مَارَ
Root: مير
Form: 1
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مَارَI
and عِيَالَهُ, Present.T يَمِيرُ, Verbal.Noun مَيْرٌ, He brought, or conveyed, or purveyed,
طَعَام, [here meaning wheat, or other corn, and food, victuals, or provision, of any kind, (see مِيرَةٌ,)] to, or for, his family, or his household: or he brought to them
مِيرَة, i. e. طَعَام: (As [accord. to whom, as I find in the TA, the Present.T is يَمُورُ, but this I suppose to be a mistranscription,] T, Mgh, Msb:) or he gave them
مِيرَة: and
signifies the same as مَارَهُمْ; and so لَهُمْ: or you say, هُمْ يَمْتَارُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ
they bring, or convey, or purvey,
طعام
for themselves; and لِنَفْسِهِ, or المِيرَةَ لِنَفْسِهِ, he brought, or conveyed, or purveyed, طعام
for himself. See مِيرَةٌ.
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