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Form 1عَسُرَ12 senses · 3 main

muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُ·ـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarعُسْرٌ عَسَرٌ عَسَرَانٌ عَسْرٌ

Core sense — it became difficult, or hard; he forced him against his wish; he was left-handedgenerated

1.1it (an affair, or a thing) was, or became, difficult, hard, or intricate—عَسِرَ

maṣdar عُسْرٌ, عُسُرٌ, and عَسَارَةٌ [and مَعْسُورٌ, عُسْرَةٌ, مَعْسَرَةٌ, مَعْسُرَةٌ, and عُسْرَى ].

maṣdar عَسَرٌ, تعسّر, تعاسر, and استعسر.

it was, or became, difficult, hard, or intricate, to him—عَسُرَ عَلَيْهِ

One also says عَسِرَ, تعسّر, تعاسر, and استعسر in the same sense.

1.1.1what was in the belly would not come forth—عَسُرَ مَا فِى البَطْنِ

Also given as عَسَرَ.

what was in his belly would not come forth—عَسَرَ عَلَيْهِ مَا فِى البَطْنِ

1.1.2

See also form 4.

1.1.3he (a man) had little gentleness, فِى الأُمُورِ [in the execution of affairs], and was narrow, or niggardly, in disposition—عَسُرَ

Or he was hard in disposition, or ill-natured.

Also written عَسَرَ and عَسِرَ; maṣdar عُسْرٌ, عَسَارَةٌ, and عَسَرٌ.

1.1.4he acted contrarily, or adversely, to him; he opposed him—عَسُرَ عَلَيْهِ

Also written عَسَرَ.

he acted contrarily, or adversely, to him; he opposed him—عسّر

Maṣdar تَعْسِيرٌ.

he straitened him—عسّر عليه

1.1.5time, or fortune, became severe, rigorous, or adverse, to us عَلَيْنَا—عَسُرَ الزَّمَانُ

Also written عَسَرَ.

1.1.6the she-camel was untrained—عَسُرَتِ النَّاقَةُ

the she-camel was untrained—عَسِرَت

1.1.7she (a camel) raised her tail, after conception, to show the stallion that she was pregnant—عَسَرَتْ

Also عَسَرَتْ بِذَنَبِهَا.

she (a camel) raised her tail in her running—عسّرت

Apparently also عسّرت دَنَبَهَا; maṣdar تَعْسِيرٌ.

on this sense Raising the tail after conception shows dislike of the stallion; raising it in running shows a degree of refractoriness; both involve difficulty.

1.2he demanded the debt of the debtor, though payment was difficult for him—عَسَرَ الغَرِيمَ

Also: he took it from him, though payment was difficult for him, and gave him no respite until he was in easy circumstances.

maṣdar عَسْرٌ and أَعْسَرَهُ.

1.2.1he forced, or compelled, him, against his wish—عَسَرَهُ

he forced, or compelled, him, against his wish—اعتسرهُ

[عَلَى الأَمْرِ to do the thing.] The same in meaning as قَسَرَهُ and اقتسرهُ.

1.3he (a man) was left-handed—عَسِرَ

she (a woman) was left-handed—عَسِرَتْ

Also written عَسَرَتْ.

1.3.1he came on my right side—عَسَرَنِى

maṣdar عَسْرٌ and عَسَّرَنِى.

