مصر

Form 2 · Form 5 · 5 entries · Qur'ānic frequency 5

Form 2مصّرهُ2 senses · 1 main

maṣdarتَمْصِيرٌ

Core sense — he made it a boundary; they made a place a citygenerated

2.1he made it a limit, or boundary, between two things—مِصْر

Said of a town.

2.1.1they made the place a مِصْر, or appointed it to be one—مَصَّرُوا المَكَانَ

. Here it means a city, or town, of the kind so called.

he appointed the cities, or towns, called أَمْصَار—مَصَّرَ الأَمْصَارَ

Said of 'Omar; the phrase is like مَدَّنَ المُدُنَ.

he built the cities, or towns, called امصار—مصّر الامصار

Among these امصار were El-Basrah and El-Koofeh.

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He made it (namely a town) a مِصْر , i. e. a limit, or boundary, between two things. (IAar.) مَصَّرُوا المَكَانَ , inf. n. تَمْصِيرٌ , They made the place, or appointed it to be, a مِصْر [meaning a city, or town, such as is thus called]. (M, * K.) It is said of 'Omar, مَصَّرَ الأَمْصَارَ , (TA,) which is a phrase like مَدَّنَ المُدُنَ , (S,) [and signifying He appointed the cities, or towns called أَمْصَار : or] مصّر الامصار signifies he built the [cities, or towns, called] امصار : (A:) among which امصار were El-Basrah and El-Koofeh. (A, TA.)

Form 5تمصّر1 sense

Core sense — it became a city, or towngenerated

5.1it became a city, or town, of the kind so called—مِصْر

Said of a place.

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It (a place) became a مِصْر [meaning a city, or town, such as is thus called]. (M, K.)

Derived nouns 3

Nounمِصْرٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a boundary between two things; a great town, a citygenerated

1Such a one bought the house with its limits, or boundaries—إِشْتَرَى فُلَانٌ الدَّارَ بِمُصُورِهَا

A partition, barrier, or thing coming between two things; also a limit, or boundary, between two lands. Also مَاصِرٌ.

Plural مُصُورٌ.

The people of Egypt, or of Hejer, or of both, write this in their contracts.

1.1a great town—بَلَدٌ عَظِيمٌ

a city, or provincial city—كُورَة

a town in which the ordinances of God are carried out—كُورَة

Those ordinances are the ones termed حُدُود; and in such a town the spoil or tribute termed فَىْء and the alms termed صَدَقَات are divided without consulting the Khaleefeh. This is its meaning in the language of the Arabs.

Or: that town whose greatest mosque will not hold its inhabitants.

It is masculine and perfectly declinable, and feminine and imperfectly declinable. [But this remark seems properly to relate to the word when used as the name of the metropolis of Egypt, and of Egypt itself.]

Plural أَمْصَارٌ.

The dual, المِصْرَانِ, is applied to El-Koofeh and El-Basrah.

Qur’ānic occurrences مِصْر 2 shown of 5

12:99

فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ ءَاوَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ أَبَوَيْهِ وَقَالَ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ مِصْرَ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ءَامِنِينَ

Then when they entered the presence of Joseph, he provided a home for his parents with himself, and said: "Enter ye Egypt (all) in safety if it please Allah."

43:51

وَنَادَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى قَوْمِهِۦ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَلَيْسَ لِى مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهَـٰذِهِ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِىٓ ۖ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ

And Pharaoh proclaimed among his people, saying: "O my people! Does not the dominion of Egypt belong to me, (witness) these streams flowing underneath my (palace)? What! see ye not then?

