عَرُوسٌ

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عَرُوسٌ A bridegroom: and a bride: i. e., a man, and a woman, during the period of their إِعْرَاس or أَعْرَاس [thus differently written in different MSS.]; or when the one goes in to the other: you say رَجُلٌ عَرُوسٌ [a bridegroom, vulgarly, in the present day, عَرِيس ,] and اِمْرَأَةٌ عَرُوسٌ [a bride, vulgarly, in the present day, عَرُوسَة ]: and عُرُوسٌ is a dial. var. of the same: pl. mase. عُرُسٌ and أَعْرَاسٌ; and pl. fem. عَرَائِسُ. [See عَرِسَ, in two places.] It is said in a prov., كَادَ العَرُوسُ يَكُونُ أَمِيرًا [The bridegroom was near to being a prince]. (S: in the O, مَلِكًا.) The dim. is عُرَيِّسٌ, without the addition of ة to distinguish the fem., because of the fourth letter.
2 [Hence,] أَبْيَاتٌ عَرَائِسُ Verses of which the words are marked with diacritical points: for, as Esh-Shereeshee says, the Arabs used to adorn the bride by speckling her cheeks with saffron: opposed to أَبْيَاتٌ عَوَاطِلُ.
3 [Hence also,] عَرَائِسُ الإِبِلِ The high-bred of camels.

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