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Form 1حَارَ4 senses · 1 main
maṣdarحَيْرَةٌmuḍāriʿيَحَارُ

Core sense — he was dazzled; he was confounded, unable to see his right course; he lost his waygenerated

1.1

Second person حِرْتَ, and some say يَحِيرُ, but that is a mistake; maṣdar حَيْرَةٌ, حَيَرٌ, حَيْرٌ and حَيَرَانٌ.

He was, or became, dazzled by a thing he looked at, so that he turned his eyes away from it. This is the primary meaning. The same is true of تحيّر, استحار, حاربَصَرُهُ and تحيّر بصره.

Also treated in the article قمر.

1.1.1he was confounded, or perplexed, in his affair—حار

And hence: he was, or became, confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course; so too تحيّر and استحار.

Or حار فِى أَمْرِهِ; the same in meaning as تحيّر فى امره.

he erred, or lost his way—تحيّر

Also حار (see its ism fāʿil حَائِرٌ) and استحار.

1.1.2figurative · مجازit collected and stayed, or went round, or moved to and fro, in a place, as though it did not know which way to run—تحيّر

Said of water. Also استحار in the same sense.

1.1.3

See also form 5.

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, [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 تحيّر بصره . (Mgh, and S and A and K in art. قمر , &c.) 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. تحيّر فى امره [He was, or became, confounded, &c., in his affair, or case]. (S, A.) And [ حار (see its part. n. حَائِرٌ ) and] تحيّر [and استحار ] He erred, or lost his way. (TA.) Also, said of water, (A, Msb, K,) and تحيّر (S, A, K) and استحار , (A, K,) 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.) See also 5.
Form 2حيّرهُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he, or it, made him confounded, or perplexedgenerated

2.1

He, or it, caused him to become confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course.

2.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

According to Golius, on the authority of the KL, حيّر, said of water, means it was whirled round in an eddy; but for that meaning the verb should be حُيِّرَ, and I do not find it in my copy of the KL.

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He, or it, caused him to become confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course. (S, * Msb, KL.) [Accord. to Golius, as on the authority of the KL, حيّر , said of water, means 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 .]
Form 4احار1 sense

Core sense — he, or it, made a thing go down the throat easilygenerated

4.1

He, or it, made a thing go down the throat easily; or it passed food on to the stomach. See form 10, and also form 4 in the article حور.

See also the word مِشْفَرٌ.

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[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.)
Form 5تحيّر6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he became confounded; it stayed without moving; it became full of watergenerated

5.1

See form 1, in six places.

5.1.1figurative · مجاز

Said of a cloud: it stayed without motion, pouring out its rain, and not driven by the wind; or it went in no direction.

So too استحار: see مُتَحَيِّرٌ.

5.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredstay in it—حِيرُوا بِهِ

Also: it continued; said of time, and likewise of a man.

Said of a place; possibly a miscopying of تَحَيَّرُوا.

he alighted and stayed some days in a place—استحار بِمَكَانٍ
5.1.3figurative · مجازit became full of water—تحيّر بِالمَآءَ

Said of a place, and of land. Also استحار.

5.1.4figurative · مجازthe bowl became full of grease and food—تحيّرت الجَفْنَةُ

Like a watering-trough or tank becoming full of water.

5.1.5

See also what follows.

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: see 1, in six places. Also 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 .] Also It continued; said of time; (TA;) and in like manner it is said of a man. (MF.) And حِيرُوا بِهِ [if not a mistranscription for تَحَيَّرُوا ] occurs as meaning Remain ye therein; referring to a place. (TA.) And استحار بِمَكَانٍ He alighted and abode some days in a place. (TA.) تحيّر بِالمَآءَ It (a place, S, K, and land, TA) became full of water; as also استحار . (S, K, TA.) تحيّرت الجَفْنَةُ The bowl became full of grease and food; (K, TA;) like as a watering-trough or tank becomes full of water. (TA.) See also what follows.
Form 10إِسْتَحْيَرَ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — the sap of youth flowed and filled the body; he was confoundedgenerated

10.1

See form 1, in four places.

10.1.1

And form 5, in three places.

10.1.2figurative · مجازthe sap, or vigour, of youth flowed—استحار الشَّبَابُ

Or: it became complete and filled the body of a woman; or it completely occupied the body; or filled it to the utmost; or collected and flowed to and fro in the body of a woman.

Also تحيّر. The word for the sap of youth is مَآءُ الشَّبَابِ.

10.2the beverage, or wine, was made to go down the throat easily—اسْتُحِيرَ الشَّرَابُ
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see 1, in four places: and 5, in three places. استحار الشَّبَابُ (S, IB, A, K) and تحيّر (K) 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.) اسْتُحِيرَ الشَّرَابُ The beverage, or wine, was made to descend easily down the throat. (S.)

