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دَائِرَةٌ ذ , in which the ة is added for the purpose of transferring the word from the category of epithets to that of substs, and as a sign of the fem. gender, ('Ináyeh,) The circuit, compass, ambit, or circumference, of a thing; (T, K, TA;) as in the phrases دَائِرَةُ الحَافِرِ the circuit of, or what surrounds, the solid hoof, (TA,) or the circuit of hair around the solid hoof, (T,) and دَائِرَةُ الوَجْهِ the circuit of the face, or the parts around the face; (TA;) and ↓ دَارَةٌ signifies the same: (K:) pl. of the former دَوَائِرُ; and of the latter دَارَاتٌ. (TA.) [Hence one says, هٰذَا أَوْسَعُ دَائِرَةً مِنْ ذَاكَ, meaning (assumed tropical:) This is wider in compass, or more comprehensive, than that. See also 10, third sentence.] ― -b2- A ring: (M, K:) or the like thereof; a circle: and a round thing: as also ↓ دَارَةٌ ; pl. as above. (T.) See an ex. voce دَارَةٌ. ― -b3- The circular, or spiral, curl of hair upon the crown of a man's head: (T, M, K:) or the place of the دُؤَابَة. (IAar, M, K.) Hence the prov., مَا ا@قْشَعَرَّتْ لَهُ دَائِرَتِى [The circular, or spiral, curl of hair upon the crown of my head did not stand erect on account of him]: said of him who threatens thee with a thing but does not harm thee. (M.) ― -b4- [What is called, in a horse, A feather; or portion of the hair naturally curled or frizzled, in a spiral manner or otherwise]: pl. دَوَائِرُ. (T, S, Msb.) In a horse are eighteen دوائر, (AO, T, S,) which are distinguished by different names, as القَهْعَةُ and القَالِعُ and النَّاخِسُ and اللَّطَاةُ [&c.]. (AO, T.) ― -b5- The round thing [or depression] (T) that is beneath the nose, (T, K,) which is likewise called نُونَةٌ; (T;) as also ↓ دَوَّارَةٌ (T, K) and ↓ دَيِّرَةٌ . (T.) [But the دَائِرَة in the middle of the upper lip is The small protuberance termed حِثْرِمَةٌ, q. v.] -A2- A turn of fortune: (AO:) and especially an evil accident; a misfortune; a calamity; (A, * TA;) as also ↓ دَوْرَةٌ : (TA:) defeat; rout: (S, K:) slaughter: death: (TA:) pl. as above. (A, Msb, &c.) You say, دَارَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الدَّوَائِرُ Calamities befell them. (M.) And hence, دَائِرَةُ السُّوْءِ [and السَّوْءِ, in the Kur ix. 99 and xlviii. 6,] (S, Msb) Calamity which befalls and destroys. (Msb. [See also art. سوأ.]) -A3- Also A piece of wood which is stuck in the ground in the middle of a heap of wheat in the place where it is trodden, around which the bulls or cows turn. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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