Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

جيّر He plastered a watering-trough or tank with جَيَّار. (TA.)

جَيْرِ, with kesr to the ر, (Ṣ, Mughnee, Ḳ, &c.,) like أَمْسِ; (Mughnee;) and جَيْرَ, like أَيْنَ; and sometimes جَيْرٍ; (Mughnee, Ḳ;) or this, where it occurs, is for جَيْرِ إِنَّ, and is properly written جَيْرِنْ, إِنَّ in the sense of نَعَمْ being a corroborative of جَيْرِ, and its hemzeh and sheddeh and final vowel being here suppressed: (Mughnee:) a form of oath, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) or put in the place of an oath, (IAmb, TA,) meaning Verily, or truly; syn. حَقًّا: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or a responsive particle, (Mughnee,) meaning yes; syn. نَعَمْ [which is most approved as responsive to an interrogation], (Mughnee, Ḳ,) or أَجَلْ [which is most approved as responsive to an affirmation]; (Sharh et-Tesheel, Ḳ;) not a noun in the sense of حَقًّا, for were it so it would be an inf. n.; nor in the sense of أَبَدًا, for were it so it would be an adv. n. of time; and if it were a noun it would be decl., and would admit the article ال, and would not have إِنَّ for a corroborative, nor have لَا opposed to it, as it has in the saying,

* إِذَا تَقُولُ لَا ٱبْنَةُ العُجَيْرِ *

* تَصْدُقُ لَا إِذَا تَقُولُ جَيْرِ *

[When the daughter of El-ʼOjeyr says لا, she speaks truly: not when she says جير]: (Mughnee:) or it is a verbal noun, meaning I know; syn. أَعْرِفُ; as is mentioned by Ibn-Abi-r-Rabeea, and by Er-Raḍee on the authority of ʼAbd-El-Káhir. (MF.) You say, جَيْرِ لَا آتِيكَ Verily, or truly, [&c.,] I will not come to thee. (Ṣ.) And جَيْرِ لَا أَفْعَلُ ذٰلِكَ Verily, or truly, [&c.,] I will not do that. (Ḳ,* TA.) And لَا جَيْرِ لَا أَفْعَلُ No, verily, or truly, [&c.,] I will not do [that]. (Ḳ.)

جِيرٌ Gypsum; syn. جِصٌّ. (IAạr, TA.) [In modern Arabic, Lime: see also what next follows.]

جَيَّارٌ Quick lime, and the mixtures thereof, with which are plastered watering-troughs or tanks, and baths; syn. صَارُوجٌ: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) quick lime and gypsum mixed with ashes: (IAạr TA:) or quick lime alone. (TA. [See also جِيرٌ.])

[A limeburner: so in the present day: see أَتُونٌ.]

Heat in the chest, by reason of rage or hunger; as alsoجَائِرٌ↓: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or cough, or the like. (Ḥam p. 56.) It is app. of the measure فَعَّالٌ; or it may be of the measure فَيْعَالٌ; or فَوْعَالٌ [originally جَوْيَارٌ]. (IJ, TA.)

Strength, or vehemence. (TA.)

مُجَيَّرٌ A watering-trough or tank made small: or made deep: or plastered with gypsum. (Ḳ.)