Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

ماجرهُ, inf. n. مُمَاجَرَةٌ and مِجَارٌ, ‡ He practised usury with him; syn. رَابَاهُ. (Ḳ.) See also 4.

امجر فِى البَيْعِ, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. إِمْجَارٌ, He practised what is termed مَجْرٌ in selling; he sold a thing for what was in the belly of a certain she-camel (Ṣ, Mṣb) or other beast: (Mṣb:) or he practised what is termed مُحَاقَلَة: see مَجْرٌ, below: (Mṣb:) or i. q. مَاجَرَ, inf. n. مُمَاجَرَةٌ; ‡ [he practised usury: see 3.] (TA.)

مَجْرٌ What is in the belly of a pregnant animal, (IAạr, Mgh,) or of a she-camel, (Mṣb, Ḳ,) and of a ewe or a she-goat, (Ḳ,) when her pregnancy has become manifest: (TA:) or (Mṣb; in the Ḳ, and) the sale of a thing for what is in the belly of a certain she-camel: (Ṣ, Mṣb:) or the sale of a camel, or other thing, for what is in the belly of a she-camel: (AZ, Mgh,* TA:) or the purchase of what is in the bellies of she-camels and of ewes or she-goats: and the purchase of a camel for what is in the belly of a she-camel: andمَجَرٌ↓ [signifies the same, but] is a word of weak authority, or a barbarism; (Ḳ:) and the latter appears to be the case, for it is rejected by Az and IAth: (TA:) or (Mṣb; in the Ḳ, and) i. q. مُحَاقَلَةٌ [or the sale of corn in the ear for wheat-grain]: (IAạr, Mṣb, Ḳ:) and مُزَابَنَةٌ [or the sale of dates on the tree for dates by measure]: and † a game of hazard; syn. قِمَارٌ: and † usury; syn. رِبًى: (IAạr, Ḳ:) it is a subst. from أَمْجَرَ فِى البَيْعِ. (Mṣb.) مَجْرٌ, (Ṣ,) or بَيْعُ المَجْرِ, (TA,) is forbidden in a trad. (Ṣ, TA.) Perhaps بَيْعُ المَجْرِ may be termed مجر in this trad. tropically. (TA.)

A great army (see a verse cited in art. دهم).