8 قَرَأَهُ ظَاهِرًا: see ظَهْرٌ, towards the end of the paragraph.
def.2 شَآءٌ ظَوَاهِرُ Sheep, or goats, that come to the water every day at noon.
2 [Hence also,] عَيْنٌ ظَاهِرَةٌ A prominent eye; that fills its cavity.
3 And هٰذَا أَمْرٌ ظَاهِرٌ عَنْكَ عَارُهُ
وَعَيَّرَهَا الوَاشُونَ أَنِّى أُحِبُّهَا وَتِلْكَ شَكَاةٌ ظَاهِرٌ عَنْكَ عَارُهَا
4 [الظَّاهِرُ also signifies The outside, or exterior, of a thing. You say, نَزَلَ ظَاهِرَ المَدِينَةِ He alighted, or took up his abode, outside the city: comp. ظَاهِرَةٌ. Hence,] ظَاهِرُ الكَفِّ and ظَاهِرُ القَدَمِ; and another signification of ظَاهِرٌ: for all of which see ظَهْرٌ, third quarter.
5 [Also The external, outward, or extrinsic, state, condition, or circumstances, of a man: and the outward, or apparent, character, or disposition of the mind: opposed to البَاطِنُ.]
6 One says also, فُلَانٌ ظَاهِرٌ عَلَى فُلَانٍ Such a one has the ascendancy, or mastery, over such a one; is conqueror of him, or victorious over him. And هٰذَا أَمْرٌ ظَاهِرٌ بِكَ This is a thing, or an affair, that overcomes, or overpowers, thee. And هٰذَا أَمْرٌ أَنْتَ بِهِ ظَاهِرٌ This is an affair which thou hast power to do. [And هُوَ ظَاهِرٌ عَلَى كَذَا He is a conqueror, a winner, an achiever, or an attainer, of such a thing: see an ex. voce غَرَبٌ, near the end.] And الظَّاهِرُ is one of the names of God, meaning The Ascendant, or Predominant, over all things: or, as some say, He who is known -by inference of the mind from what appears to mankind of the effects of his actions and his attributes.
7 حَاجَتُهُ عِنْدَكَ ظَاهِرَةٌ means
8 قَرَأَهُ ظَاهِرًا: see ظَهْرٌ, towards the end of the paragraph.
def.2 شَآءٌ ظَوَاهِرُ Sheep, or goats, that come to the water every day at noon.
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