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صَعَرٌ ذ inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. ― -b2- The saying فِى الصَّعَرِ الدِّيَةُ is expl. as meaning In [the case of] the distorting of the face [the whole bloodwit shall be exacted: as though the verb of which صَعَرٌ is the inf. n. were trans.; but this is obviously a loose rendering]. (Mgh.) ― -b3- صَعَرٌ also signifies Pride: (Mgh:) or the being proud. (TA.) ― -b4- And Smallness of the head: (K:) or the being small, said of a man's head: (K, * TA:) one says, صَعِرَ رَأْسُهُ, inf. n. صَعَرٌ, meaning his head was small. (TK.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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