بعر

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Form 1بَعَرَ4 senses · 2 main

muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarبَعْرٌ بَعَرٌ

Core sense — he voided dung; he threw a piece of dung at himgenerated

1.1

He voided dung..

Said of an animal having the kind of foot called خُفّ — that is, of a camel, and also of a sheep and goat, and of a cloven-hoofed animal of the wild kind of bull or cow but not of the domestic kind, and of the gazelle-kind besides the other two cloven-hoofed kinds mentioned before, and of the hare or rabbit.

1.1.1he threw a piece of dung at him—بَعَرَهُ

The thing thrown is a piece of بَعْر.

1.1.2she threw the piece of dung—بَعَرَتْ

Said of a widow; the piece thrown is بَعْر. Same as رَمَتْ بِالبَعْرَة: she completed the number of days she had to wait after the death of her husband before she could marry again.

[It seems to have been customary for a widow to collect as many pieces of بَعْر as the days she had to wait before she could marry again, and to throw one away each day, so that the saying means: she threw the last piece of بعر.]

1.2it (a camel) became a بَعِير—بَعِرَ

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, aor. بَعَرَ (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n. بَعْرٌ (S, Msb,) said of an animal having the kind of foot called خُفّ , (Mgh, Msb, K,) [i. e.,] of a camel, and also of a sheep and goat, (S,) and of a cloven-hoofed animal (Mgh, Msb, K) of the wild kind of bull or cow, but not of the domestic kind, and of the gazelle-kind, beside the other two cloven-hoofed kinds mentioned before, and of the hare or rabbit, (TA,) He voided dung. (S, * Mgh, Msb, K.) بَعَرَهُ He threw at him a piece of بَعْر . (A.) بَعَرَتْ , said of a widow, She threw the piece of بَعْر ; i. q. رَمَتْ بِالبَعْرَة ; meaning she ended the number of days during which she had to wait after the death of her husband before she could marry again. (A.) [It seems to have been customary for the widow to collect a number of pieces of بَعْر , as many as the days she had to wait before she could marry again, and to throw away one each day: so that the saying means She threw the last piece of بعر .] بَعِرَ , aor. بَعَرَ , (K,) inf. n. بَعَرٌ , (TA,) He (a camel) became a بَعِير . (K.)

Form 2بَعَّرَ1 sense

Core sense — he cleansed an intestine of its dunggenerated

2.1

See form 4.

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see 4.

Form 3بَاعَرَتْ حَالِبَهَا2 senses

Core sense — she befouled her milker with her dung; she hastened to her milkergenerated

3.1

Said of a ewe or she-goat, and of a she-camel: she befouled her milker with her dung. The maṣdar appears to be بِعَارٌ.

Mentioned under the word بِعَارٌ.

3.2she hastened to her milker—بَاعَرَتْ إِلَى حَالِبِهَا

Said of a ewe or goat, and of a camel.

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, [inf. n., app., بِعَارٌ , q. v.,] said of a ewe or she-goat, (K,) and of a she-camel, (TA,) She befouled her milker with her dung. (TA voce بِعَارٌ .) بَاعَرَتْ إِلَى حَالِبِهَا She (a ewe or goat, and a camel,) hastened to her milker. (TA.)

Form 4ابعر1 sense

Core sense — he cleansed an intestine, or gut, of its dunggenerated

4.1

He cleansed an intestine, or a gut, of its بَعْر.

The same is said with بعّر, maṣdar تَبْعِيرٌ.

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He cleansed an intestine, or a gut, of its بَعْر ; as also بعّر , inf. n. تَبْعِيرٌ . (K.)

Derived nouns 9

Nounبَعْرٌ1 sense

Core sense — dung of camels, sheep, goats and similar animalsgenerated

1dung of camels, sheep, goats and the like—بَعَرٌ

Collective generic nouns: the dung of animals having the kind of foot called خُفّ — the camel, and also the sheep and goat, and cloven-hoofed animals of the wild kind of bull and cow but not of the domestic kind, and the gazelle-kind besides the two other cloven-hoofed kinds, and the hare or rabbit.

