daʿir

lewd, immoral, indecent

دَعِر

Word

Adjective · pattern فَعِل

Root

د ع ر

From the same root

All words from د ع ر →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 11 entries
  • دَعِرَ Form I It (wood) was bad
    , aor. , inf. n. دَعَرٌ, It (wood) was bad; (S;) it smoked much: (S, Msb:) or smoked, and did not burn brightly, or blaze. (K.) ― -b2- It (a زَنْد [or piece of wood for producing fire]) failed to produce fire: (K:) or became burned at its extremity from frequent use in producing fire, and failed to produce fire. (TA.) ― -b3- دَعِرَ, aor. ; and دَعَرَ, aor. ; inf. n. دَعَارَةٌ; He acted vitiously, or immorally; transgressed the command of God; or committed adultery or fornication: syn. فَجَرَ وَمَجَرَ [the latter of which appears to be an imitative sequent to the former]: (TA:) and دَعِرَ, inf. n. دَعَرٌ, he stole, committed adultery or fornication, and did harm to others: (ISh, TA:) and دَعِرَ he acted badly, corruptly, or wickedly: from the same verb in the first of the senses explained above. (Msb.) [See also دَعَرٌ, below.]
  • تدعّر Form V He became bad, corrupt, or wicked
    [He became bad, corrupt, or wicked]: from دعارة as syn. with خبث [i. e. خُبْثٌ]. (Ham p. 631.)
  • دَعَرٌ Bad, corrupt, or wicked, conduct
    Bad, corrupt, or wicked, conduct; syn. فَسَادٌ, [in the sense of إِفْسَادٌ,] (S, K,) and خُبْثٌ; (S, A, K;) and ↓ دَعَارَةٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and ↓ دِعَارَةٌ and ↓ دَعْرَةٌ, or ↓ دَعَرَةٌ, (as in different copies of the K,) signify the same; syn. خُبْثٌ, (S, A, Msb, K,) and إِفْسَادٌ; (Msb;) and vice, or immorality; vitious, or immoral, conduct; transgression of the command of God; or the com- mission of adultery or fornication: (S, A, K:) and treachery; and hypocrisy: (TA:) and ↓ دَعَارَةٌ also signifies illnature; or excessive perverseness or crossness: (Msb:) and ↓ دَعَارَّةٌ, with a sheddeh to the ر, evilness, or badness, in the disposition; (K;) as also ↓ دَعَرَةٌ. (TA.)
  • دَعِرٌ Bad
    (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and ↓ دُعَرٌ (El-Ghanawee, S, K) Bad wood; (S;) which smokes much: (S, A, Mgh, Msb:) or which smokes, and does not burn brightly, or blaze: (K:) and the former, wood, &c., that burns, and becomes extinguished before it burns intensely; (K;) n. un. with ة: (TA:) old, wasted, crumbling, and bad, wood, (Sh, K,) which, when put upon the fire, does not burn brightly, or blaze; (Sh;) as also ↓ دَاعِرٌ: (K:) but [SM says,] I do not find any one beside the author of the K to have mentioned this last word as applied to wood. (TA.) ― -b2- Also دَعِرٌ, or ↓ دُعَرٌ, A زَنْد [or piece of wood for producing fire] having its extremity burnt from frequent use in producing fire, and failing to produce fire; (TA;) as also ↓ أَدْعَرُ: (S:) or this signifies a زند that does not produce fire. (K.)
  • دُعَرٌ Open entry
    : see دَعِرٌ, in two places: ― -b2- and see دَاعِرٌ.
  • دَعْرَةٌ Open entry
    and دَعَرَةٌ: see دَعَرٌ; the second, in two places.
  • دُعَرَةٌ Open entry
    : see دَاعِرٌ.
  • دَعَارَةٌ Open entry
    and دِعَارَةٌ and دَعَارَّةٌ: see دَعَرٌ; the first, in two places.
  • دَاعِرٌ who acts badly, corruptly, or wickedly
    : see دَعِرٌ. ― -b2- Also A man who acts badly, corruptly, or wickedly; (S, A, Mgh, Msb;) who acts vitiously, or immorally; transgresses the command of God; or commits adultery or fornication; (ISh, S, A;) and does harm to others: (ISh:) pl. دُعَّارٌ; which is also explained as signifying men who intercept, and rob, or slay, travellers on the way: (TA:) fem. with ة: (AA, S:) also ↓ دُعَرٌ one in whom is no good: or treacherous, and one who attributes to his companions vices or faults; as also ↓ دُعَرَةٌ [in an intensive sense]. (TA.)
  • إِبِلٌ دَاعِرِيَّةٌ Certain camels
    Certain camels, so called in relation to a stallion named دَاعِرٌ, that begot an excellent breed: (S, K:) or in relation to a tribe named thus. (K.)
  • أَدْعَرٌ Open entry
    : see دَعِرٌ.

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