عَبَرَهُ

, aorist عَبُرَ , (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) verbal noun عَبْرٌ and عُبُورٌ, [the latter of which is the more common,] (S, O, Msb, K,) He crossed it, went across it, or passed over it, (Mgh, Msb, K,) from one side thereof to the other; (Msb, K;) namely, a river, (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K, *) and a valley, (K, TA,) &c. (S, Mgh.)

[Hence,] عَبَرَ بِهِ المَاءَ: see 2.

عَبَرَ السَّبِيلَ, (Msb, K,) aorist عَبُرَ , verbal noun عُبُورٌ, (TA,) He travelled, or passed along, the way, or road; (Msb, K; *) as though he cut it, or furrowed it. (K, * TK.)

And hence, (TA,) عَبَرَ, (aorist as above, S,) (tropical:) He died: (S, O, Msb, K:) as though he travelled the road of life: or, as F says in the B, as though he crossed over the bridge of the present world or life. (TA.) A poet says,

فَإِنْ نَعْبُرْ فَإِنَّ لَنَا لُمَاتٍ

وَإِنْ نَغْبُرْ فَنَحْنُ عَلَى نُذُورِ

i. e. (tropical:) So if we die, there are others like to us; and if we remain alive, we are waiting for that which must necessarily come to pass, as though we were bound by vows to meet it. (S, O.)

And عَبَرَتِ السَّحَايءِبُ, aorist as above, verbal noun عُبُورٌ, The clouds travelled, or passed along, quickly. (TA.)

-A2- عَبَرَ الرُّوءْيَا: see 2, in two places.

And [hence, perhaps,] عَبَرْتُ الطَّيْرَ, aorist عَبُرَ and عَبِرَ , (O, K,) verbal noun عَبْرٌ, (TA,) i. q. زَجَرْتُهَا [I augured from the flight, or alighting-places, or cries, &c., of the birds; or I made the birds to fly away in order that I might augur from their flight, &c.]. (O, K.)

And عَبَرَ الكِتَاتَ, aorist عَبُرَ , verbal noun عَبْرٌ, (As, S, A, * O, K, *) He meditated upon, endeavouring to understand it, or he considered, examined, or studied, (As, S, O, K,) or he read mentally, (A,) the book, or writing, not raising his voice in doing so, (As, S, A, O, K,) i. e. in reading it. (K.) And you say, بَعْضَ ↓ اِعْتَبَرَ الكِتَابِ بِبَعْضٍ, meaning عَبَرَهُ [i. e. He considered and compared one part of the book, or writing, with another part, in order to understand it]. (TA.)

And عَبَرَ المَتَاعَ, and الدَّرَاهِمَ, (K, TA,) aorist عَبُرَ , verbal noun عَبْرٌ, (TA,) He examined what was the weight of the goods, and of the dirhems, and what they were. (K, TA.) And you say, الدَّرَاهِمَ فَوَجَدْتُهَا أَلْفًا ↓ اِعْتَبَرْتُ, meaning عَبَرْتُهَا, i. e. I tried, or examined, the dirhems, and found them to be a thousand. (Msb.)

See also 8, second sentence.

-A3- عَبِرَ, with kesr, aorist عَبَرَ , verbal noun عَبَرٌ; (S;) or عَبَرَ, verbal noun عَبْرٌ; (K;) [but the former seems to be the more correct, as will be seen from what follows;] and ↓ استعبر; (A, O, K;) He shed tears; his eyes, or eye, watered. (S, A, K, TA.) And عَبِرَتْ عَيْنُهُ His eye shed tears, or watered; (S, O;) as also ↓ استعبرت. (S.)

And عَبِرَ, aorist عَبَرَ , verbal noun عَبَرٌ; (AZ, T, O, * L, TA;) or عَبَرَ, verbal noun عَبْرٌ; (K; [but see above;]) He grieved, or mourned; was sorrowful, sad, or unhappy. (AZ, T, O, L, K, TA.) مَا لَهُ سَهِرَ وَعَبِرَ [What aileth him? May he be sleepless by night, and may he grieve, or mourn:] is a form of imprecation against a man, used by the Arabs. (TA.) And عَبِرَتْ, verbal noun عَبَرٌ, means She became bereft of her child, or children, by death. (A.) [See عُبْرٌ.]