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قامرهُ , inf. n. قِمَارٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and مُقَامَرَةٌ , (S, K,) (tropical:) He contended with him for stakes, or wagers, laid by both of them to be taken by the winner; syn. رَاهَنَهُ ; (K;) [he contended with him in a game of hazard, such as that called المَيْسِر , or the like: (see Bd and Jel, ii. 216:)] in common modern conventional language, he played with him at a game in which it is generally made a condition that the winner shall receive something of the loser: (so accord. to an explanation which I find in several copies of the KT:) from تَقَمَِرَهُ signifying “ he deceived him; ” because قِمَار is [often] deception. (A.) You say قَامَرَهُ ↓ فَقَمَرَهُ , aor. of the latter قَمُرَ (JK, S, A, Msb, K) and قَمِرَ , (JK,) inf. n. قَمْرٌ , (S, Msb,) (tropical:) He contended with him for stakes, or wagers, &c., (S, * K,) and overcame him therein; (S, A, Msb, K;) and ↓ قَامَرَهُ فَتَقَمَّرَهُ signifies the same: (K:) or ↓ تقمّر signifies he overcame him who contended with him in the contest termed قِمَار : and ↓ قَمَرَهُ , aor. قَمِرَ , inf. n. قَمْرٌ , he played with him in the manner termed قِمَار and overcame him: (S:) or ↓ قَمَرَهُ , inf. n. قَمْرٌ , he overcame him in play; and so ↓ أَقْمَرَهُ : (IKtt:) or ↓ قَمَرَ , aor. قَمِرَ , (K,) inf. n. قَمْرٌ , (TA,) i. q. قامر , (K, * TK,) and is transitive: (TA:) you say قَمَرَ بِالقِدَاحِ , and بِالنَّرْدِ , [he contended for stakes, or wagers, &c., with the gaming-arrows, and with the apparatus for trictrac or backgammon]: (A:) and ↓ قَمَرَهُ [as syn. with قَامَرَهُ ]: (TA:) and المَالَ ↓ قَمَرْتُهُ , aor. قَمِرَ , [so in a copy of the A, doubly trans., app. meaning I contended with him in a game of hazard for the property: or I so contended with him for the property and overcame him.]

اقمر الهِلَالُ The new moon became what is termed قَمَر , in the third night. (A.) ― -b2- اقمرت لَيْلَتُنَا Our night became bright [with light of the moon]. (S, TA.) ― -b3- أَقْمَرْنَا [We entered upon the time of moonlight;] the moon rose upon us. (S, TA.) ― -b4- اقمر He (a man, TA) watched, or waited, for the rising of the moon. (K.) -A2- See also 3.

تقمّرهُ He came to him in the moonlight. (S.) ― -b2- تقمّر الظِّبَا=ءَ , (A, TA,) and الطَّيْرَ , (TA,) He hunted, or pursued, the antelopes, (A, TA,) and the birds, (TA,) in the moonlight, so that their sight was dazzled. (A, TA.) ― -b3- تقمّر الأَسَدُ The lion went forth in the moonlight in quest of prey. (S, K. *) -A2- تقمّرهُ He deceived, beguiled, or circumvented, him; desired to do him some evil action without his knowing whence it proceeded. (A.) -A3- See also 3, in two places.

تقامروا They played [together] in the manner termed قِمَار : (S:) they contended together for stakes, or wagers, &c.; (K;) [they contended together in a game of hazard, such as that called المَيْسِر , or the like: see 3.]

القَمَرُ The moon in its third night [and after]: (ISd, A, K:) or the moon during the interval between the first two and last two nights: (AHeyth:) or after three nights until the end of the month: (S:) [and the moon, absolutely, in many instances:] so called because of its whiteness, (S, Msb, TA,) from القُمْرَةُ : (TA:) of the masc. gender: pl. أَقْمَارٌ . (TA.) The dim., قُمَيْرٌ , is found to occur: (S:) and is applied to The moon at the time called مُحَاق [which is generally said to be applied to the last three nights of the month]: you say غَابَ قَمَيْرٌ [The moon at the time called مُحَاق set, or disappeared]. (A, TA.) ― -b2- اِسْتَرْعَيْتُ مَالِىَ القَمَرَ (tropical:) I left my cattle to pasture without a pastor to take care of them in the night: and [in like manner,] استرعيته الشَّمْس , in the day. (TA.) ― -b3- القَمَرَانِ The sun and the moon: one of them [namely the latter] being made predominant. (TA.)

قَمِرٌ : fem. with ة : see أَقْمَرُ .

قُمْرَةٌ A colour inclining to greenness: (A, K:) or whiteness inclining to dinginess or duskiness: (A:) or whiteness in which is a dinginess or duskiness: (K:) or clear, or pure, whiteness. (TA.) See also أَقْمَرُ .

