نِيرٌ
Root: نير
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نِيرٌ
The عَلَم [or ornamental border] of a piece of cloth: pl. أَنْيَارٌ. It is related that 'Omar disliked it, and that he forbade it.
2 Hence,
3 The unwoven end (هُدْب) of a piece of cloth.
4 The woof of a piece of cloth. When cloth is woven with a double woof, (عَلَى نِيرَيْنِ,) it is more close in texture and more lasting. ثَوْبٌ ذُو نِيرَيْنِ signifies A piece of cloth strongly woven, with a double woof: or a piece of cloth woven with double thread: and [in like manner] ثَوْبٌ مُنَيَّرٌ a piece of cloth woven with a double woof; i. e., with a double thread: also called دَيَابُوذ, an arabicized word; in Persian دُوْ پُودْ, or دُوْ بُودْ, or دُوْ بَافْ. This mode of weaving is termed مُتَآءَمَهٌ, which is the
5 Hence, نَاقَةٌ دَاتُ نِيرَيْنِ
def.2 The canes (قَصَب) and threads (خُيُوطَة) [in a loom], when they are put together: [it is a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is with ة, as appears from what here follows:] نِيرَةٌ is a subst., signifying the threads and canes, (خُيُوطَة and قَصَبَة, [or warp and, app., cane-roll, on which the warp is rolled when put into the loom, and from which it is gradually unrolled as the work proceeds,] when they are put together: when they are separate, the threads are called خُيُوطَةٌ; and the cane, قَصَبَةٌ, or, if a staff, عَصًا: نِيرَةٌ is also explained as signifying one of the implements of the weaver, with which he weaves; namely, the transverse piece of wood [in the loom; the same as is described above]. In the following verse of an unknown poet,
def.3 [The yoke of a bull; the piece of wood that is upon the neck of the bull, together with its apparatus: or the piece of wood that is placed transversely upon the necks of the two bulls yoked together for ploughing: called نِيرُ الفَدَّانِ: pl. [of pauc.] أَنْيَارٌ and [of mult.] نِيرَانٌ: of the dial. of Syria.
2 Hence,
3 The unwoven end (هُدْب) of a piece of cloth.
4 The woof of a piece of cloth. When cloth is woven with a double woof, (عَلَى نِيرَيْنِ,) it is more close in texture and more lasting. ثَوْبٌ ذُو نِيرَيْنِ signifies A piece of cloth strongly woven, with a double woof: or a piece of cloth woven with double thread: and [in like manner] ثَوْبٌ مُنَيَّرٌ a piece of cloth woven with a double woof; i. e., with a double thread: also called دَيَابُوذ, an arabicized word; in Persian دُوْ پُودْ, or دُوْ بُودْ, or دُوْ بَافْ. This mode of weaving is termed مُتَآءَمَهٌ, which is the
5 Hence, نَاقَةٌ دَاتُ نِيرَيْنِ
def.2 The canes (قَصَب) and threads (خُيُوطَة) [in a loom], when they are put together: [it is a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is with ة, as appears from what here follows:] نِيرَةٌ is a subst., signifying the threads and canes, (خُيُوطَة and قَصَبَة, [or warp and, app., cane-roll, on which the warp is rolled when put into the loom, and from which it is gradually unrolled as the work proceeds,] when they are put together: when they are separate, the threads are called خُيُوطَةٌ; and the cane, قَصَبَةٌ, or, if a staff, عَصًا: نِيرَةٌ is also explained as signifying one of the implements of the weaver, with which he weaves; namely, the transverse piece of wood [in the loom; the same as is described above]. In the following verse of an unknown poet,
[She divides warp that she has with cane-rolls, and beats the nákoos in the midst of the convent], the author may mean بِنِيرٍ, and may have altered the word by necessity; or نَيْرٌ may be a dial. form of نِيرُ. One says of a man who neither harms nor profits, مَا أَنْتَ بِسَتَاةٍ وَلَا لُحْمَةٍ وَلَا نِيرَةٍتَقْسِمُ أُسْتِيًّا لَهَا وَتَضْرِبُ النَّاقُوسَ وَسْطَ الدَّيْرِ
def.3 [The yoke of a bull; the piece of wood that is upon the neck of the bull, together with its apparatus: or the piece of wood that is placed transversely upon the necks of the two bulls yoked together for ploughing: called نِيرُ الفَدَّانِ: pl. [of pauc.] أَنْيَارٌ and [of mult.] نِيرَانٌ: of the dial. of Syria.
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