يَاسِرٌ

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يَاسِرٌ : see يَسْرٌ, first signification.

def.2 [Taking the left-hand side or direction: or coming on, or from the direction of, the left hand of a person:] contr. of يَامِنٌ.

def.3 [Dividing a thing into parts, or portions.]
2 [Hence,] The slaughterer of a camel: because he divides its flesh into portions: the person who superintends the division of the slaughtered camel for the game called المَيْسِر: pl. [يَاسِرُونَ and] أَيْسَارٌ: A'Obeyd says, I have heard them put يَاسِرٌ in the place of يَسَرٌ, [for the explanations of which see what follows,] and يَسَرٌ in the place of يَاسِرٌ, or يَسَرٌ and يَاسِرٌ signify the same: and the pl. is أَيْسَارٌ: يَاسِرٌ signifies [as explained above, and also] a person who plays with gaming-arrows, [at the game called المَيْسِر,] for a slaughtered camel; because he is one of those who occasion the slaughter of the camel; and the pl. is [as above and] يَاسِرُونَ: and يَسَرٌ , i. q. ضَرِيبٌ [which signifies the same; and the person who is entrusted, as deputy, with the disposal of the arrows in the game above mentioned, and who shuffles them in the رِبَابَة:] and, [as quasi-pl. of يَاسِرٌ, like as خَدَمٌ is of خَادِمٌ,] a party assembled together at the game called المَيْسِر: pl. أَيْسَارٌ: and يَسِيرٌ and يَسُورٌ signify one who contends with another at a game of hazard; syn. قَامِرٌ: or يَسَرٌ and يَسُورٌ , and also يَاسِرٌ, are applied to one who has, or to whom pertains, a gamingarrow.

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