he came on my right side—عَسِرَنِى

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, aor. عَسُرَ , inf. n. عُسْرٌ (S, A, O, Msb, K) and عُسُرٌ (S, A, K) and عَسَارَةٌ (Msb, K) [and مَعْسُورٌ and عُسْرَةٌ and مَعْسَرَةٌ and مَعْسُرَةٌ and عُسْرَى (see عُسْرٌ below)]; and عَسِرَ , aor. عَسَرَ , inf. n. عَسَرٌ ; (S, O, Msb, K;) and تعسّر , (A, O, Msb, K,) and تعاسر , (K,) and استعسر ; (A, O, Msb, K;) It (an affair, or a thing, S, A, O, Msb) was, or became, difficult, hard, strait, or intricate. (S, A, O, Msb, K, * TA.) You say, عَسُرَ عَلَيْهِ , (TA,) and عَسِرَ , (S, O,) and تعسّر , and تعاسر , and استعسر , (K,) It was, or became, difficult, hard, strait, or intricate, to him. (S, * O, * K.) عَسُرَ مَا فِى البَطْنِ , (as in the CK and a MS. copy of the K,) or عَسَرَ , (accord. to the TA,) What was in the belly would not come forth. (K.) You say عَسَرَ عَلَيْهِ مَا فِى البَطْنِ What was in his belly would not come forth. (TA.) See also 4. عَسُرَ , (Msb,) or عَسَرَ , (IKtt, TA,) or عَسِرَ , (TK,) inf. n. عُسْرٌ and عَسَارَةٌ (Msb, IKtt, TA) and عَسَرٌ , (IKtt, K,) He (a man) had little gentleness, (Msb, IKtt,) فِى الأُمُورِ [in the execucution of affairs]; (Msb;) and was narrow, or niggardly, in disposition: (IKtt:) or he was hard in disposition; or illnatured. (K, * TK.) عَسُرَ عَلَيْهِ , (A, and so in the CK and a MS. copy of the K,) or عَسَرَ , (as in the TA,) inf. n. عُسْرٌ , (TA,) He acted contrarily, or adversely, to him; opposed him; (A, K;) as also عسّر , (K,) inf. n. تَعْسِيرٌ : (TA:) and عسّر عليه also signifies he straitened him. (Sb, O, * TA.) عَسُرَ الزَّمَانُ , (so in the CK and in a MS. copy of the K,) or عَسَرَ , (so in the TA,) Time, or fortune, became severe, rigorous, afflictive, or adverse, (K,) عَلَيْنَا to us. (TA. عَسُرَتِ النَّاقَةُ and عَسِرَت The she-camel was untrained. (O.) And عَسَرَتْ , (K, TA,) and عَسَرَتْ بِذَنَبِهَا , (S, O, TA,) aor. عَسِرَ , inf. n. عَسَرَانٌ (S, O, K, TA) and عَسْرٌ , (O, K, TA,) She (a camel) raised her tail, after conception, to show the stallion that she was pregnant: (S, * O, TA:) and [as also, app., عسّرت , or عسّرت دَنَبَهَا , inf. n. تَعْسِيرٌ , (see ناقة عَسِيرٌ , voce عَسِرٌ ,)] she (a camel) raised her tail in her running. (K, TA.) [In the former case, the action denotes repugnance to the stallion: in the latter, a degree of refractoriness: in both, difficulty.] عَسَرَ الغَرِيمَ , aor. عَسِرَ and عَسُرَ , (S, O, Msb, K,) inf. n. عَسْرٌ ; (S, O;) and أَعْسَرَهُ ; (O, Msb, K;) He demanded the debt of the debtor, it being difficult to him to pay it: (S, O, Msb, K: *) and he took it of him, it being difficult to him to pay it, and was not lenient towards him until he was in easy circumstances. (TA.) عَسَرَهُ , (As, TA,) and اعتسرهُ , (S, TA,) He forced, or compelled, him, against his wish; [ عَلَى الأَمْرِ to do the thing;] i. q. قَسَرَهُ , (As, TA,) and اقتسرهُ . (S, O, TA.) عَسِرَ , and عَسِرَتْ , (TK,) or عَسَرَتْ , (K, TA,) aor. عَسِرَ , (TK,) inf. n. عَسَرٌ , (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) He, (a man, TK,) and she, (a woman, TK,) was left-handed. (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K.) عَسَرَنِى , (O, L, and K, and so in a copy of the S,) aor. عَسِرَ , (L,) or عَسُرَ , (TA,) inf. n. عَسْرٌ ; (L, TA;) and عَسَّرَنِى , (K,) or عَسِرَنِى , (L and TA, and so in a copy of the S,) aor. عَسَرَ ; (TA;) He came on my right side. (S, O, L, K, TA.)

Form 2عَسَّرَ1 sense

Core sense — he made it difficult for him; he straitened himgenerated

2.1

See form 1, in four places, and see form 4.

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see 1, in four places: and see 4.

Form 3عاسرهُ1 sense

maṣdarمُعَاسَرَةٌ

Core sense — he treated him with hardness, harshness, or ill-naturegenerated

3.1

He treated him, or behaved towards him, with hardness, harshness, or ill-nature.

مُعَاسَرَةٌ is the opposite of مُيَاسَرَةٌ.

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, (K,) inf. n. مُعَاسَرَةٌ , (S, O,) He treated him, or behaved towards him, with hardness, harshness, or ill-nature; (S, * O, * K;) مُعَاسَرَةٌ is the contr. of مُيَاسَرَةٌ . (S, O.)

Form 4اعسر5 senses · 2 main

maṣdarإِعْسَارْ

Core sense — he became poor, in difficult circumstances; she had a difficult birthgenerated

4.1

He was, or became, in a state of difficulty, possessing little power or wealth; he became poor; he lost his property.

and, according to Kr, عُسْرٌ; but correctly the first is a maṣdar and عُسْرَةٌ is a simple noun, [as is also عُسْرٌ].

