غَرَا
Root: غرو
Form: 1
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غَرَاI
, first pers. غَرَوْتُ, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun غَرْوٌ, He glued the skin; i. e., made it to adhere with
غِرَآء. And غَرَيْتُ السَّهْمَ signifies the same as غَرَوْتُهُ [i. e. I glued the feathers upon the arrow: see the two pass. part. ns.]. [And accord. to present usage, , Verbal.Noun تَغْرِيَةٌ, signifies He glued it.]
2 غَرَا السِّمَنُ قَلْبَهُ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, Fatness adhered to his heart, and covered it: mentioned by ISd.
def.2 غَرِىَ بِهِ It adhered to it [as glue or the like]. (Ksh and Bd in v. 17. [And used in this sense in the S and K as an explanation of لَزِجَ بِهِ.])
2 And [hence], Present.T يَغْرَى, Verbal.Noun غَرًا and غِرَآءٌ, like كِسَآءٌ, but in the M like سَحَاب [i. e. غَرَآءٌ], which J [in the S] pronounces to be a subst., He became attached to it, or fond of it; was eagerly desirous of it; he adhered, clung, or clave, to it; or loved it; syn. أُولِعَ بِهِ; and لَزِمَهُ; without his being incited thereto by another; and بِهِ signifies the same, as also بِهِ, each with damm, and the latter with teshdeed, as is stated in the M.
3 See also 3.
4 And غَرِىَ فُلَانٌ Such a one persisted, or persevered, in his anger.
5 غَرِىَ said of what is termed عِدٌّ, [i. e. of the water thus termed,] or of a غَدِير, [or pool of water left by a torrent,] It became cold, or cool, or its water became cold, or cool.
def.3 غَرَوْتُ, (Verbal.Noun غَرْوٌ, S, * Msb,) also signifies I wondered. [See غَرْوٌ, below.]
2 غَرَا السِّمَنُ قَلْبَهُ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, Fatness adhered to his heart, and covered it: mentioned by ISd.
def.2 غَرِىَ بِهِ It adhered to it [as glue or the like]. (Ksh and Bd in v. 17. [And used in this sense in the S and K as an explanation of لَزِجَ بِهِ.])
2 And [hence], Present.T يَغْرَى, Verbal.Noun غَرًا and غِرَآءٌ, like كِسَآءٌ, but in the M like سَحَاب [i. e. غَرَآءٌ], which J [in the S] pronounces to be a subst., He became attached to it, or fond of it; was eagerly desirous of it; he adhered, clung, or clave, to it; or loved it; syn. أُولِعَ بِهِ; and لَزِمَهُ; without his being incited thereto by another; and بِهِ signifies the same, as also بِهِ, each with damm, and the latter with teshdeed, as is stated in the M.
3 See also 3.
4 And غَرِىَ فُلَانٌ Such a one persisted, or persevered, in his anger.
5 غَرِىَ said of what is termed عِدٌّ, [i. e. of the water thus termed,] or of a غَدِير, [or pool of water left by a torrent,] It became cold, or cool, or its water became cold, or cool.
def.3 غَرَوْتُ, (Verbal.Noun غَرْوٌ, S, * Msb,) also signifies I wondered. [See غَرْوٌ, below.]
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