maṣdarعُرْىٌmuḍāriʿيَعْرَى
Core sense — he was, or became, naked, bare of clothing; he was free from blemishgenerated
1.1he (a man) was, or became, naked, bare, or without clothing—مِنْ ثِيَابِهِ
and in some copies عُرِىٌّ, and also with kesr to the ع; [ العُرٰى at the start of the article in the CK is a mistake for العُرْىُ ]; also عُرْيَةٌ.
he was made bare of his clothes, or he made himself naked—تعرّى
This is the quasi-passive of عرّاهُ, so it is better rendered as being made bare of the clothes, or divesting oneself of them.
[Sometimes the meaning is that he was, or became, bare of his clothes except one or more of his inner garments; and in the same way تعرّى he was made, or made himself, bare of his clothes except one or more of his inner garments.]
1.1.1the body was, or became, bare of flesh, or lean—عَرِىَ البَدَنُ مِنَ اللَّحْمِ
1.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe, or it, was, or became, free from fault, defect, or blemish—عَرِىَ مِنَ العَيْبِ
Muḍāriʿ as above; ism fāʿil عَرٍ [if this is not a mistranscription for عَارٍ ].
he was, or became, free from the affair—عَرِىَ مِنَ الأَمْرِ
he is not, or does not become, free from this affair—مَا يَعْرَى مِنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ
no one will be exempt from death—لَا يَعْرَى مِنَ المَوْتِ أَحَدٌ
1.2I came to him—عَرَيْتُهُ
Synonymous with غَشِيتُهُ, like عَرَوْتُهُ.
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
20:118
إِنَّ لَكَ أَلَّا تَجُوعَ فِيهَا وَلَا تَعْرَىٰ"There is therein (enough provision) for thee not to go hungry nor to go naked,
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, MA, Mgh, Msb, K) مِنْ ثِيَابِهِ , (S, MA, Mgh, Msb,) aor. يَعْرَى , (S, Msb,) inf. n. عُرْىٌ (Mgh, Msb, K, and so in some copies of the S, accord. to other copies of which it is عُرِىٌّ , and also with kesr to the ع , as stated in the TA, [ العُرٰى commencing the art. in the CK is a mistake for العُرْىُ ,]) and عُرْيَةٌ , (Msb, K,) He (a man, Msb, TA) was, or became, naked, nude, bare, or without clothing; (K, TA;) or bare of his clothes: (MA:) and تعرّى signifies the same: (MA, K:) [or rather] the latter is quasipass. of عرّاهُ [and therefore is more correctly rendered he was made naked, &c.; or made bare of his clothes, or denuded thereof, or divested; or he made himself naked, &c.; or denuded himself of his clothes]. (S.) [And sometimes it means He was, or became, bare of clothing, or of his clothes, except one, or more, of his inner garments: and in like manner, تعرّى , he was made, or he made himself, bare of clothing, or of his clothes, except one, or more, of his inner garments.] And [hence] one says also, عَرِىَ البَدَنُ مِنَ اللَّحْمِ [The body was, or became, bare of flesh, or lean]. (TA.) And عَرِىَ مِنَ العَيْبِ , aor. as above, He, or it, was, or became, free from fault, defect, or blemish: part. n. عَرٍ [if not a mistranscription for عَارٍ ]. (Msb.) And عَرِىَ مِنَ الأَمْرِ He was, or became, free from the affair: and مَا يَعْرَى مِنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ He is not, or does not become, free from this affair: and hence, لَا يَعْرَى مِنَ المَوْتِ أَحَدٌ [No one will be exempt from death]. (TA.) عَرَيْتُهُ I came to him; syn. غَشِيتُهُ ; like عَرَوْتُهُ [q. v.]. (K.)