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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A partition, barrier, or thing intervening, between two things: (S, M, K:) as also مَاصِرٌ : (K:) and (S) or limit, or boundary, between two lands: (M, K:) pl. مُصُورٌ . (S, M.) The people of Egypt, (S,) or of Hejer, (M,) or of both, (TA,) write in their contracts, (S, M, *) إِشْتَرَى فُلَانٌ الدَّارَ بِمُصُورِهَا Such a one bought the house with its limits, or boundaries. (S, M, * K. *) Hence, A great town; syn. بَلَدٌ عَظِيمٌ ; (Bd, ii. 58;). a كُورَة [here meaning city, or provincial city]: (M, K:) or a كُورَة (Lth, IF, Msb) in which the [ordinances of God which are termed] حُدُود are executed, and (Lth, TA) in which the [spoil or tribute termed] فَىْء and the [alms termed] صَدَقَات are divided (Lth, IF, Msb) without consulting the Khaleefeh; such is its signification in the language of the Arabs: (Lth, TA:) or that [town] whereof the greatest of its mosques will not hold, or contain, its inhabitants: (KT:) it is masc. and perfectly decl., and fem. and imperfectly decl.: (Msb:) [but this remark seems properly to relate to the word when used as the name of the metropolis of Egypt, and of Egypt itself, agreeably with what is said in the S, M, and K:] pl. أَمْصَارٌ . (S, M, Msb.) The dual, المِصْرَانِ , is applied to El-Koofeh and El-Basrah. (S, M, A, K.)

Nounمَصِيرٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a gut, or intestine, receiving food from the stomach; a bad kind of datesgenerated

1a gut, an intestine, or a bowel, into which the food passes from the stomach—مِعًى

Some say it is said specially of a bird, of an animal with a soft foot, خُفّ, such as the camel, and of animals with a cloven hoof.

Plural, of the smaller number, أَمْصِرَةٌ; of the larger number, مُصْرَانٌ; and plural of the plural مَصَارِينُ.

This last is according to Sb, but some say it is not established, and Lth says it is a mistake. Az says it is the plural of مُصْرَانٌ, and that the Arabs gave it this form of plural imagining the م to be a radical letter.

Some say that مَصِيرٌ is of the measure مَفْعِلٌ [originally مَصْيِرٌ], derived from صَار إِلَيْهِ الطَّعَامُ [“ the food passed to it ”], and they say مُصْرَانٌ, just as they say مُسْلَانٌ as plural of مَسِيلُ المَآءِ, likening مَفْعِلٌ to فَعِيلٌ.

مِصْرَانٌ is also a dialectal variant of مُصْرَانٌ.

[See also مَصَارّ in art. صر.]

1.1figurative · مجازa bad kind of dates—مُصْرَانُ الفَارَةِ

Also written مُصْرَانُ الفَأْرِ.

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A gut, an intestine, or a bowel, into which the food passes from the stomach; syn. مِعًى : (S, M, Msb, K:) or specially, as some say, of a bird, and of an animal which has a soft foot, or خُفّ , [as the camel,] and of such as have a cloven hoof: (M, TA:) pl. [of pauc.] أَمْصِرَةٌ (M, K) and [of mult.] مُصْرَانٌ , and pl. pl. مَصَارِينُ : (S, M, A, Msb, K:) the last accord. to Sb; (M;) but some say that it is not established; (A;) and Lth says, that it is a mistake; but Az says, that it is pl. of مُصْرَانٌ , and that the Arabs have given it this form of pl. imagining the م to be a radical letter; (TA;) and some say, that مَصِيرٌ is of the measure مَفْعِلٌ , [originally مَصْيِرٌ ,] derived from صَار إِلَيْهِ الطَّعَامُ [“ the food passed to it ”], and they say مُصْرَانٌ in like manner as they say مُسْلَانٌ as pl. of مَسِيلُ المَآءِ , likening مَفْعِلٌ to فَعِيلٌ : (S, TA:) مِصْرَانٌ also is a dial. form of مُصْرَانٌ . (Fr, Sgh, TA.) [See also مَصَارّ , in art. صر .] مُصْرَانُ الفَارَةِ , (S, Msb,) or مُصْرَانُ الفَأْرِ , (Mgh, K,) A bad kind of dates. (S, Mgh, Msb, K.)

Nounمَاصِرٌ1 sense

Core sense — a barrier, or thing coming between two thingsgenerated

See مِصْرٌ, and see مَأْصِرٌ in art. اصر.

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: see مِصْرٌ ; and see مَأْصِرٌ , in art. اصر .