عُمْرِىٌّ
Root: عمر
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عُمْرِىٌّ
, applied to trees (شَجَر), Old; a rel. n. from عُمْرٌ: عُمْرِيَّةٌ, [the fem.,] applied to a tree (شَجَرَة), signifies great and old, having had a long life: or the former, the [species of lote-tree called] سِدْر, that grows upon the rivers and imbibes the water; as also عُبْرِىٌّ: or, accord, to Abu-l-'Ameythel [or 'Omeythil] El-Aarábee, the old, whether on a river or not; and in like manner says As, the old of the سِدْر, whether on a river or not; and the ضَال is the recent thereof: some say that the م is a substitute for the ب in عُبْرِىٌّ [q. v.].
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