Derived nouns 14

Nounحَيْرٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — an enclosure; a pasture where grazing is forbidden to the publicgenerated

1

An enclosure, like a حَظِيرَة; or a place of pasturage in which the public are forbidden to pasture their beasts.

1.1

See also حَائِرٌ.

2

حَيْرَمَا is the same as رُبَّمَا; Golius wrote it wrongly as حَارَمَا.

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[An enclosure] like a حَظِيرَة : or a place of pasturage in which it is prohibited to the public to pasture their beasts. (S, K.) See also حَائِرٌ . حَيْرَمَا [erroneously written by Golius حَارَمَا ] i. q. رُبَّمَا . (K.)
Nounإِنَّهُ فِى حِيرَ بِيرَ1 sense

Core sense — he is in a bad state, and on the way to ruin; or in errorgenerated

1he is indeed in a bad state, and a state of ruin; or in error—حِيرٍ بِيرٍ

Formed like حُورٍ بُورٍ.

See also the article حور.

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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 .]
Nounحَيَرٌ1 sense

Core sense — much property, many cattle; a numerous familygenerated

1

See what next follows.

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: see what next follows.
Nounحِيَرٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — much property, many cattle; a numerous familygenerated

1much property, or many cattle; and a numerous family—حَيَرٌ
many cattle—أَنْعَامٌ حِيَرَاتٌ

Th explains كَانَ حِيَرًا, apparently for كان ذَا حِيَرٍ, as meaning: he had much property, and a large household and family.

1.1

حِيَرَ دَهْرٍ: see حَيْرِىَّ الدَّهْرِ.

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(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.) حِيَرَ دَهْرٍ : see حَيْرِىَّ الدَّهْرِ .
Nounحَارَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a quarter, or district, of a towngenerated

1

See the article حور.

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: see art. حور .
Nounأَصْبَحَتِ الأَرْضُ حَيْرَةً1 sense

Core sense — the land became green with herbage from water collecting in itgenerated

1

The land became green with plants or herbage, because much water collected and stayed in it.

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The land became green with plants or herbage, (K,) by reason of much collecting and continuance of water therein. (TA.)
Nounحَارِىٌّ2 senses

Core sense — made in the town of El-Heereh; a kind of leather saddle-housinggenerated

1

Made in the town of El-Heereh; said of a sword, and of a camel's saddle.

Also a kind of leathern housing, made in El-Heereh, used to ornament camels' saddles.

2

حَارِىَّ دَهْرٍ and حَارِىَّ الدَّهْرِ: see what next follows.

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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.) حَارِىَّ دَهْرٍ and حَارِىَّ الدَّهْرِ : see what next follows.
Nounلَا آتِيهِ حَيْرِىَّ الدَّهْرِ1 sense

Core sense — I will not come to him while time lasts; never, evergenerated

1figurative · مجازfor a period of time that cannot be reckoned—حَيْرِىَّ الدَّهْرِ

Ibn-'Omar and Sh give this phrase; it is also said as حِيرِىَّ الدَّهْرِ, حِيرِىَّ دَهْرٍ, or حِيرِى دَهْرٍ, or حَيْرِى دَهْرٍ with the last letter sākin, and حَيْرِىَ دَهْرٍ or حِيرِىَ دَهْرٍ, and حَارِىَّ دَهْرٍ, حَارِىَّ الدَّهْرِ and حِيَرَ دَهْرٍ.

The meaning is: I will not come to him, or to it, or I will not do it, while time lasts; or ever. It may also mean while time returns, from حَارَ, of which the muḍāriʿ is يَحُورُ.

Ibn-'Omar: also حِيرِىَّ الدَّهْرِ.

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(Ibn-'Omar, * Sh, * K) and حِيرِىَّ الدَّهْرِ (Sb, Akh, IAar, K) and حِيرِىَّ دَهْرٍ , (S,) or حِيرِى دَهْرٍ , (CK,) or حَيْرِى دَهْرٍ , (K, TA,) with the last letter quiescent, (K,) and حَيْرِىَ دَهْرٍ , or حِيرِىَ دَهْرٍ , (accord. to different copies of the K,) and حَارِىَّ دَهْرٍ (ISh, K) and حَارِىَّ الدَّهْرِ (ISh) and حِيَرَ دَهْرٍ , (IAar, K,) [I will not come to him, or it, or I will not do it,] while time lasts; (A, * K, * TA;) or ever: (ISh, K:) or it may mean while time returns; from حَارَ of which the aor. is يَحُورُ . (A, TA.) Also حَيْرِىَّ الدَّهْرِ , or حِيرِىَّ الدَّهْرِ , For an incalculable period of time. (Ibn-'Omar, Sh, IAth.)
Nounحَيْرَانُ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — confused, perplexed, unable to see his right course; erringgenerated

1Do not do that — may your mother become confounded—لَا تَفْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ أُمُّكَ حَيْرَى

Also حَائِرٌ and مُتَحَيِّرٌ: a man in a state of confusion, or perplexity, and unable to see his right course; erring, having lost his way. Feminine of the first حَيْرَى and حَيْرَآءُ; plural of the same حَيَارَى, حُيَارَى, and حَيْرَى, which is like the feminine singular.

