عَشِيرٌ

See عُشْرٌ.

Also A certain measure of land, a tenth of the قَفِيز, (O, Msb, K,) which is the tenth of the جَرِيب [q. v.]: (O, TA:) plural أَعْشِرَاءُ. (TA in article جرب.)

-A2- And An associate; i. q. مُعَاشِرٌ. (S, O, Msb, K.)

And A husband; (S, O, Msb, K;) because he and his wife are associates, each of the other. (S, O.) يَكْفُرْنَ العَشِيرَ means They are ungrateful to the husband. (Msb.)

And A wife. (Msb.)

And A relation. (K.)

And A friend. (K.) Pl. عُشَرَاءُ. (K.)

See also عَشِيرَةٌ.

-A3- Also The cry of the ضَبُع [or hyena, or female hyena]: (K:) in this sense, a word not derived. (TA.)