عَمِرَ

, aorist عَمَرَ ; (S, O, Msb, K;) and عَمَرَ, aorist عَمُرَ (K) and عَمِرَ ; (Sb, K;) verbal noun عَمْرٌ (S, O, Msb, K) and عُمْرٌ, (S, O, Msb,) both anomalous, as inf. ns. of عَمِرَ, for by rule the verbal noun should be عَمَرٌ, (S,) but عَمَرٌ is also a verbal noun, (TA,) and عُمُرٌ, which is the most chaste, (O,) and عَمَارَةٌ; (K;) He lived, (S, O,) or continued in life (بَقِىَ), (K,) long, or a long time; (S, O, K; *) his life was, or became, long: (Msb:) and عَمِرَ he grew old. (TA.)

عَمَرَ بِمَكَانٍ He remained, continued, stayed, resided, dwelt, or abode, in a place. (B, TA.)

-A2- عَمَرَ, aorist عَمُرَ , verbal noun عَمْرٌ, (Msb,) or عِمَارَةٌ and عُمْرَانٌ, (MA,) It (a place of abode) became inhabited; (MA, Msb;) بِأَهْلهِ [by its people]: (Msb:) [it became peopled, well peopled, well stocked with people and the like, in a flourishing state, in a state the contrary of desolate or waste or ruined, or in a state of good repair:] and in like manner you say, عَمِرَتِ الدَّارُ, aorist عَمَرَ , verbal noun عَمْرٌ, the house became inhabited [&c.]. (MA.)

[You say also, عَمَرَتِ الأَرْضُ The land became inhabited, peopled, well stocked with people and camels and the like, colonized, cultivated, well cultivated, in a flourishing state, or in a state the contrary of waste: see its act. particle n., عَامِرٌ.]

And عَمَرَ المَالُ, aorist عَمُرَ ; and عَمِرَ, aorist عَمَرَ ; (K;) and عَمُرَ, aorist عَمُرَ ; (Sb, K;) verbal noun عِمَارَةٌ; (K; [so in most copies; in the TA, عَمَارَةٌ, and there said to be verbal noun of عَمُرَ; but, I think, erroneously;]) i. q. صَارَ عَامِرًا [The property, consisting of camels or the like, became in a flourishing state]; (K;) the property became much; the camels, or the like, became many, or numerous. (Sgh.)

-A3- عَمَرَهُ, (Msb, K,) aorist عَمُرَ , (TA,) verbal noun عِمَارَةٌ (K [so in most copies, but in the TA, عَمَارَةٌ, with fet-h, which I think erroneous;]) and عُمُورٌ (K) and عُمْرَانٌ, (TA,) He inhabited it; remained, continued, stayed, resided, dwelt, or abode, in it; namely, a place of abode: (Msb:) he kept to it; namely, his property, or his camels or the like, and his house, or tent: (K:) one should not say, of a man, مَنْزِلِهُ ↓ أَعْمَرَ, with ا. (Az, TA.) إِنَّمَا يَعْمُرُ مَسَاجِدَ اللّٰهِ, in the Qur'an, 9:18, signifies Only he shall abide in the mosques, or places of worship, of God: or shall visit them: (TA:) see 8: but Z says, I know not عَمَرَ as occurring in the sense of اعتمر [he visited]: (TA:) or shall enter them and sit in them: (Jel:) or the verb in the above-cited phrase of the Qur'an has another signification, which see below. (TA.)

-A4- عَمَرَهُ is also synonym with عَمَّرَهُ, in the first of the senses explained below: see 2.

-A5- عَمَرَ اللّٰهُ بِكَ مَنْزِلَكَ, (AZ, S, O, K, *) aorist عَمُرَ , (TA,) verbal noun عِمَارَةٌ; (K;) and ↓ أَعْمَرَهُ; (AZ, S, O, K;) May God make thy place of abode to become peopled, [or well peopled, well stocked with people and the like, in a flourishing state, in a state the contrary of ruined or waste or desolate, or in a state of good repair,] by thee [or by thy means]: (K, * TA:) but AZ says that one should not say, of a man, مَنْزِلَهُ ↓ أَعْمَرَ, with ا. (S.)

عَمَرَ الخَرَابَ, aorist and verbal noun as above, [He made the ruin, or waste, or the like, to become in a state of good repair, in a state the contrary of ruined or waste or desolate.] (S, O, TA.)

[عَمَرَ الأَرْضَ, aorist and verbal noun as above, He peopled the land; stocked it well with people and camels and the like; colonized it; cultivated it, or cultivated it well; rendered it in a flourishing state, or in a state the contrary of waste.]

And عَمَرَ البِنَاءَ, aorist and verbal noun as above, He kept the building in a good state; synonym حَفِظَهُ. (TA.) So according to some, in the Qur'an, إِنَّمَا يَعْمُرُ مَسَاجِدَ اللّٰهِ, [quoted above,] Only he shall keep in a good state [or in repair] the mosques, or places of worship, of God: (TA:) among the significations of the verb as here used, are these; he shall adorn them with carpets or the like, and light them with lamps, and continue the performance of religious worship and praise and the study of science in them, and guard them from [desecration by] that for which they are not built, such as worldly discourse. (Bd.)

عَمَرَ الدَّارَ, aorist عَمُرَ , verbal noun عَمْرٌ [and عِمَارَةٌ, (MA,) or this, according to the Msb, is a simple subst.], He built the house. (Msb.) [And] He made the house to be inhabited; he peopled it; (MA;) [or made it to be well stocked with people and the like, or in a flourishing state, or in a state of good repair.]

عَمَرَ الخَيْرَ, aorist عَمُرَ , verbal noun عَمْرٌ and عِمَارَةٌ, [apparently, He instituted what was good: or perhaps, he cultivated, or promoted, it: or he kept to it; or observed it; or regarded it.] (Az, TA.)

-A6- عَمَرَ رَبَّهُ, (IAar, K,) aorist عَمُرَ , (IAar, O,) [verbal noun عِمَارَةٌ,] He served, or worshipped, his Lord; (IAar, K;) he prayed and fasted. (Ks, Lh, O, K.) You say تَرَكْتُ فُلَانًا يَعْمُرُ رَبَّهُ I left such a one worshipping his Lord, praying and fasting. (TA.)