عُنْصُرٌ
Root: عصر
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عُنْصُرٌ
and عُنْصَرٌ, the former of which is the more commonly known, but the latter [accord. to my copy of the Msb عَنْصر, but this I regard as a mistake of the copyist,] is the more chaste, Origin; syn. أَصْلٌ: race, lineage, or family: rank or quality, nobility or eminence, reputation or note or consideration, derived from ancestors, or from one's own deeds or qualities; syn. حَسَبٌ: pl. عَنَاصِرُ. You say فُلَانٌ
كَرِيمُ العُنْصُرِ [Such a one is of generous origin, or race, &c.,] like as you say كَرِيمُ العَصِيرِ.
2 An element (أَصْلٌ) [of those] whereof are composed the material substances of different natures; [an element considered as that from which composition commences:] it is of four kinds; namely, fire, air, earth, and water. [But this application belongs to the conventional language of philosophy. See also مَادَّةٌ, and جِسْمٌ.]
2 An element (أَصْلٌ) [of those] whereof are composed the material substances of different natures; [an element considered as that from which composition commences:] it is of four kinds; namely, fire, air, earth, and water. [But this application belongs to the conventional language of philosophy. See also مَادَّةٌ, and جِسْمٌ.]
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