عَرُوسٌ
1.
A bridegroom: and a bride: i. e., a man, and a woman, during the period of their
إِعْرَاس or أَعْرَاس [thus differently written in different MSS.]; (S, A, O, Msb, K;) or when the one goes in to the other: (IAth:) you say رَجُلٌ
عَرُوسٌ [a bridegroom, vulgarly, in the present day,
عَرِيس,] and اِمْرَأَةٌ عَرُوسٌ [a bride, vulgarly, in the present day,
عَرُوسَة]: (S:) and عُرُوسٌ is a dialect var. of the same: (IAar, TA:) plural mase. عُرُسٌ (S, O, Msb, K) and أَعْرَاسٌ; (TA;) and plural feminine عَرَايءِسُ. (S, O, Msb, K.) [See عَرِسَ, in two places.] It is said in a prov., كَادَ العَرُوسُ
يَكُونُ أَمِيرًا [The bridegroom was near to being a prince]. (S: in the O, مَلِكًا.) The diminutive is عُرَيِّسٌ, without the addition of ة to distinguish the feminine, because of the fourth letter. (TA.)
2.
[Hence,] أَبْيَاتٌ عَرَايءِسُ (tropical:) Verses of which the words are marked with diacritical points: for, as Esh-Shereeshee says, the Arabs used to adorn the bride by speckling her cheeks with saffron: opposed to أَبْيَاتٌ عَوَاطِلُ. (Har p. 610.)
3.
[Hence also,] عَرَايءِسُ الإِبِلِ (assumed tropical:) The high-bred of camels. (A.)