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هَارٌّ

Root: هر

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هَارٌّ A dog [that snarls, or howls, or whines, by reason of his little patience of cold: or] that barks and grins, displaying his fangs: and هَرَّارٌ signifies the same [but in an intensive manner; that snarls, &c., much:] or the latter signifies a dog that grins [much], displaying his fangs: or that barks much: or that barks [much] and grins, displaying his fangs. It is said in a trad., لَا أَعْقِلُ الكَلْبَ [properly signifying, I will not pay a fine for killing the dog that barks much, is expl. as] meaning, I will not impose anything [as a fine] for the killing of a dog that barks much; because such a dog annoys by his barking. (TA, [see art. عقل.])
2 عَادَ لَهَا المَطِىُّ هَارًّا The ridingcamels returned to her, or it, one grinning (يَهِرُّ) in the face of another, showing its teeth, in consequence of fatigue.
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