makkār

cunning, sly

مَكّار

Word

Adjective

Root

ك ر ي

In the library

وزرته أنا والمكي، وكنت أنا على حمار مكاريّ، والمكّي على حمار مستعار.

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries

كَارَى عَلَى دَابَّةِ Form III He employed a beast of carriage to carry for hire

He employed a beast of carriage to carry for hire. (IbrD.)
أَكْراَنِى دَارَهُ Form IV He let me his house, and his beast of carriage, on hire

, and دَابَّتَهُ, He let me his house, and his beast of carriage, on hire. (Mgh.)
تَكَاْرَىَ Form VI Open entry

see 8.
اِكْتَرَى Form VIII He hired, or took on hire

and ↓ اِسْتَكْرَى and ↓ تَكَارَى He hired, or took on hire a house, and a beast. (Mgh.)
إِسْتَكْرَىَ Form X Open entry

see 8.
كَرًى Drowsiness

or كَرًا Drowsiness. (S, Msb, K.)
كَرِىٌّ One who lets a thing on hire

One who lets a thing on hire; (Mgh:) one who lets beasts on hire. (Msb.) See an ex. in a verse cited art. شم, conj. 4. ― -b2- And One who is hired. (Mgh, &c.) In one copy of the Mgh, المكترِى is put by mistake for المُكْتَرَى: i. q. مُكْرٍ: and مُكْتَرًى. (TA in art. حرم.)
كُرِىٌّ Spherical

Spherical: see Ksh in ii. 20.
كُرِيَّةٌ Sphericalness

Sphericalness: see Bd in ii. 20.
كَرَوْيا Caraway-seed

[Caraway-seed] is of the measure فَعَوْلَلٌ [and if so must be written كَرَوْيًا]: (K:) or it may be فَعَوْلًى: [but see what follows:] AHn says that, if with medd, it is fem. [and therefore كَرَوْيَآءُ]: but it is not Arabic [and therefore, without medd, it is probably كَرَوْيَا]. (TA.)
كَرَوَانٌ Open entry

: see ضُوَعٌ and قَبْجٌ.
مُكَارٍ One who lets beasts of carriage, &c., on hire

One who lets beasts of carriage, &c., on hire; like كَرِىٌّ, q. v.; an owner, and letter on hire, of asses [&c.]. (KL.) See فَلَّاحٌ.

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