عَشِيرٌ
Root: عشر
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عَشِيرٌ
: see عُشْرٌ, in three places.
2 Also A certain measure of land, a tenth of the قَفِيز, which is the tenth of the جَرِيب [q. v.]: pl. أَعْشِرَآءُ. (TA in art. جرب.)
def.2 And An associate; i. q. مُعَاشِرٌ.
2 And A husband; because he and his wife are associates, each of the other. يَكْفُرْنَ العَشِيرَ means They are ungrateful to the husband.
3 And A wife.
4 And A relation.
5 And A friend. Pl. عُشَرَآءُ.
6 See also عَشِيرَةٌ.
def.3 Also The cry of the ضَبُع [or hyena, or female hyena]: in this sense, a word not derived.
2 Also A certain measure of land, a tenth of the قَفِيز, which is the tenth of the جَرِيب [q. v.]: pl. أَعْشِرَآءُ. (TA in art. جرب.)
def.2 And An associate; i. q. مُعَاشِرٌ.
2 And A husband; because he and his wife are associates, each of the other. يَكْفُرْنَ العَشِيرَ means They are ungrateful to the husband.
3 And A wife.
4 And A relation.
5 And A friend. Pl. عُشَرَآءُ.
6 See also عَشِيرَةٌ.
def.3 Also The cry of the ضَبُع [or hyena, or female hyena]: in this sense, a word not derived.
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