ḍayr

harm, injury

ضَيْر

Word

Noun · pattern فَعْل

Root

ض ي ر

In the library

قَالُوا لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنْقَلِبُونَ

The Qurʾān, page 369 →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 1 entry
  • ضَارَهُ Form I harmed, injured, hurt, mischiefed, or damaged, him; i. q
    , aor. يَضِيرُ, inf. n. ضَيْرٌ; (S, M, A, Msb, K;) as also ضَارَهُ, aor. يَضُورُ, inf. n. ضَوْرٌ; (S, M, K;) It (a thing, M, K) harmed, injured, hurt, mischiefed, or damaged, him; i. q. ضَرَّهُ, (S, M, K,) or أَضَرَّ بِهِ. (Msb.) You say, هٰذَا مِمَّا لَا يَضِيرُكَ [This is of the things that will not harm thee]: and لَوْ فَعَلْتَهُ لَمْ يَضِرْكَ [Hadst thou done it, it had not harmed thee]: and لَا ضَيْرَ عَلَيْكَ [No harm shall befall thee]. (A.) And مَا يَضِيرُكَ عَلَى الضَّبِّ صِيْدٌ i. q. مَا يَضُرُّكَ q. v. (A in art. ضر.) And Ks says that he had heard (from one of the people of El-' Áliyeh. TA) the phrase لَا يَنْفَعُنِى ذٰلِكَ وَلَا يَضُورُنِى [That will not benefit me, nor will it harm me]. (S, TA.) See also a reading of a phrase in a trad. cited in art. ضر. conj. 3.

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