maṣdarإِمْرَارٌ مِرَارٌ مَرَارَةٌ
Core sense — he made him, or it, pass; he twisted it tightly; it became bittergenerated
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He made him, or it, pass, pass by or beyond, go, go away, or pass away; the same is expressed by مَرَّ بِهِ.
4.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe recited the poetry, especially with fluency—امرّ الشِّعْرَ
Given in the K under ذبر.
4.1.2he made him, or it, pass, or go, by him, or it—امرّهُ بِهِ
Some copies of the K have امترّ به, but the first is the right reading.
he made him, or it, pass, or go, by him, or it—عَلَيْهِ
4.1.3he made him pass, or go, along, or over, the bridge, or dyke—امرّهُ عَلَى الجِسْرِ
he passed his hand over him, or it—امرّ عَلَيْهِ يَدَهُ
he passed the pen over it, or across it—امرّ عليه القَلَمَ
I passed the knife across the throat of the sheep, or goat—أَمْرَرْتُ السِّكِّينَ عَلَى حَلْقِ الشَّاةِ
In a tradition about the sound the angels hear when a revelation is sent down: كَإِمْرَارِ الحَدِيدِ عَلَى الطَّشْتِ, meaning like the dragging of iron over a copper basin.
In another tradition: صَوْتَ إِمْرَارِ السِّلْسِلَةِ, the sound of the dragging of the chain; or, by the more common account, صَوْتَ مِرَارِ السِّلْسِلَةِ عَلَى الصَّفَا, meaning the sound of the dragging and continuous running of the chain over the smooth rocks.
For مَارَّ, means it (a thing) dragged, or was drawn along.
4.2he twisted it tightly—امرّهُ
Said of a rope and of a thread.
4.2.1figurative · مجازtime, or fortune, as it were untwists and twists tightly—الدَّهْرُ ذُو نَقْضٍ وَإِمْرَارٍ
See the article نقض.
4.2.2figurative · مجازhe struggled with him, twisting about him, or twisting his neck, to throw him down—امرّهُ
he twisted himself about him and turned him round, to throw him down—مارّهُ
Or this second verb has the same meaning as the first. For يُدِيرُهُ in the K, the L has يُرِيدُهُ, which SM prefers; but I prefer the first, since it also means he turned him round — namely, a camel — in order to throw him down.
Or مارّهٌ means he struggled with him and twisted his neck to throw him down, the other wanting to do the same; the maṣdar is مُمَارَّةٌ and مِرَارٌ.
his wife opposes him and twists herself about him—إِمْرَأَتُهُ تُمَارُّهُ
مِرَارُ الحرْبِ is explained by As as the striving to obtain victory in war.
4.3figurative · مجازit was, or became, bitter—امرّ
. Also مَرَّ, but Ks did not know this form, and Th says the first is more common; muḍāriʿ مَرَرَ and مَرُرَ, from which it seems that the second person of the past tense is both مَرِرْتَ and مَرُرْتَ, or this is a simple noun; and استمرّ.
this food has become bitter in my mouth—قَدْ أَمَرَّ هَذَا الطَّعَامُ فِى فَمِى
life became bitter to him—أَمَرَّ عَلَيْهِ العَيْشُ
life became bitter to him—مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ
You say the same of anything that becomes bitter.
Th cites:
shāhidتُمِرُّ عَلَيْنَا الأَرْضُ مِنْ أَنْ نَرَى بِهَاأَنِيسًا وَيَحْلَوْلِى لَنَا البَلَدُ القَفْرُ
— the land is displeasing to us because we see people in it, and the empty desert is pleasing to us. The poet makes تُمِرُّ transitive by means of على because it carries the meaning of تَضِيقُ, which takes that same particle.
One says also أَمَرُّ وَأَحْلُو and أَمُرُّ وَأَحْلُو: I am bitter at one time, and I am sweet at one time.
See also Form 1 in the article حلو.
4.3.1figurative · مجازhe said not, and did not, a bitter thing, and said not, and did not, a sweet thing—مَا أَمَرَّ وَمَا أَحْلَى
such a one reviled me, and I said neither a bitter thing nor a sweet thing—شَتَمَنِى فُلَانٌ فَمَا أَمْرَرْتُ وَلَا أَحْلَيْتُ
such a one neither injures nor profits—فُلَانٌ مَا يُمِرُّ وَمَا يُحْلِى
4.3.2
امرّهُ as meaning the same as مَرَّرَهُ: see Form 2.
