Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مصّرهُ

Root: مصر

Form: 2

Full Definition

مصّرهُII He made it a مِصْر, i. e. a limit, or boundary, between two things.
2 مَصَّرُوا المَكَانَ, Verbal.Noun تَمْصِيرٌ, They made the place, or appointed it to be, a مِصْر [meaning a city, or town, such as is thus called]. It is said of 'Omar, مَصَّرَ الأَمْصَارَ, which is a phrase like مَدَّنَ المُدُنَ, [and signifying He appointed the cities, or towns called أَمْصَار: or] مصّر الامصار signifies he built the [cities, or towns, called] امصار: among which امصار were El-Basrah and El-Koofeh.


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