عَسَارٌ in the sense of إِعْسَارٌ is a pure mistake.

4.1.1she (a woman) had difficulty in bringing forth—اعسرت

Also عَسَرَتْ.

may she have an easy birth, and may she bring forth a male child—أَيْسَرَتْ وَأَذْكَرَتْ

Said in praying for a woman in labour.

[may she have a difficult birth, and may she bring forth a female child]—أَعْسَرَتْ وَآنَثَتْ

Said in the opposite case.

4.1.2

In the same way, said of a camel: she had difficulty in bringing forth, her young one sticking fast at the time of the birth.

4.1.3

And she (a camel) did not conceive during her year [after she had been covered]; also عُسِّرَتْ, in the passive form.

4.2

اعسر الغَرِيمَ: see عَسَرَ.

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, (S, K, &c.,) inf. n. إِعْسَارْ , (Kr, Mgh, &c.,) and, accord. to Kr, عُسْرٌ ; but correctly, the former is an inf. n., and عُسْرَةٌ is a simple subst.; [as is also عُسْرٌ ;] (TA;) He was, or became, in a state of difficulty; possessing little power or wealth: (TA:) he became poor: (Mgh, Msb, K:) he lost his property. (S, O.) عَسَارٌ in the sense of إِعْسَارٌ is a pure mistake. (Mgh.) اعسرت She (a woman) had, or experienced, difficulty in bringing forth; (Lth, S, O, K;) as also عَسَرَتْ . (O, TA.) You say, in praying for a woman in labour, أَيْسَرَتْ وَأَذْكَرَتْ (Lth, A) May she have an easy birth, and may she bring forth a male child: (Lth, O:) and in the contr. case you say, أَعْسَرَتْ وَآنَثَتْ [May she have a difficult birth, and may she bring forth a female child]. (Lth, A, O, TA.) And in like manner, She (a camel) had difficulty in bringing forth, her young one sticking fast at the time of the birth. (O, TA.) And She (a camel) did not conceive during her year [after she had been covered]; (K, * TA;) as also عُسِّرَتْ , in the pass. form. (TA.) اعسر الغَرِيمَ : see عَسَرَ .

Form 5تعسّر2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it became difficult; it (spun thread) became entangledgenerated

5.1

See form 1, in two places.

5.1.1

Said of spun thread, غَزْلٌ: it became entangled, so that it could not be unravelled. In the K the word is given as قَوْلٌ [speech], but this is a mistake.

Also تغسّر, with the pointed غ, so according to Lth, as related by Az, who confirms it as belonging to the language of the Arabs.

But Sgh, in the TS [and O], says that of a thing which has become difficult one says استعسر and تعسّر, while of spun thread that has become entangled so that it cannot be unravelled one says تغسّر, with the pointed غ, not with the unpointed ع, unless one speaks in a forced, or constrained, way.

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: see 1, in two places. It (spun thread, غَزْلٌ , in the K قَوْلٌ [speech], but this is a mistake, TA) became entangled, so that it could not be unravelled; as also تغسّر , with the pointed غ : so accord. to Lth, as related by Az, who confirms it as of the language of the Arabs: but Sgh, in the TS [and O], says, You say of a thing, when it has become difficult, استعسر and تعسّر ; but of spun thread, when it has become entangled, so that it cannot be unravelled, تغسّر , with the pointed غ ; not with the unpointed ع , unless using a forced, or constrained, mode of speech. (TA.)

Form 6تَعَاسَرَا2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — they treated each other harshly; they disagreed with each othergenerated

6.1

[They were hard, each with the other; they treated each other with hardness, harshness, or ill-nature;] they disagreed, each with the other.

Said of a buyer and a seller, and of a husband and wife.

تَعَاسُرٌ is the opposite of تَيَاسُرٌ. See the Qur'ān 65:6.

