Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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عسف عسكر عسل


Q.1. عسكر

عَسْكَرَ الرَّجُلُ [The man collected an army]. (Ṣ.)

Root: عسكر - Entry: Q. 1. Signification: A2

عَسْكَرْتُ الشَّىْءَ I collected the thing. (Mṣb.)

Root: عسكر - Entry: Q. 1. Signification: A3

عَسْكَرَ القَوْمُ The people collected themselves together, (Ḳ,) بِٱلْمَكَانِ in the place: (TA:) or the people fell into difficulty, distress, or adversity: (Ḳ:) or into dearth, scarcity, or drought. (TA.)

Root: عسكر - Entry: Q. 1. Signification: A4

عَسْكَرَ اللَّيْلُ The night became densely dark. (O, Ḳ.)


عَسْكَرٌ

عَسْكَرٌ, a Pers. word arabicized, (Ibn-El-Jawá- leekee, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,*) from لَشْكَرٌ, (Mgh, TA,) An army: (Ṣ, A, O, Mṣb:) pl. عَسَاكِرُ. (A, O.) You say, العَسْكَرُ مُقْبِلٌ, and مُقْبِلُونَ, The army is coming, and are coming. (Th, TA.)

Root: عسكر - Entry: عَسْكَرٌ Signification: A2

A collection. (A, Ḳ.)

Root: عسكر - Entry: عَسْكَرٌ Signification: A3

A large number, or quantity, of anything: (A, Ḳ:) as, of men, and of camels or other property, and of horses, and of dogs. (TA.)

Root: عسكر - Entry: عَسْكَرٌ Signification: A4

The camels or sheep or goats of a man, collectively. (Az, O, TA.) You say, إِنَّهُ لَقَلِيلُ العَسْكَرِ Verily he has few beasts. (TṢ, O, TA.)

Root: عسكر - Entry: عَسْكَرٌ Signification: A5

† The darkness of night. (TA.)

Root: عسكر - Entry: عَسْكَرٌ Signification: A6

عَسَاكِرُ الهَمِّAnxieties, coming one upon another, consecutively. (O, TA.)

Root: عسكر - Entry: عَسْكَرٌ Signification: A7
Root: عسكر - Entry: عَسْكَرٌ Signification: A8

[Hence,] العَسْكَرَانِ ʼArafeh and Minè (عَرَفَةُ وَمِنًى): (Ṣ, A, O, Mṣb, Ḳ:) because places of assembling. (Mṣb.)


عَسْكَرَةٌ

عَسْكَرَةٌ Difficulty, distress, or adversity: (Ṣ, O, Ḳ:) and dearth, scarcity, or drought. (Ḳ.) Tarafeh says,

* ظَلَّ فِى عَسْكَرَةٍ مِنْ حُبِّهَا *

i. e., He became in a state of difficulty, or distress, by reason of love of her. (Ṣ, O.)


مُعَسْكَرٌ

مُعَسْكَرٌ Collected together. (Mṣb.)

Root: عسكر - Entry: مُعَسْكَرٌ Dissociation: B

And The place where an army collects itself; (Ṣ,* Mṣb;) as alsoعَسْكَرٌ↓. (TA.)


مُعَسْكِرٌ

مُعَسْكِرٌ Collecting an army; or a collector of an army. (Ṣ,* Mṣb.)


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