ḥayrān

confused, bewildered

حَيْران

Word

Noun · pattern فَعْلان

Root

ح ي ر

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فاضرب لي مثل الذي يدع صنعه الذي يليق به ويشاكله، ويطلب غيره فلا يدركه: فيبقى حيران متردداً.

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Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • حَارَ Form I He was, or became, dazzled by a thing at which he looked
    , [sec. pers. حِرْتَ,] aor. يَحَارُ, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) and some say يَحِيرُ, but this is a mistake, (MF,) inf. n. حَيْرَةٌ (S, A, Mgh, K) and حَيَرٌ (S, Msb, K) and حَيْرٌ and حَيَرَانٌ, (K,) He was, or became, dazzled by a thing at which he looked, (T, Msb, K,) so that he turned away his eyes from it: this is the primary signification: (T, Msb:) and so ↓ تحيّر (A, * Mgh, * K) and ↓ استحار, (K,) and حاربَصَرُهُ (A, * TA) and بصره ↓ تحيّر. (Mgh, and S and A and K in art. قمر, &c.) ― -b2- And hence, (T, Msb,) He was, or became, confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course; (T, Msb, K, * TA;) as also ↓ تحيّر (Msb, K) and ↓ استحار. (K.) And حار, (S, A,) or حار فِى أَمْرِهِ, (Msb,) i. q. فى امره ↓ تحيّر [He was, or became, confounded, &c., in his affair, or case]. (S, A.) And [حار (see its part. n. حَايأِرٌ) and] ↓ تحيّر [and ↓ استحار] He erred, or lost his way. (TA.) ― -b3- Also, said of water, (A, Msb, K,) and ↓ تحيّر (S, A, K) and ↓ استحار, (A, K,) (tropical:) It became collected, (S, A, K,) and stayed, (A,) or went round, (S, K, *) or went to and fro, or fluctuated, (Msb, K,) in a place, as though it knew not which way to run. (A.) ― -b4- See also 5.
  • حيّرهُ Form II He, or it, caused him to become confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course
    He, or it, caused him to become confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course. (S, * Msb, KL.) ― -b2- [Accord. to Golius, as on the authority of the KL, حيّر, said of water, means (assumed tropical:) It was whirled round in an eddy: but to have this meaning, which I do not find in my copy of the KL, the verb should be حُيِّرَ.]
  • احار Form IV He, or it, caused
    [He, or it, caused a thing to descend easily down the throat: or it transmitted food to the stomach: see 10: and see also 4 in art. حور]. (S and K voce مِشْفَرٌ, q. v.)
  • تحيّر Form V It (a cloud) continued without motion, pouring forth its rain, and not being driven by the wind
    : see 1, in six places. ― -b2- Also (tropical:) It (a cloud) continued without motion, pouring forth its rain, and not being driven by the wind: (IAar:) or went not in any direction: (K:) [and so ↓ استحار: see مُتَحَيِّرٌ.] ― -b3- Also (assumed tropical:) It continued; said of time; (TA;) and in like manner it is said of a man. (MF.) And بِهِ ↓ حِيرُوا [if not a mistranscription for تَحَيَّرُوا] occurs as meaning (assumed tropical:) Remain ye therein; referring to a place. (TA.) And بِمَكَانٍ ↓ استحار (assumed tropical:) He alighted and abode some days in a place. (TA.) ― -b4- تحيّر بِالمَآءَ (tropical:) It (a place, S, K, and land, TA) became full of water; as also ↓ استحار. (S, K, TA.) ― -b5- تحيّرت الجَفْنَةُ (tropical:) The bowl became full of grease and food; (K, TA;) like as a watering-trough or tank becomes full of water. (TA.) ― -b6- See also what follows.
  • إِسْتَحْيَرَ Form X The sap
    see 1, in four places: ― -b2- and 5, in three places. ― -b3- استحار الشَّبَابُ (S, IB, A, K) and ↓ تحيّر (K) (tropical:) The sap [or vigour] of youth (مَآءُ الشَّبَابِ) flowed: (IB:) or became complete, and filled the body of a woman: (A:) or completely occupied the body: (K:) or filled it to the utmost: (TA:) or collected, and flowed to and fro, in the body of a woman. (As, S.) -A2- اسْتُحِيرَ الشَّرَابُ The beverage, or wine, was made to descend easily down the throat. (S.)
  • حَيْرٌ An enclosure
    [An enclosure] like a حَظِيرَة: or a place of pasturage in which it is prohibited to the public to pasture their beasts. (S, K.) ― -b2- See also حَايأِرٌ. -A2- حَيْرَمَا [erroneously written by Golius حَارَمَا] i. q. رُبَّمَا. (K.)
  • إِنَّهُ فِى حِيرَ بِيرَ Verily he is in a bad state, and a state of perdition: or in error
    and حِيرٍ بِيرٍ, like حُورٍ بُورٍ; (K;) i. e. Verily he is in a bad state, and a state of perdition: or in error. (TA.) [See also art. حور.]
  • حَيَرٌ Open entry
    : see what next follows.
  • حِيَرٌ Much
    (IAar, K) and ↓ حَيَرٌ (IB, K) Much property, or many cattle; and a numerous family: (K:) and أَنْعَامٌ حِيَرَاتٌ many cattle. (TA.) كَانَ حِيَرًا [app. for كان ذَا حِيَرٍ] is expl. by Th as meaning He was a possessor of much property, and of a numerous household and family. (TA.) ― -b2- حِيَرَ دَهْرٍ: see حَيْرِىَّ الدَّهْرِ.
  • حَارَةٌ Open entry
    : see art. حور.
  • أَصْبَحَتِ الأَرْضُ حَيْرَةً The land became green with plants or herbage
    The land became green with plants or herbage, (K,) by reason of much collecting and continuance of water therein. (TA.)
  • حَارِىٌّ Made in the town of El-Heereh
    Made in the town of El-Heereh: applied to a sword, and a camel's saddle. (TA.) And A kind of leathern housings, made in El-Heereh, with which camels' saddles are ornamented. (TA.) -A2- حَارِىَّ دَهْرٍ and حَارِىَّ الدَّهْرِ: see what next follows.

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