Qur’ān 65:6 approximate — somewhere between 65:4 and 65:12 Lane cites “Kur lxv. 6”

Qur’ān 65:6 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root

أَسْكِنُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ سَكَنتُم مِّن وُجْدِكُمْ وَلَا تُضَآرُّوهُنَّ لِتُضَيِّقُوا۟ عَلَيْهِنَّ ۚ وَإِن كُنَّ أُو۟لَـٰتِ حَمْلٍ فَأَنفِقُوا۟ عَلَيْهِنَّ حَتَّىٰ يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ ۚ فَإِنْ أَرْضَعْنَ لَكُمْ فَـَٔاتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ ۖ وَأْتَمِرُوا۟ بَيْنَكُم بِمَعْرُوفٍ ۖ وَإِن تَعَاسَرْتُمْ فَسَتُرْضِعُ لَهُۥٓ أُخْرَىٰ

Let the women live (in 'iddat) in the same style as ye live, according to your means: Annoy them not, so as to restrict them. And if they carry (life in their wombs), then spend (your substance) on them until they deliver their burden: and if they suckle your (offspring), give them their recompense: and take mutual counsel together, according to what is just and reasonable. And if ye find yourselves in difficulties, let another woman suckle (the child) on the (father's) behalf.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

6.1.1

Derived nouns 17

Nounعَسْرٌ1 sense

Core sense — difficulty, hardness, straitnessgenerated

This word, or العَسْرُ: see عِسْرٌ, in two places.

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, or العَسْرُ : see عِسْرٌ , in two places.

Nounعُسْرٌ8 senses · 1 main

Core sense — difficulty, hardness, straitness; povertygenerated

1difficulty, hardness, straitness, intricacy—عُسُرٌ

This word, and عَسَرٌ, مَعْسُورٌ, عُسْرَةٌ, مَعْسَرَةٌ, مَعْسُرَةٌ, and عُسْرَى, all apparently maṣdars of form 1, have the same meaning; the opposite of يُسْرٌ.

On some of the words mentioned here, see below in this paragraph, and see what is said of the opposite word مَيْسُورٌ under يُسْرٌ.

1.1

'Eesà Ibn-'Omar observes that every noun of three letters whose first letter has damm and whose second is sākin is pronounced by some of the Arabs with the second letter vowelled like the first; as عُسْرٌ, عُسُرٌ, رُحْمٌ, رُحُمٌ, حُلْمٌ, and حُلُمٌ.

1.2[God will give, after difficulty, ease]—سَيَجْعَلُ ٱللّٰهُ بَعْدَ عُسْرٍ يُسْرًا

[And with difficulty there is surely ease; with difficulty there is surely ease]—فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

In the Qur'ān 65:7.

In the Qur'ān 94:5 and 6. On reciting this, Ibn-Mes'ood said لَنْ يَغْلِبَ عُسْرٌ يُسْرَيْنِ [a difficulty will not prevail over twofold ease].

Abu-l-'Abbás says that this is meant as an explanation of the words of the Qur'ān immediately before it, following a rule mentioned by Fr [which applies to most cases, but not to all]: العسر being mentioned and then repeated with ال, the second is known to be the same as the first; and يسرا being mentioned and then repeated without ال, the second is known to be different from the first.

1.3[if difficulty were to enter a burrow in the ground, ease would enter upon it]—لَوْ دَخَلَ العُسْرُ جُحْرًا لَدَخَلَ اليُسْرُ عَلَيْهِ

1.4leave him to what he finds easy and to what he finds difficult—دَعْهُ إِلَى مَيْسُورِهِ وَإِلَى مَعْسُورِهِ

مَعْسُورٌ is the opposite of مَيْسُورٌ, and both are maṣdars; or they stand in the places of عُسْرٌ and يُسْرٌ; or, according to Sb, both are adjectives, for he holds that there is no maṣdar of the measure مَفْعُولٌ.

مَعْقُولٌ is explained in the same way.

[I did a thing in which such a one found difficulty; meaning I treated such a one with hardness, harshness, or ill-nature]—بَلَغْتُ مَعْسُورَ فُلَانٍ

Said when one has not treated the person spoken of with gentleness, graciousness, or courtesy.

[take what is easy of it, and leave what is difficult of it]—خُذٌ مَيْسُورَهُ وَدَعٌ مَعْسُورَهُ

Here معسور and its opposite ميسور are used as adjectives.

1.5poverty—عُسْرٌ

[the same; or] littleness of possessions, property, wealth, or power—عُسْرَةٌ

[the same; or] difficulty, and poverty—مَعْسَرَةٌ

Also مَعْسُرَةٌ, the opposite of مَيْسَرَةٌ; both are maṣdars.

[the same; or] difficult things, affairs, or circumstances—عُسْرَى

The opposite of يُسْرَى, and the feminine of أَعْسَرُ, applied to a thing, an affair, or a circumstance.

1.6[the army of difficulty], a name given to the army of Tabook—جَيْشُ العُسْرَةِ

So called because they were summoned to go there in the intense heat of summer, and in the season when the fruit was ripening, so that it was hard for them; and because the Prophet had never before gone to war with so numerous an army, amounting to thirty thousand.

