exercise, pursue, work

, (S, M, A, Msb, K,) فى المَآءِ, (S, M, A, K.) aor. , (M, A, Msb, K,) inf. n. مَرْسٌ, (M, Mgh, Msb,) He macerated, steeped, or soaked, it, (namely, a quantity of dates, S, K, or other things, S, or medicine, M, A, and bread, M,) in water, (S, M, K,) and mashed it with the hand: (S, K:) so says ISk: (TA:) he rubbed and pressed it, (namely, a quantity of dates,) with the hand, in water, so that it became mashed: (Msb:) he moistened it, (namely, bread, or the like,) in water, and rubbed and pressed it with the fingers until it became soft. (Mgh.) مَرْسٌ also signifies the rubbing and pressing with the hand: and mixing; or moistening with water or the like. (TA.) ― -b2- مَرَسَ إِصْبَعَهُ, aor. , (S, K,) inf. n. مَرْسٌ, (TA,) He (a child) mumbled, or bit softly, his finger; i. q. مَرَثَهَا, (S, K,) of which it is a dial. form; or it is an instance of mispronunciation. (S.) See also مَرَدَ. ― -b3- مَرَسَ يَدَهُ بِالمِنْدِيلِ (assumed tropical:) He wiped his hand with the napkin. (ISk, S, K.) See also 5. -A2- مَرِسَ: see 3. -A3- مَرِسَ الحَبْلُ, (S, M,) aor. , (S,) inf. n. مرَسٌ; (S, M;) or مَرَسَ, aor. , (K,) inf. n. مَرْسٌ; (TA;) The rope fell on one of the two sides of the sheave of the pulley: (S, K:) or fell between the sheave of the pulley and the bent piece of iron which is on each side thereof and in which is the pin whereon the sheave turns. (M.) And مَرِسَتِ البَكْرَةُ, aor. , inf. n. مَرَسٌ, The sheave of the pulley had its rope sticking fast between it and the قَعْو [or cheek]. (S, K.)

, (M, TA,) inf. n. مُمَارَسَةٌ and مِرَاسٌ, (S, M,) He laboured, exerted himself, strove, struggled, contended, or conflicted, to prevail, overcome, gain the mastery, or effect an object, syn. of the inf. n. مُعَالَجَةٌ: (S:) or he did so vehemently; as also ↓ مَرِسَ, [aor. ,] inf. n. مَرَسٌ: (M, TA:) [and مَرَاسَةٌ is also, perhaps, an inf. n. of the latter verb, though by rule its verb should be مَرُسَ.] You say, فَحْلٌ ذُو مِرَاسٍ A stallion possessing strength: (K:) or possessing strength, or vehemence, of labour or exertion; (TA;) and فُلَانٌ ذُو مِرَاسٍ, and ↓ مَرَسٍ, Such a one is a possessor of hardiness and strength, (A,) and رَجُلٌ بَيِّنُ المَرَسِ, (S, TA,) and المَرَاسَةِ, (K, * TA,) A man bearing evidence of strength: (K, * TA:) or of strength, or vehemence, of labour or exertion. (S.) ― -b2- مارسهُ, (K,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) He laboured, exerted himself, strove, struggled, contended, or conflicted, with him, or it, to prevail, overcome, or gain the mastery or possession, or to effect an object: he laboured, or worked, at it, or upon it: syn. عَالَجَهُ, and زَاوَلَهُ. (K.) You say, مارس قِرْنَهُ He strove, contended, or conflicted, with his adversary; syn. عَالَجَهُ. (A.) And مارس عَمَلًا He exercised, or practised, diligently, or plied, a work, or an occupation; he laboured. (L, voce عَالَجَ.) And مارس الاُّمُورَ [He laboured, exerted himself, or exercised himself diligently, in the management, or transaction, of affairs]. (A.) And مارس ظَهْرًا [He plied, worked, or put to labour, a camel for riding, or carriage]. (L, art. علج.) ― -b3- مارس, inf. n. مُمَارَسَةٌ, also signifies He played, or sported, with another, or others; as, for instance, with women; used in this sense in a trad. (TA.) See also 5, in two places.

, (inf. n. إِمْرَاسٌ, TA,) He restored the rope to the place [or groove of the sheave] in which it ran. (S, M, K.) ― -b2- Also, He removed the rope from the place in which it ran; (TA;) he made the rope to stick fast between the sheave of the pulley and the قَعْو [or cheek]. (S, K, TA.) Thus it bears two contr. significations, on the authority of Yaakoob. (S.)

