كَرڤرَI
[كَرَّ, i. e.] كَرَّ بِنَفْسِهِ, as distinguished from the trans. كَرَّ, [Present.Tكَرُرَ
] Verbal.Nounكرٌّ, or كُرُورٌ, [or both,] He returned. You say كَرَّ عَلَيْهِ, aor,
كَرُرَVerbal.Nounكَرٌّ and كُرُورٌ and تَكْرَارٌ and كَرِيرٌ, He turned to, or against, him, or it:he returned to or against, it: the primary signification is the turning to, or against, a thing, either in person, or in act. And اِنْهَزَمَ ثُمَّ كَرَّ عَلَيْهِ [He was put to flight: then he returned, or turned back, against him]. And كَرَّ الفَارِسُ, Present.TكَرُرَVerbal.Nounكَرٌّ, The horseman [wheeled round, or about, or] fled, to wheel round, or about, and then returned to the fight: [or returned to the fight after wheeling round, or about, or retiring, or being put to flight; as is implied in the phrase next preceding, from the A, and in many other examples: and simply, he charged, or assaulted: opposed to فَرَّ: see كَرَّةٌ, below.] You say also الجَوَادُ يَصْلُحُ لِلْكَرِّ وَٱلْفَرِّ [The courser is suitable, or fit, for returning to the fight, or for charging, or assaulting, and fleeing]. [And كَرَّ signifies He, or it, returned time after time.] You say أَفْنَاهُ كَرُّ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِThe returning of night and day time after time caused him to come to an end. Also كَرَّ عَنْهُHe returned from him, or it. And تَكَرْكَرَ عَنْ ذٰلِكَHe returned from that.
def.2كَرَّ is also trans., as well as intrans.; TA;) كَرَّهُ, (Present.Tكَرُرَ
TA,) Verbal.Nounكَرٌّ, signifying He made, or caused, him, or it, to return: and [in like manner,] كَرْكَرَهُ عَنْ كَذَا, Verbal.Nounكَرْكَرَةٌ, he made him to return, or revert, from such a thing. You say كَرَّ عَلَيْهِ رُمْحَهُ, and فَرَسَهُ, Verbal.Nounكَرٌّ, [He turned back his spear, and his horse, against him].
def.3كَرَّ, Present.Tكَرِرَ
and [see. pers. كَرِرْتَ,] Present.TكَرَرَVerbal.Nounكَرِيرٌ, He uttered a sound like that of one throttled, or strangled: or like that of one harassed, or fatigued, or overburdened: or he rattled in his throat (حَشُرَجَ) in dying: or he made a sound in his breast likeحَشْرَجَةٌ [or rattling in the throat in dying], but not the same as this latter: and thus do horses, in their breasts. [See شَخَرَ.] 2 Also, Hegave up his spirit, at death. 3 See also كَرِيرٌ, below.
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