[1]
حَارَ , [sec. pers.
حِرْتَ,] aor.
يَحَارُ, (S, A, Mgh,
Msb, K,) and some say
يَحِيرُ, but this is a mistake, (MF,) inf. n.
حَيْرَةٌ (S, A, Mgh, K) and
حَيَرٌ
(S, Msb, K) and
حَيْرٌ and
حَيَرَانٌ, (K,)
He was,
or
became, dazzled by a thing at which he looked,
(T, Msb, K,)
so that he turned away his eyes
from it: this is the primary signification: (T,
Msb:) and so ↓
تحيّر (A, * Mgh, * K) and ↓
استحار,
(K,) and
حاربَصَرُهُ (A, * TA) and
بصره ↓
تحيّر.
(Mgh, and S and A and K in art.
قمر, &c.) ―
2-b2-
And hence, (T, Msb,)
He was, or
became, confounded, or
perplexed, and unable to see his
right course; (T, Msb, K, * TA;) as also ↓
تحيّر
(Msb, K) and ↓
استحار. (K.) And
حار, (S, A,)
or
حار فِى أَمْرِهِ, (Msb,)
i. q. فى امره ↓
تحيّر [
He
was, or
became, confounded, &c.,
in his affair,
or
case]. (S, A.) And [
حار (see its part. n.
حَائِرٌ) and] ↓
تحيّر [and ↓
استحار]
He erred, or
lost his way. (TA.) ―
2-b3- Also, said of water, (A,
Msb, K,) and ↓
تحيّر (S, A, K) and ↓
استحار,
(A, K,) (tropical:)
It became collected, (S, A, K,)
and
stayed, (A,) or
went round, (S, K, *) or
went to
and fro, or
fluctuated, (Msb, K,)
in a place, as
though it knew not which way to run. (A.) ―
2-b4-
See also 5.