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, (inf. n. إِمْرَارٌ , TA,) He made him, or it, to pass, pass by or beyond, go, go away, or pass away; (A, Msb, TA;) as also مَرَّ بِهِ . (Msb.) [Hence,] امرّ الشِّعْرَ [ He recited the poetry, especially, with fluency]. (K, art. ذبر .) امرّهُ بِهِ (in some copies of the K, امترّ به , but the former is the right reading, TA) [and عَلَيْهِ ] He made him, or it, to pass, or go, by him, or it, (K.) امرّهُ عَلَى الجِسْرِ He made him to pass, or go, along, or over, the bridge, or dyke. (Lh, K.) امرّ عَلَيْهِ يَدَهُ [He passed his hand over him, or it]. And امرّ عليه القَلَمَ [He passed the pen over it, or across it]. (A.) أَمْرَرْتُ السِّكِّينَ عَلَى حَلْقِ الشَّاةِ I passed the knife across the throat of the sheep, or goat. (Msb.) It is said in a trad., respecting the sound that is heard by the angels when a revelation is sent down, كَإِمْرَارِ الحَدِيدِ عَلَى الطَّشْتِ , meaning, Like the dragging, or drawing, (in a trans. sense,) of the iron over the copper basin: and in another trad., صَوْتَ إِمْرَارِ السِّلْسِلَةِ [the sound of the dragging, or drawing, of the chain]: or, accord. to the more common relation, صَوْتَ مِرَارِ السِّلْسِلَةِ عَلَى الصَّفَا , meaning, the sound of the dragging, (in an intrans. sense) and continuous running, of the chain upon the [smooth] rocks: (IAth, TA:) for مَارَّ , inf. n. مِرَارٌ , signifies it (a thing) dragged, or became drawn along. (K, TA.) امرّهُ He twisted it tightly; namely, a rope, (S, A, Msb,) and a thread. (Msb.) [Hence,] الدَّهْرُ ذُو نَقْضٍ وَإِمْرَارٍ [Time, or fortune, as it were, untwists and twists tightly]. (A. TA.) [See art. نقض .] Hence also, امرّهُ He struggled, or strove, with him, (S, A,) and twisted about him, (S,) or twisted his neck, (A,) to throw him down; (S, A;) as also مارّهُ : (S:) or this latter signifies he twisted himself about him, and turned him round, to throw him down; (K,) [for يُدِيرُهُ , in the K, we find in the L يُرِيدُهُ , which latter is preferred by SM; but I prefer the former; for it also signifies] he turned him round, (namely, a camel,) in order to throw him down: (M:) or مارّهٌ signifies he struggled, or strove, with him, and twisted his neck, (A,) to throw him down, (AHeyth, T, A,) (AHeyth, T, A,) the latter desiring to do the same; and the inf. n. is مُمَارَّةٌ and مِرَارٌ : (AHeyth, T:) and إِمْرَأَتُهُ تُمَارُّهُ his wife opposes him, and twists herself about him: (A, TA:) and مِرَارُ الحرْبِ is explained by As as signifying the striving to obtain the victory in war. (M.) امرّ , (inf. n. إِمْرَارٌ , A,) It was, or became, bitter; (Ks, Th, S, M, A, Msb, K;) as also مَرَّ , (Th, S, M, A, Msb, K,) but this was not known by Ks, and Th says that the former is the more common, (M,) aor. مَرَرَ (S, M, Msb, K) and مَرُرَ , (Th, M, K,) [whence it seems that the see. pers. of the pret. is both مَرِرْتَ and مَرُرْتَ ,] inf. n. مَرَارَةٌ , (S, M, A, K,) or this is a simple subst.: (Msb;) and استمرّ (A, Sgh, TA.) You say, قَدْ أَمَرَّ هَذَا الطَّعَامُ فِى فَمِى This food has become bitter in my mouth: and in like manner you say of anything that becomes bitter. (TA.) You say also, أَمَرَّ عَلَيْهِ العَيْشُ , and مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ , [Life became bitter to him]. (A.) And Th cites, 1 [ The land is displeasing to us from our seeing in it man, and the desolate country is pleasing to us]: the poet makes تُمِرُّ trans. by means of على , because it implies the meaning of تَضِيقُ [which is made trans. by means of the same particle]. (M, TA) You say also, أَمَرُّ وَأَحْلُو , and أَمُرُّ وَأَحْلُو , meaning I am bitter at one time, and I am sweet at one time. (IAar, M.) [See also 1 in art. حلو .] تُمِرُّ عَلَيْنَا الأَرْضُ مِنْ أَنْ نَرَى بِهَا | أَنِيسًا وَيَحْلَوْلِى لَنَا البَلَدُ القَفْرُ But مَا أَمَرَّ وَمَا أَحْلَى signifies He said not. (IAar, S, M,) and he did not, (IAar, M,) a bitter thing, and he said not, (IAar, S, M,) and he did not, (IAar, M,) a sweet thing. (IAar, S, M.) You say, شَتَمَنِى فُلَانٌ فَمَا أَمْرَرْتُ وَلَا أَحْلَيْتُ Such a one reviled me, and I did not say a bitter thing, nor did I say a sweet thing. (Lh, T.) And فُلَانٌ مَا يُمِرُّ وَمَا يُحْلِى Such a one does not injure nor does he profit. (M, K. *) امرّهُ as syn. with مَرَّرَهُ : see 2.