حوِرَ يَحوَر، حَوَرًا، فهو أحوَرُ
Root: ح و رSub-Meanings / Derivatives:
حوِرتِ العينُ
اشتدّ بياضُ بياضها وسوادُ سوادها واستدارت حدقتُها، ورقَّت جفونُها
🇬🇧 Translation:
The whiteness of the eye became intensely white and the blackness intensely black, its pupil became rounded, and its eyelids became delicate.
Example / Citation:
- " عين حوراءُ
- إنَّ العيون التي في طرفها حَوَرٌ … قتلْننا ثم لم يُحْيين قتلانا "
🇬🇧 Translation:
- "A haura' (beautiful) eye
- Indeed, the eyes with hawar at their tips have slain us and then did not revive their slain [poetry]"
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