1.7[We will smooth his way] to punishment, and to a difficult case—فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَى

In the Qur'ān 92:10, according to some.

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and عُسُرٌ (S, A, O, K) and عَسَرٌ (S, A, K) and مَعْسُورٌ [respecting which, as well as some other words here mentioned, see below, in this paragraph, and see what is said of its contr. مَيْسُورٌ , voce يُسْرٌ ,] and عُسْرَةٌ and مَعْسَرَةٌ and مَعْسُرَةٌ and عُسْرَى [all of which are app. inf. ns., of 1, q. v.,] (K) Difficulty; hardness; straitness; intricacy; contr. of يُسْرٌ . (S, A, O, K.) 'Eesà Ibn-'Omar observes that every noun of three letters of which the first is with damm and the second quiescent is pronounced by some of the Arabs with the second movent like the first; as عُسْرٌ and عُسُرٌ , and رُحْمٌ and رُحُمٌ , and حُلْمٌ and حُلُمٌ . (S, O.) It is said in the Kur [lxv. 7], سَيَجْعَلُ ٱللّٰهُ بَعْدَ عُسْرٍ يُسْرًا [God will give, after difficulty, ease]. (O, TA.) And again, [xciv. 5 and 6,] فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا [And verily with difficulty shall be ease: verily with difficulty shall be ease]: on reciting which, Ibn-Mes'ood said, لَنْ يَغْلِبَ عُسْرٌ يُسْرَيْنِ [A difficulty will not predominate over twofold ease], which, says Abu-l-'Abbás, is meant as an explanation of the words of the Kur immediately preceding it, agreeably with a rule mentioned by Fr [and applying to most cases, but not to all]: for العسر being mentioned, and then repeated with ال , the latter is known to be the same as the former; and يسرا being mentioned, and repeated without ال , the latter is known to be different from the former. (O, * TA.) It is also said, لَوْ دَخَلَ العُسْرُ جُحْرًا لَدَخَلَ اليُسْرُ عَلَيْهِ [If difficulty were to enter a burrow in the ground, ease would enter upon it]. (TA.) As to مَعْسُورٌ , it is the contr. of مَيْسُورٌ , and both are inf. ns.: (S, O:) or they are put in the places of عُسْرٌ and يُسْرٌ : (TA:) or accord. to Sb, they both are epithets; for he holds that there is no inf. n. of the measure مَفْعُولٌ ; and the saying دَعْهُ إِلَى مَيْسُورِهِ وَإِلَى مَعْسُورِهِ is expl. as signifying Leave thou him to a thing in which he experiences ease, and to a thing in which he experiences difficulty: and مَعْقُولٌ is also expl. in like manner. (S, O.) [In like manner also,] بَلَغْتُ مَعْسُورَ فُلَانٍ [may be expl. as signifying I effected a thing in which such a one experienced difficulty; meaning I treated such a one with hardness, harshness, or illnature; being] said when thou hast not treated the person of whom thou speakest with gentleness, graciousness, courtesy, or civility. (O, TA.) You also say, [using معسور and its contr. ميسور as epithets,] خُذٌ مَيْسُورَهُ وَدَعٌ مَعْسُورَهُ [Take thou what is easy thereof, and leave thou what is difficult thereof]. (A.) عُسْرٌ also signifies Poverty: (Msb:) and عُسْرَةٌ , [the same: or] littleness of possessions, of property, of wealth, or of power: (S, TA:) and مَعْسَرَةٌ and مَعْسُرَةٌ , [the same: or] difficulty, and poverty; contr. of مَيْسَرَةٌ : (O, TA:) both inf. ns.: (O:) and عُسْرَى , [the same: or] difficult things, affairs, or circumstances; (TA;) contr. of يُسْرَى : (S, O, TA:) and fem. of أَعْسَرُ , applied to a thing, or an affair, or a circumstance. (TA.) جَيْشُ العُسْرَةِ [The army of difficulty] is an appellation given to the army of Tabook; because they were summoned to go thither during the intense heat of summer, (O, K,) and in the season of the ripening of the fruit, (O, TA,) so that it was hard to them; (O, K;) and because the Prophet never warred before with so numerous an army, amounting to thirty thousand. (O, TA.) فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَى , in the Kur [xcii. 10], signifies, as some say, [We will smooth his way] to punishment, and a difficult case. (O, TA.)

Nounعِسْرٌ1 sense

Core sense — a tribe of the Jinn; a land inhabited by Jinngenerated

1a certain tribe of the Jinn—العِسْرُ

Also عَسْرٌ, or العَسْرُ.

