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نَزُرَ

Root: نزر

Form: 1

Full Definition

نَزُرَI , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَزَارَةٌ and نُزُورٌ and نُزُورَةٌ, or نُزْرَةٌ, as in the M and L, and perhaps one of these last two forms is a mistake for the other, It was, or became, little, or small, in quantity or number; paltry, mean, contemptible, or inconsiderable. See also 5.
2 Also, Verbal.Noun نَزَارَةٌ, He was, or became, possessed of little good, or little wealth.
3 نَزَرَتْ, Verbal.Noun نَزْرٌ, She had little milk.

def.2 نَزَرَهُ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَزْرٌ, He despised, and deemed little, him, or it. See also 2.
2 He smote him with the [evil] eye. (Fr, in TA, art. شزر.)

def.3 نَزَرَهُ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَزْرٌ, He drew forth, or got out, what he had, by little and little: he importuned him, or pressed him, in asking a matter of science or a gift. You say also, فُلَانٌ لَا يُعْطِى حَتَّى يُنْزَرَ, or , Such a one will not give until he is importuned, or pressed, and despised.
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