يَاسِرٌ
Root: يسر
Full Definition
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
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
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