Or the first of these words, or the second and the last, mean a land inhabited by Jinn.

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, (S,) or العِسْرُ , (O, K,) A certain tribe of the Jinn, or Genii; (S, O, K;) as also عَسْرٌ , (S,) or العَسْرُ : (O, K:) or the first, (S, O,) or second and ↓ last, (K,) a land inhabited by Jinn. (S, O, K.)

Nounعَسَرٌ1 sense

Core sense — difficulty, hardnessgenerated

See عُسْرٌ.

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: see عُسْرٌ .

Nounعَسِرٌ7 senses · 1 main

Core sense — difficult, hard, distressing; untrained, said of a she-camelgenerated

1difficult, hard, hard to do, hard to bear, distressing, strait, or intricate—عَسِيرٌ

Applied to an affair, or a thing; the headword has the same meaning.

1.1a want difficult to attain—حَاجَةٌ عَسِرٌ

a want difficult to attain—عَسِيرٌ

Also given as عَسِيرٌ and عَسِيرَةٌ.

1.2a difficult day; a hard, distressful, or calamitous day; an unlucky day—يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ

Also عَسِيرٌ and أَعْسَرُ.

1.3a man having little gentleness in [the carrying out of] affairs—رَجُلٌ عَسِرٌ

Or hard in disposition, or ill-natured. [See form 1.]

1.4a she-camel not trained—نَاقَةٌ عَسِيرٌ

Also عَسِيرَةٌ.

a she-camel that is ridden, or laden, before she has been trained—نَاقَةٌ عَسِيرٌ

Also عَوْسَرَانَةٌ and عَيْسَرَانَةٌ [and apparently عَيْسَرَانِيَّةٌ], or عَوْسَرَانِيَّةٌ and عَيْسَرَانِيَّةٌ and عَيْسُرَانِيَّةٌ; but what Lth says does not agree with the usage of the Arabs.

Or one that has been taken in the first stage of her training, while still hard to manage, and has had her nose-rein attached, and been ridden.

The adjective applied to a he-camel is عَسِيرٌ, or عَسِرٌ and عَيْسَرَانٌ and عَيْسُرَانٌ (Lth, Az, and so, in the place of the form immediately before it, in some copies of the K), and عَيْسَرَانِىٌّ and عَيْسُرَانِىٌّ and عَوْسَرَانِىٌّ.

1.5a she-camel that raises her tail in her running—نَاقَةٌ عَسِيرٌ

Also عَاسِرٌ; or that word means raising her tail after conception. [See form 1.]

wolves that are agitated in their running, shaking the head and twisting their tails out of briskness—عَوَاسِرُ

This is the plural; the twisting is expressed by تَكْسِرُ.

a she-camel that habitually raises her tail when she runs, out of sprightliness—نَاقَةٌ عَوْسَرَانِيَّةٌ

In the L, instead of تَعْسِيرُ standing before ذَنَبِهَا, we find تَكْسِيرُ.

1.6a she-camel not conceiving during her year [after having been covered]—نَاقَةٌ عَسِيرٌ

So according to Lth; also عَسِيرَةٌ.

But Az says that this explanation by Lth is not correct, and that ناقة عسير means a she-camel that is ridden before she has been trained, as explained above; As explains it in the same way, and ISk says the same.

Qur’ānic occurrences عَسِر

54:8

مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ

Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller!- "Hard is this Day!", the Unbelievers will say.