Do not do that, all of you — may your mothers become confounded—لَا تَفْعَلُوا ذٰلِكَ أُمَّهَاتُكُمْ حَيْرَى
a man who does not go about an affair rightly, and does not know the right course to take in it—رَجُلٌ حَائِرٌ بَائِرٌ

Also مُتَحَيِّرٌ فِى أَمْرِهِ. See the same phrase in the article حور.

1.1figurative · مجازa meadow full of water—رَوْضةٌ حَيْرَى
1.2

حَيْرَى is also used as an adjective for the midday sun of summer; see the verse cited in the second paragraph of the article دوم.

Qur’ānic occurrences حَيْرَان
6:71
قُلْ أَنَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُنَا وَلَا يَضُرُّنَا وَنُرَدُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْقَابِنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ كَٱلَّذِى ٱسْتَهْوَتْهُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ حَيْرَانَ لَهُۥٓ أَصْحَـٰبٌ يَدْعُونَهُۥٓ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَى ٱئْتِنَا ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ هُوَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ ۖ وَأُمِرْنَا لِنُسْلِمَ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Say: "Shall we indeed call on others besides Allah,- things that can do us neither good nor harm,- and turn on our heels after receiving guidance from Allah? - like one whom the evil ones have made into a fool, wandering bewildered through the earth, his friends calling, come to us', (vainly) guiding him to the path." Say: "Allah's guidance is the (only) guidance, and we have been directed to submit ourselves to the Lord of the worlds;-

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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(T, S, A, K) and حَائِرٌ (T, A, K) and مُتَحَيِّرٌ (TA) A man in a state of confusion, or perplexity, and unable to see his right course: (K, * TA:) erring; having lost his way: (T, TA:) fem. [of the first] حَيْرَى (Lh, T) and حَيْرَآءُ : (A, K:) and pl. [of the same] حَيَارَى (S, A, K) and حُيَارَى (K) and حَيْرَى , like the fem. sing. (Lh.) You say, لَا تَفْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ أُمُّكَ حَيْرَى [Do not thou that: may thy mother become in a state of confusion, &c.]: and لَا تَفْعَلُوا ذٰلِكَ أُمَّهَاتُكُمْ حَيْرَى [Do not ye that: may your mothers become &c.]. (Lh.) And رَجُلٌ حَائِرٌ بَائِرٌ A man who does not apply himself rightly to an affair; (S, TA;) who knows not the right course to pursue in his affair; as also مُتَحَيِّرٌ فِى أَمْرِهِ . (TA. [See also the same phrase in art. حور .]) [ رَوْضةٌ حَيْرَى is A meadow full of water. (TA.) [ حَيْرَى is also applied as an epithet to the midday sun of summer: see a verse cited in the second paragraph of art. دوم .]
Nounحَيِّرٌ1 sense

Core sense — confused, perplexed, unable to see his right coursegenerated

1

See مُتَحَيِّرٌ.

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: see مُتَحَيِّرٌ .
Nounحَائِرٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a place where water collects and moves to and fro; a garden; greasegenerated

1

See حَيْرَانُ, in two places.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferreda garden—حَيْرٌ

Also: a place in which water collects and goes to and fro; a watering-trough, or tank, to which a stream of rain-water flows; or something resembling a watering-trough or tank, in which the rain-water collects and stays; a low place in which water collects and stays, or goes round, or goes to and fro, without passing out of it; or a piece of ground low in the middle with raised edges or borders, holding water. See the word يَعْبُوبٌ.

Hence this meaning; and this is the form used by most people, and by the vulgar, as they say عَيْشةُ for عَائِشَةُ. Or else this form is wrong: AHn disallows it, although A 'Obeyd mentions it — but he mentions it only in one place, and it is not found in every copy of his work.

Plural حِيرَانٌ and حُورَانٌ.

Hassán Ibn-Thábit uses the phrase حَائِرُ البَحْرِ, in a verse cited in the first paragraph of the article رب, apparently meaning the depth of the sea, or the part of the sea where the water comes together and goes round, or to and fro.

2

Also grease; oily animal matter that flows from flesh or fat.