It was, or became, strongly twisted and adhering. (M.) See مَرَسَةٌ. ― -b2- تمرّس بِهِ He kept to it constantly, or assiduously; he accustomed himself to it; syn. ضَرِيَهُ [app. for ضَرِىَ بِهِ]. (M.) ― -b3- He rubbed, or scratched, himself against it; (S, A, K;) as, for instance, a camel against the trunk of a palm-tree, (A,) or any tree, on account of the mange or an itching; (TA;) as also به ↓ امترس. (S, K.) You say also, البَقَرَةُ تَمَرَّسُ بِالشَّجَرِ The cow rubs her horns against the trees to sharpen them. (A. [In my copy of the A, I find here تَمْرُسُ; but this is evidently a mistake of the copyist for تَمَرَّسُ, or its original form تَتَمَرَّسُ.]) ― -b4- [Hence, app., (assumed tropical:) He made use of him.] You say, لَا يَتَمَرَّسُ بِهِ أَحَدٌ لِأَنَّهُ صُلْبٌ لَا يُسْتَغَلُّ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ (assumed tropical:) [No one makes any use of him; for he is hard: nothing, meaning no profit, or advantage, is reaped, or obtained from him]. (L.) [See also مُتَمَرَّسٌ.] ― -b5- (tropical:) He (a camel) ate of it (a tree) time after time. (A, TA.) It is said in a trad. respecting the signs of the resurrection يَتَمَرَّسُ الرَّجُلُ بِدِينِهِ كَمَا يَتَمَرَّسُ البَعِيرُ بِالشَّجَرَةِ (A, TA *) meaning, (tropical:) The man will play, or sport, with his religion, [like as the camel eats time after time of the tree; or, accord. to another explanation, like as the camel rubs, or scratches, himself against the tree:] or the meaning is, will strive and contend in dissensions or seditions. (TA.) ― -b6- (tropical:) He set himself against him to do evil, or mischief. (A, TA.) ― -b7- (tropical:) I. q. مَارَسَهُ; whence the saying, فُلَانٌ تَمَرَّسَ بِالنَّوَايأِبِ وَالخُصُومَاتِ [app. meaning, (tropical:) Such a one strove against calamities and contentions, to gain the mastery]. (A.) ― -b8- (tropical:) He besmeared himself with it; namely, with perfume. (A, TA.) ― -b9- (assumed tropical:) He wiped himself with it. (TA.) ― -b10- See also what next follows.

[They laboured, strove, struggled, contended or conflicted, one with another, to prevail, overcome, gain the mastery, or effect an object:] they contended together, smiting one another, syn. تَضَارَبُوا, (A, K,) فِى الحَرْبِ in war: (A:) and [in like manner] you say also, ↓ تمرّسوا فى الحرب, (K in art دعك,) or, of two men, تمرّسا فى الحرب. (S in that art.) ― -b2- تَمَارَسَا الشَّرَّ بَيْنَهُمَا [They two laboured, or strove, each with the other, to do evil, or mischief]. (S, art. كوح.)

: see 5. ― -b2- امترستِ الأَلْسُنُ فِى الخُصُومَاتِ (tropical:) The tongues persisted in wranglings, or contentions, (S, M,) and assailed one another. (M, A.) ― -b3- امترست بِهِ, occurring in a poem of Aboo-Dhu-eyb, is said of wild asses that had drawn near to the hunter as one that would rub himself against a thing: (S, TA:) or, accord. to Es-Sukkaree, of a wild she-ass, and meaning, She began to strive with him to circumvent him and gain the mastery (جعلت تكارُّه وتُعَالِجُهُ [as written in the TA; but I doubt not that تكارُّه is a mistranscription for تُكَايِدُهُ, which is much like تعالجه in signification; and therefore I have thus rendered it]): or the meaning is, she had his arrow sticking fast in her. (TA.)

: see مَرَسَةٌ, and 3.

A strong man: (TA:) or a man (S) strong, or vehement, in labour or exertion: (S, M:) and strong, experienced in affairs, and who has laboured, or exerted himself, in the management, or transaction, thereof: pl. أَمْرَاسٌ. (TA.) You say also, إِنَّهُ لَمَرِسٌ حَذِرٌ, meaning, Verily he is strong in the waging of wars. (TA.) -A2- هُمْ عَلَى مَرِسٍ وَاحِدٍ They are alike in dispositions. (S, TA.)

, (S, K,) or ↓ مَرَسٌ, (A,) or both, the latter being sometimes used as a sing., (M,) A rope: (S, M, K:) so called because of the strong twisting and adhering (تَمَرُّس) of its strands, one upon another: (TA:) pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of the former, مَرَسٌ; (S, M, K;) and pl. pl., (M, K,) [i. e.] pl. of مَرَسٌ, (S, A, *) أَمْرَاسٌ. (S, M, A * K.) ― -b2- Also, the former, A dog's rope: pl. as above. (M.)

The myrtle-tree; (شَجَرَةُ الآسِ;) also called رِيْحَانُ القُبُورِ: of the dial. of Egypt: but perhaps the ن is a radical letter. (TA.)

A sheave of a pulley that is wont to have its rope stick fast between it and the قَعْو [or cheek]. (S, * M, * K, * TA.)

Dates macerated, or steeped, or soaked, and mashed with the hand, (A, * K,) or moistened, and rubbed and pressed with the fingers till soft, (Mgh,) in water or in milk. (A, O, Mgh.) In the copies of the K, the words فِى المَآءِ are omitted; and immediately after their place follows أَوِاللَّبَنُ [as though meaning, “ or it signifies milk]. ” (TA.) Also, i. q. ثرِيدٌ, q. v. (K.)