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Difficult, hard, hard to be done or accomplished, hard to be borne or endured, distressing, strait, or intricate; (S, O, Msb, K; *) applied to an affair, or a thing; (S, O, Msb;) as also عَسِيرٌ . (S, A, O, Msb, K.) حَاجَةٌ عَسِرٌ , and عَسِيرٌ , (K,) or عَسِيرٌ and عَسِيرَةٌ , (L,) A want difficult of attainment. (L, K.) يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ , (K,) and عَسِيرٌ , (S, K,) and أَعْسَرُ , (K,) A difficult day; a day of difficulty; (S;) a hard, distressful, or calamitous, day; or an unfortunate, or unlucky, day. (K.) رَجُلٌ عَسِرٌ A man having little gentleness in [the execution of] affairs: (Msb:) or hard in disposition; or illnatured. (K.) [See 1.] نَاقَةٌ عَسِيرٌ , (S, A, O,) or عَسِيرَةٌ , (as in one copy of the S,) A she-camel not trained: (S, A, O:) or نَاقَةٌ عَسِيرٌ and عَوْسَرَانَةٌ and عَيْسَرَانَةٌ [and app. عَيْسَرَانِيَّةٌ ] (K) or عَوْسَرَانِيَّةٌ (Lth, Az, S, O, L) and عَيْسَرَانِيَّةٌ (Lth, Az, TS, O, L) and عَيْسُرَانِيَّةٌ , (Lth, Az, TS, O,) but what Lth says is not agreeable with the usage of the Arabs, (Az, TS, O,) a she-camel that is ridden, (Lth, Az, S, O, TA,) or laden, (TA,) before she has been trained: (Lth, Az, S, O, TA:) or that has been taken in the first stage of her training, while yet difficult to manage, and had her nose-rein attached, and been ridden: (K:) and the epithet applied to a he-camel is عَسِيرٌ , (K, TA,) or عَسِرٌ , (CK,) and عَيْسَرَانٌ (Lth, Az, and so in some copies of the K,) and عَيْسُرَانٌ (Lth, Az, TA, and so, in the place of the form immediately preceding, in some copies of the K,) and عَيْسَرَانِىٌّ (TA) and عَيْسُرَانِىٌّ (K, TA) and عَوْسَرَانِىٌّ . (S, O.) Also نَاقَةٌ عَسِيرٌ A she-camel that raises her tail in her running; as also عَاسِرٌ : (K:) or the latter, raising her tail after conception: (TA:) [see 1:] and [its pl.] عَوَاسِرُ , applied to wolves, that are agitated in their running, and shake the head, and contort ( تَكْسِرُ ) their tails, (S, TA,) by reason of briskness. (TA.) And نَاقَةٌ عَوْسَرَانِيَّةٌ A she-camel that is wont to raise her tail when she runs, (TS, O, K,) by reason of sprightliness. (O, TA.) In the L, instead of تَعْسِيرُ , preceding ذَنَبِهَا , we find تَكْسِيرُ . (TA.) Also, نَاقَةٌ عَسِيرٌ , (Lth, O, K,) or عَسِيرَةٌ , (S,) accord. to Lth, (TA,) A she-camel not conceiving during her year [after having been covered]: (Lth, S, O, K:) but Az says that this explanation by Lth is not correct, and that ناقة عسير signifies, as expl. above, “ a she-camel that is ridden before she has been trained; ” and so As explains it; and ISk says the same. (TA.)

Nounعُسُرٌ1 sense

Core sense — difficulty, hardnessgenerated

See عُسْرٌ.

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: see عُسْرٌ .

Nounعُسْرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — difficulty, hardness; povertygenerated

See عُسْرٌ, in three places.

Qur’ānic occurrences عُسْرَة 1 shown of 2

2:280

وَإِن كَانَ ذُو عُسْرَةٍ فَنَظِرَةٌ إِلَىٰ مَيْسَرَةٍ ۚ وَأَن تَصَدَّقُوا۟ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

If the debtor is in a difficulty, grant him time Till it is easy for him to repay. But if ye remit it by way of charity, that is best for you if ye only knew.

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: see عُسْرٌ , in three places.

Nounعَسَرَهٌ1 sense

Core sense — difficulty, hardnessgenerated

See أَعْسَرُ, last sentence.

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: see أَعْسَرُ , last sentence.

Nounعُسْرَى1 sense

Core sense — difficulty, hardnessgenerated

See عُسْرٌ, in three places; and see also أَعْسَرُ.

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: see عُسْرٌ , in three places: and see also أَعْسَرُ .

Nounعَسِيرٌ1 sense

Core sense — difficult, hard; a she-camel not trainedgenerated

This word and عَسِيرَةٌ: see عَسِرٌ, throughout.

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74:9

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ

That will be- that Day - a Day of Distress,-

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and عَسِيرَةٌ : see عَسِرٌ , throughout.

Nounعَاسِرٌ1 sense

Core sense — raising her tail while running, said of a she-camelgenerated

This word and its plural عَوَاسِرُ: see عَسِرٌ, latter half.

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; and [its pl.] عَوَاسِرُ : see عَسِرٌ , latter half.

Nounعَوْسَرَانَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a she-camel ridden before she has been trainedgenerated

This word, and عَوْسَرَانِيٌّ and عَوْسَرَانِيَّةٌ: see عَسِرٌ, the last in two places.

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and عَوْسَرَانِيٌّ and عَوْسَرَانِيَّةٌ : see عَسِرٌ ; the last in two places.

Nounعَيْسَرَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — a camel ridden before it has been trainedgenerated

This word, and عَيْسُرَانٌ, عَيْسَرَانَةٌ, عَيْسُرَانَةٌ, عَيْسَرَانِىٌّ, عَيْسُرَانِىٌّ, عَيْسَرَانِيَّةٌ, and عَيْسُرَانِيَّةٌ: see عَسِرٌ.

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and عَيْسُرَانٌ and عَيْسَرَانَةٌ and عَيْسُرَانَةٌ and عَيْسَرَانِىٌّ and عَيْسُرَانِىٌّ and عَيْسَرَانِيَّةٌ and عَيْسُرَانِيَّةٌ : see عَسِرٌ .

Nounأَعْسَرُ6 senses · 2 main

Core sense — left-handed; more, or most, difficult; the left hand or armgenerated

[More, and most, difficult, hard, strait, or intricate; the opposite of أَيْسَرُ.] Applied to a thing, an affair, or a circumstance.

Feminine عُسْرَى.

1.1

Applied to a day, the same as عَسِرٌ: unfortunate, or unlucky.

A left-handed man; one who works with his left hand; one whose strength is in his left hand or arm, and who does with it what others do with the right.

Feminine عَسْرَآءُ; plural عُسْرَانٌ, as سُودَانٌ is a plural of أَسْوَدُ and عُسْرٌ.

None is stronger in casting or shooting than the أَعْسَر.

2.1a man who uses both his hands [alike]; ambidextrous—أَعْسَرُ يَسَرٌ

Feminine عَسْرَآءُ يَسَرَةٌ.

One should not say [of a man that he is] أَعْسَرُ أَيْسَرُ, nor of a woman that she is عَسْرَآءُ يَسْرَآءُ.

2.2the left hand or arm—العَسْرَآءُ

Feminine of الأَعْسَرُ.

2.3a pigeon, or pigeons, having a whiteness in the left wing—حَمَامٌ أَعْسَرُ

an eagle whose feathers on the left side are more numerous than those on the right—عُقَابٌ عَسْرَآءُ

a white primary feather—عَسْرَآءُ

Some say: having white primary feathers in its wing.

Also عَسَرَةٌ; in one of my copies of the S written عِسْرَة.

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[More, and most, difficult, hard, strait, or intricate; contr. of أَيْسَرُ ;] applied to a thing, or an affair, or a circumstance: fem. عُسْرَى . (TA.) Applied to a day, i. q. عَسِرٌ , q. v.; (K;) unfortunate, or unlucky, (O.) A left-handed man; one who works with his left hand; (S, O, Msb, K;) one whose strength is in his left hand or arm, and who does with that what others do with the right: (TA:) fem. عَسْرَآءُ : (K:) and pl. عُسْرَانٌ , (O, TA,) like as سُودَانٌ is a pl. of أَسْوَدُ , (TA,) and عُسْرٌ . (O.) None is stronger in casting or shooting than the أَعْسَر . (TA.) أَعْسَرُ يَسَرٌ A man who uses both his hands [alike]; ambidextrous; an ambidexter: (S, O, K:) fem. عَسْرَآءُ يَسَرَةٌ : (TA:) you should not say [of a man that he is] أَعْسَرُ أَيْسَرُ ; (S, TA;) nor of a woman that she is عَسْرَآءُ يَسْرَآءُ . (TA.) العَسْرَآءُ , fem. of الأَعْسَرُ , The left hand or arm. (TA.) حَمَامٌ أَعْسَرُ A pigeon, or pigeons, having a whiteness in the left wing. (S, O.) And عُقَابٌ عَسْرَآءُ An eagle whose feathers on the left side are more numerous than those on the right: (S, O, K: *) and (S, O, K) some say (S, O) having, in its wing, white primary feathers. (O, K.) And عَسْرَآءُ A white primary feather; (O, K;) and so عَسَرَةٌ . (S, O, K; in one of my copies of the S written عِسْرَة .)

Nounمِعْسَرٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who presses his debtor and straitens himgenerated

A man who presses his debtor, and straitens him, or puts him in difficulty. [See form 1, latter half.]

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A man who presses his debtor, and straitens him, or puts him in difficulty. (T, TS, O, K.) [See 1, latter half].

Nounمَعْسَرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — difficulty, hardnessgenerated

This word and مَعْسُرَةٌ: see عُسْرٌ, each in two places.

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and مَعْسُرَةٌ : see عُسْرٌ ; each in two places.

Nounمَعْسُورٌ1 sense

Core sense — a thing in which one finds difficultygenerated

See عُسْرٌ, in four places.

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: see عُسْرٌ , in four places.