Ism waḥda with ة; plural أَبْعَارٌ.

he is a lighter thing to me than a piece of dung thrown at a dog—هُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَىَّ مِنْ بَعْرَةٍ يُرْمَى بِهَا كَلْبٌ

The piece thrown is بعر.

you are like the owner of the piece of dung—أَنْتَ كَصَاحِبِ البَعْرَةِ

Said in a proverb; the piece is بعر.

you are in a condition like that of the owner of the piece of dung—أَنْتَ فِى مِثْلِ صَاحِبِ البَعْرَةِ

Here the piece is بعر, meaning the person for whom it was intended.

Applied to one who reveals something about himself (see Freytag's Arab. Prov. 1. 85). It comes from the fact that a man had a suspicion about someone among his people, so he gathered them to find out the truth of the matter, took a piece of بعر and said, “I am about to throw this piece of بعر at the person I suspect”; whereupon one of them quickly drew back, said, “Do not throw it at me,” and confessed.

See also بَعَرَتْ above.

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(S, A, K) and بَعَرٌ (Msb, K) [coll. gen. ns. signifying Camels', and sheeps', and goats', and similar, dung;] dung (Msb, K) of animals having the kind of foot called خُفّ , (A, Mgh, Msb, K) [i. e.,] of the camel, and also of the sheep and goat, (S,) and of cloven-hoofed animals (A, Mgh, Msb, K) of the wild kind of bull and cow, but not of the domestic kind, and of the gazelle-kind, beside the two other cloven-hoofed kinds, and of the hare or rabbit: (TA:) n. un. with ة : (S, Mgh, K:) and pl. أَبْعَارٌ . (S, Msb, K) One says, هُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَىَّ مِنْ بَعْرَةٍ يُرْمَى بِهَا كَلْبٌ [He is a lighter thing to me than a piece of بعر that is thrown at a dog]. (A.) And it is said in a prov., أَنْتَ كَصَاحِبِ البَعْرَةِ [Thou art like the owner of the piece of بعر , or أَنْتَ فِى مِثْلِ صَاحِبِ البَعْرَةِ Thou art in a condition like that of the owner of the piece of بعر ; (meaning the person for whom it was intended;) applied to him who reveals a thing relating to himself; (see Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 85;)] originating from the fact that a man had a suspicion respecting some one among his people; so he collected them to search out from them the truth of the case, and took a piece of بعر , and said, “I am about to throw this my piece of بعر at the person whom I suspect;” whereupon one of them withdrew himself quickly, and said, “Throw it not at me;” and confessed. (TA.) See also بَعَرَتْ , above.

Nounبَعَرٌ1 sense

Core sense — dung of camels, sheep and goatsgenerated

See بَعْرٌ.

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: see بَعْرٌ .

Nounبِعَارٌ1 sense

Core sense — a ewe's or camel's befouling of her milker with her dunggenerated

A noun, or the maṣdar of form 3: the befouling of her milker with her dung, by a ewe or she-goat, or a camel.

It is reckoned a fault, because the animal that does this sometimes drops her dung into the milking-vessel.

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, a subst., [or inf. n. of 3,] The befouling of her milker with her dung, by a ewe or she-goat, (K,) or a camel: (TA:) it is reckoned a fault, because the animal that does so sometimes casts her dung into the milking-vessel. (TA.)

Nounبَعِيرٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a camel, male or female; an assgenerated

1a camel, male or female—بَعِيرٌ

This pronunciation belongs to the dialect of Benoo Temeem, but the other is the more chaste.

As applied to a camel it is like إِنْسَانٌ applied to a human being, whereas جَمَلٌ is applied only to a male camel and نَاقَةٌ to a she-camel.