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: see حَيْرَانُ , in two places. Also A place in which water collects (S, K, TA) and goes to and fro: (TA:) a watering-trough, or tank, to which a stream of rain-water flows: (K:) or what resembles a watering-trough, or tank, in which the rain-water collects and remains: (A:) a depressed place (K, TA) in which water collects and remains, or goes round, or goes to and fro, not passing forth from it: (TA:) or a place in the ground depressed in the middle and having elevated edges or borders, (AHn, TA,) in which is water: (TA voce يَعْبُوبٌ :) and hence, (TA,) a garden; as also حَيْرٌ ; (K;) which is the form used by most persons, and by the vulgar; like as they say عَيْشةُ for عَائِشَةُ : or this form is wrong: it is disallowed by AHn, notwithstanding its being mentioned by A 'Obeyd; but he mentions it only in one place, and it is not found in every copy of his work: (ISd:) pl. حِيرَانٌ (S, A, K) and حُورَانٌ . (S, K.) Hassán Ibn-Thábit uses the phrase حَائِرُ البَحْرِ [in a verse which I have cited in the first paragraph of art. رب , app. as meaning The depth of the sea; or part of the sea in which is a confluence of the water, and where it goes round, or to and fro]. (TA.) Also Grease; oily animal matter, that flows from flesh or fat. (K.)
Nounأَحْيَرُ مِنْ ضَبٍّ1 sense

Core sense — more confounded, or perplexed, than a dabbgenerated

1more confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course, than a waral—مِنْ وَرَلٍ

Both are proverbs. According to Hamzeh El-Isfahánee, they are said because the dabb, a kind of lizard, as is also the waral, is confounded when it leaves its hole and cannot find the right way back to it; and the same is said of the waral.

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, and مِنْ وَرَلٍ , [More confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course, than a dabb, and than a waral,] are two proverbs; (Meyd;) accord. to Hamzeh El-Isfahánee, said because the dabb, [a kind of lizard, as is also the waral,] when it quits its hole, is confounded, and cannot find the right way to to it; and the like is said of the waral. (Har p. 166.)
Nounمُتَحَيِّرٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — confused, perplexed; motionless rain-clouds; the wandering stars, the planetsgenerated

1

See حَيْرَانُ, in two places.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe wandering stars, that is, the planets—الَكَواكِبُ المُتَحَيِّرَةُ

The stars that at one time appear to move backwards and at another to pursue a direct, forward course; also called الخُنَّسُ.

See the article خنس.

1.2figurative · مجازclouds staying without motion, pouring out rain, and not driven by the wind—سَحَابٌ مُتَحَيِّرٌ
heavy clouds moving to and fro, with no wind to drive them along—مُسْتَحِيرٌ

The word for clouds here is سحاب.

clouds, or clouds covering the sky, rising with rain and staying without motion, or moving to and fro, but remaining in the sky—حَيِّرٌ

Synonym غَيْمٌ.

Or this last means clouds raining, and staying without motion, or moving to and fro, but remaining in the sky.

1.3

See also what follows, in two places.

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: see حَيْرَانُ , in two places. الَكَواكِبُ المُتَحَيِّرَةُ [The erratic stars; i. e. the planets;] the stars that [at one time appear to] retrograde and [at another time to] pursue a direct [and forward] course; also called الخُنَّسُ . (S in art. خنس .) سَحَابٌ مُتَحَيِّرٌ Clouds continuing without motion, pouring forth rain, and not driven by the wind: (IAar:) and مُسْتَحِيرٌ clouds ( سحاب ) heavy, and moving to and fro, (S, K) not having any wind to drive them along: (S:) and حَيِّرٌ clouds, or clouds covering the sky, syn. غَيْمٌ , (AZ, K, TA,) rising with rain, and continuing without motion, or moving to and fro, but remaining, in the sky: (AZ, TA:) or this last signifies clouds ( سحاب ) raining, and continuing without motion, or moving to and fro, but remaining in the sky. (A, TA.) See also what follows, in two places.
Nounمُسْتَحِيرٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a desert road with no known way out; endless; full of greasegenerated

1

A road leading across a desert, whose place of exit is not known.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Anything that continues endlessly, or that hardly ever ends; also مُتَحَيِّرٌ. See that word too.

2figurative · مجاز — inferreda full bowl; or a bowl containing much grease—جَفْنَةٌ مُسْتَحِيرَةٌ
broth containing much grease—مَرَقَةٌ مُتَحَيِّرِةٌ
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A way leading across a desert, of which the place of egress is not known. (K.) Anything (TA) continuing endlessly: (IAar, TA:) or hardly, or never, ending; as also مُتَحَيِّرٌ . (Sh, TA.) See also this latter word. جَفْنَةٌ مُسْتَحِيرَةٌ A full bowl: (A:) or a bowl containing much grease. (K.) And مَرَقَةٌ مُتَحَيِّرِةٌ Broth containing much grease. (TA.)