قَمَرِىٌّ [Of, or relating to, the moon; lunar]. Ex. السَّنَةُ القَمَرِيَّةُ The lunar year. (Mgh, art. شمس .)

قُمْرِىٌّ is a rel. n. from طَيْرٌ قُمْرٌ : and قُمْرٌ is either pl. of أَقْمَرُ , like as حُمْرٌ is of أَحْمَرُ , or pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of قُمْرِىٌّ , like as رُومٌ is of رُومِىٌّ : (S, Msb:) or قُمْرِىٌّ is a rel. n. from the name of a mountain, or of a place, or some other thing, accord. to different authors: or its ى is added to give intensiveness to its signification: (TA:) the قُمْرِىّ is [A bird] of the [species called] فَوَاخِت ; [pl. of فَاخِتَةٌ ;] (Msb;) a certain species of bird; so called because أَقْمَر [q. v.] in colour, like the فَاخِتَة in El-Hijáz; (JK;) [a species of collared turtle-dove, of a dull white colour marked with a black collar: such I have see in Egypt, caged; but they are rare there; and, I believe, are brought from Arabia:] the قُمْرِيَّة is a species of حَمَام , (K,) حَمَايءِم [i. e. pigeons]: (M, TA:) or قُمْرِيَّةٌ is applied to the female; and the male is called سَاقُ حُرٍّ : (S, Msb, K: see سَاقُ حُرٍّ in art. سوق ): and the pl. is قُمَارِىُّ , (S, Msb, K,) imperf. decl.; (S;) and accord. to some, قَمَارَى ; (TA;) and قُمْرٌ . (K.)

قِمَارٌ : see 3. [It is often used as a subst., signifying (tropical:) A game of hazard, such as that called المَيْسِر , and the like.]

قَمِيرٌ (tropical:) An antagonist in the contention termed قِمَارٌ : (IJ, K:) pl. أَقْمَارٌ , (IJ, K,) which is anomalous, like أَنْصَارٌ , pl. of نَصِيرٌ . (TA.)

أَقْمَرُ Of a colour inclining to خُضْرَة : or of a dull or dingy or dusky white: (K:) and white: (S, Msb, K:) or intensely white: (IKtt:) fem. قَمْرَا=ءُ : (S, K:) pl. قُمْرٌ . (S, Msb.) You say حِمَارٌ أَقْمَرُ (S, A, Msb, K) An ass of the colour termed قُمْرَة : (K:) or a white ass: (S, A, Msb:) and أَتَانٌ قَمْرَا=ءُ a she-ass of the colour termed قُمْرَة : (K:) or a white she-ass. (S.) The Arabs say, that when the sky appears of the hue of the belly of a she-ass of this colour, it is most abundant in rain. (TA.) Also فَرَسٌ أَقْمَرُ A moon-coloured horse. (Mgh.) And سَحَابٌ أَقْمَرُ A cloud, or clouds, of a white colour: (S:) or intensely bright, by reason of the abundance of water therein: and [hence] full [of water]. (TA.) ― -b2- لَيْلَةٌ قَمْرَا=ءُ , (S, A, K,) and مُقْمِرَةٌ , (A, Msb, K,) and ↓ مُقْمِرٌ , (K) and ↓ قَمِرَةٌ , (IAar, K,) which last is held by ISd, to be a kind of rel. n., or possessive epithet, (TA,) A moon-lit night; a night in which the moon shines: (A, K:) or a light, or bright, night: (S:) or a white night. (Msb.) IAar, mentions لَيْلٌ قَمْرَا=ءُ ; but ISd, says this is strange, and I think, he adds, that by ليل he means ليلة , or that he makes ليل fem. as a pl. (TA.) You also say لَيْلَةُ القَمْرَا=ءِ , meaning The night of moonlight: (Lth, A, Mgh:) for القَمْرَا=ءُ also signifies the moonlight. (Lth, A, Mgh, K.) And قَعَدٌنَا فِى القَمْرَا=ءِ We sat in the moonlight. (A.) And أَتْيْتُهُ فِى القَمْرَا=ءِ [I came to him in the moonlight]. (S.) ― -b3- وَجْهٌ أَقَمَرُ A face likened to the moon (K, * TA) in respect of whiteness. (TA.)

مُقْمِرٌ : see أَقْمَرُ . ― -b2- اـِنَّ اللَّيْلَ طَوِيلٌ وَأَنْتَ مُقْمِرٌ [Verily the night is long, and thou hast the light of the moon: a proverb:] meaning, Wait thou patiently for the accomplishment of thy want. (JK.) [See Freytag's Arab. Prov., i. 45.]