بَكْرٌ and بَكْرَةٌ are respectively terms like فَتنًى and فَتَاةٌ, and قَلُوصٌ is like the term جَارِيَةٌ: so say ISk, Az and IJ, among others.

It is added in the Mutahffidh that the terms جمل and ناقة are applied only when the animal has entered its seventh year.

But بعير is more commonly applied to the male camel, and only to one that has entered its fifth year, or that has entered its ninth year.

Plural أَبْعِرَةٌ (a plural of paucity), بُعْرَانٌ, بِعْرَانٌ, بُعُرٌ, and (plural of أَبْعِرَةٌ) أَبَاعِرُ and أَبَاعِيرُ.

give me a camel—أَعْطُونِى بَعِيرًا

What is asked for is a بعير; according to Esh-Sháfi'ee, those addressed in this way are not to give a she-camel. But the following phrases are transmitted from the Arabs.

my she-camel threw me down prostrate—صَرَعَتْنِى بَعِيرِى

I milked my camel—حَلَبْتُ بَعِيرِى

I drank of the milk of my camel—شَرِبْتُ مِنْ لَبَنِ بَعِيرِى

each of these two camels is a she-camel—كِلَا هٰذِيْنِ البِعْرَيْنِ نَاقَةٌ

the night of the camel—لَيْلَةُ البَعِيرِ

Mentioned in a tradition of Jábir: it means the night in which the Prophet bought his camel from him.

1.1

Also an ass, as in the Kur 12:72; but this meaning is rare.

And anything that carries, as in the Hebrew language [165 (see Gen. 45:17)].

Qur’ān 12:72 approximate — somewhere between 12:61 and 12:76 Lane cites “Kur xii. 72”

Qur’ān 12:72 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root

قَالُوا۟ نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَلِمَن جَآءَ بِهِۦ حِمْلُ بَعِيرٍ وَأَنَا۠ بِهِۦ زَعِيمٌ

They said: "We miss the great beaker of the king; for him who produces it, is (the reward of) a camel load; I will be bound by it."Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

Qur’ānic occurrences بَعِير

12:65

وَلَمَّا فَتَحُوا۟ مَتَـٰعَهُمْ وَجَدُوا۟ بِضَـٰعَتَهُمْ رُدَّتْ إِلَيْهِمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا مَا نَبْغِى ۖ هَـٰذِهِۦ بِضَـٰعَتُنَا رُدَّتْ إِلَيْنَا ۖ وَنَمِيرُ أَهْلَنَا وَنَحْفَظُ أَخَانَا وَنَزْدَادُ كَيْلَ بَعِيرٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ كَيْلٌ يَسِيرٌ

Then when they opened their baggage, they found their stock-in-trade had been returned to them. They said: "O our father! What (more) can we desire? this our stock-in-trade has been returned to us: so we shall get (more) food for our family; We shall take care of our brother; and add (at the same time) a full camel's load (of grain to our provisions). This is but a small quantity.

12:72

قَالُوا۟ نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَلِمَن جَآءَ بِهِۦ حِمْلُ بَعِيرٍ وَأَنَا۠ بِهِۦ زَعِيمٌ

They said: "We miss the great beaker of the king; for him who produces it, is (the reward of) a camel load; I will be bound by it."

