عُذْرٌ
Root: عذر
Full Definition
عُذْرٌ
and
عُذُرٌ and
عِذْرَةٌ and
عُذْرَى and
مَعْذِرَةٌ and
and
[all as simple substs., but all except the third and the last mentioned also as inf. ns.,] An excuse; an apology; a plea whereby one excuses himself [or another]: accord. to the B, عُذْرٌ [as a subst. from اِعْتَذَرَ or from أَعْذَرَ] is of three kinds;
2 عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا, in the Kur [lxxvii. 6], or أَوْ نُذُرًا,
3 And the Arabs say, لَا نُذْرَاكَ i. e. أَعْذِرْ وَلَا تُنْذِرْ [app. meaning Do that for which thou wilt be excused, by inflicting punishment when it is deserved, and do not merely warn, and put in fear]. (TA in art. نذر.)
def.2 عُذْرٌ also signifies Success; or the attainment, or accomplishment, of one's wants, or of a thing: and victory, or success in a contest. One says, with respect to a war or a battle, لِمَنَ العُذْرُ Whose is the success, or victory?
def.3 See also عُذْرَةٌ, in five places: and see عِذَارٌ, last quarter.
2 عُذْرًا أَوْ نُذْرًا, in the Kur [lxxvii. 6], or أَوْ نُذُرًا,
3 And the Arabs say, لَا نُذْرَاكَ i. e. أَعْذِرْ وَلَا تُنْذِرْ [app. meaning Do that for which thou wilt be excused, by inflicting punishment when it is deserved, and do not merely warn, and put in fear]. (TA in art. نذر.)
def.2 عُذْرٌ also signifies Success; or the attainment, or accomplishment, of one's wants, or of a thing: and victory, or success in a contest. One says, with respect to a war or a battle, لِمَنَ العُذْرُ Whose is the success, or victory?
def.3 See also عُذْرَةٌ, in five places: and see عِذَارٌ, last quarter.
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