Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

مغّرهُ He dyed it (namely a garment or piece of cloth) with مَغْرَة. (A.)

مَغَرٌ andمُغْرَةٌ↓ (Ḳ, TA) A colour inclining to red: (TA:) or a colour not pure red, (Ḳ, TA,) nor inclining to yellow; its redness being like the colour of مَغْرَة↓: (TA:) or i. q. شُقْرَةٌ [i. e., in a man, ruddiness of complexion combined with fairness, and in a horse, a sorrel colour,] with duskiness, or dinginess. (Ḳ.) See also أَمْغَرُ.

مَغْرَةٌ [Red ochre, called in the present day مُغْرَة;] red earth, (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ,) with which one dyes [and paints]; (TA;) well known; (A;) as alsoمَغَرَةٌ↓. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

أَمْغَرُ i. q. أَشْقَرُ, (A, Mṣb,) applied to a man [and signifying Of a ruddy complexion combined with fairness], (A,) and to a horse [and signifying of a sorrel colour]: (A, Mṣb:) or red in the hair and skin, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) of the colour of مَغْرَة: (Ṣ:) and having redness in the face, with clear whiteness: (Ḳ:) or white, or white in face: as also أَحْمَرُ: applied to a man: (TA:) and, applied to a horse, of a colour inclining to أَشْقَر [or sorrel]; i. e. having his شُقْرَةٌ [or sorrel colour] tinged over with duskiness, or dinginess: (Ṣ:) and applied to a camel, of the colour of مَغْرَة: (Ḳ:) and so applied to a horse: or a horse not of a pure red colour, nor of a colour inclining to yellow, but of a red colour, like the colour of مَغْرَة, and having the mane and forelock and ears like the [red] colour termed صُهْبَة, without any whiteness: (TA:) [see also مَغَرٌ:] the fem. is مَغْرَآءُ: and the dim. أَمَيْغِرُ. (TA.)

مَمْغَرَةٌ Land whence مَغْرَة comes forth, or is procured. (TA.)

مُمَغَّرٌ A garment, or piece of cloth, (A,) dyed with مَغْرَة. (A, Ḳ.)