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, (S, Msb, K, &c.,) sometimes pronounced بَعِيرٌ , (K,) which latter is of the dial. of BenooTemeem, but the former is the more chaste, (TA,) A camel, male or female; (S, Msb, K;) as applied to a camel, like إِنْسَانٌ applied to a human being; (S, Msb;) whereas جَمَلٌ is applied only to a male camel, and نَاقَةٌ to a she-camel; بَكْرٌ and بَكْرَةٌ are respectively terms like فَتنًى and فَتَاةٌ ; and قَلُوصٌ is like the term جَارِيَةٌ ; so say, among others, ISk and Az and IJ; and it is added in the Mutahffidh, that the terms جمل and ناقة are applied only when the animal has entered the seventh year: (Msb:) but بعير is more commonly applied to the male camel; (Msb, K;) and only to one that has entered its fifth year; (S, K;) or that has entered its ninth year: (K:) the pl. is أَبْعِرَةٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and بُعْرَانٌ (S, Msb, K) and بِعْرَانٌ (K) and بُعُرٌ (TA) and (pl. of أَبْعِرَةٌ TA) أَبَاعِرُ (S, Msb, K) and أَبَاعِيرُ (K.) If one say, أَعْطُونِى بَعِيرًا [Give ye to me a بعير ], the persons so addressed, accord. to EshSháfi'ee, are not to give a she-camel: (Msb:) but the following phrases are transmitted from the Arabs: صَرَعَتْنِى بَعِيرِى My she-camel threw me down prostrate: (S, A:) and حَلَبْتُ بَعِيرِى I milked my camel: (A, Msb:) and شَرِبْتُ مِنْ لَبَنِ بَعِيرِى I drank of the milk of my camel: (S:) and كِلَا هٰذِيْنِ البِعْرَيْنِ نَاقَةٌ Each of these two camels is a she-camel. (A.) لَيْلَةُ البَعِيرِ [The night of the camel], mentioned in a trad. of Jábir, means the night in which the Prophet purchased of him his camel. (TA.) Also An ass: (IKh, K:) so in the Kur xii. 72; but this signification is of rare occurrence: (IKh:) and anything that carries: (IKh, K:) so in the Hebrew language [165 (see Gen. xlv. 17)]. (TA.)

Nounبَاعِرٌ1 sense

Core sense — a widow ending her waiting period by throwing the piece of dunggenerated

A widow throwing the piece of بَعْر, meaning ending the number of days she has had to wait after the death of her husband before she is allowed to marry again. [See 1.]

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A widow throwing the piece of بَعْر ; meaning ending the number of days during which she has had to wait after the death of her husband previously to her being allowed to marry again. (A.) [See 1.]

Nounمَبْعَرٌ1 sense

Core sense — the rectum, the gut containing the dung, of a quadrupedgenerated

1the place, or passage, of the dung in any quadruped—مِبْعَرٌ

And مَبْعَرَةٌ [which occurs in the K in the article خور].

The place of the بَعْر [that is, the rectum, the intestine or gut containing the بَعْر]. Plural مَبَاعِرُ.

this bad man has not ceased slaughtering camels and cleansing the intestines that contain the dung—إِنَّ هٰذَا الدَّاعِرَ مَا زَالَ يَنْحَرُ الأَبَاعِرَ وَ يَنْثِلُ المَبَاعِرَ

Said in a proverb.

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and مِبْعَرٌ [and مَبْعَرَةٌ (occurring in the K in art. خور )] The place [or passage (as is shown in the Lexicons in many places)] of the بَعْر ; [i. e. the rectum; the intestine, or gut, containing the بَعْر ;] of any quadruped: (K:) pl. مَبَاعِرُ . (TA.) It is said in a prov., إِنَّ هٰذَا الدَّاعِرَ مَا زَالَ يَنْحَرُ الأَبَاعِرَ وَ يَنْثِلُ المَبَاعِرَ [Verily this bad man has not ceased to slaughter camels and to cleanse the intestines containing the dung]. (A, TA.)

Nounمِبْعَرٌ1 sense

Core sense — the rectum of a quadrupedgenerated

See مَبْعَرٌ.

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: see مَبْعَرٌ

Nounمَبْعَرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the rectum of a quadrupedgenerated

See مَبْعَرٌ.

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: see مَبْعَرٌ

Nounمِبْعَارٌ1 sense

Core sense — a ewe, goat, or camel that befouls her milker with her dunggenerated

A ewe or she-goat, or a she-camel, that befouls her milker with her dung.

[See بِعَارٌ.]

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A ewe or she-goat, (K,) or a she-camel, (TA,) that befouls with her dung ( تُبَاعِرُ ) her milker. (K, TA.) [See بِعَارٌ .]