Quranic root
مير
m · y · r
The root centers on obtaining and conveying food or provisions for a place, household, or person.
The provision itself is termed مِيرَةٌ, while related forms denote bringing or procuring it and the person who performs that work.
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
مَارَ
māra
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form I
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Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To bring, convey, or procure food or provisions for oneself or one's household.
In the Quranic occurrence, the verb is used in the first-person plural imperfect construction “we will procure provisions for our family”; the action may involve bringing, conveying, or supplying the food.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 12:65word 16
“And we will get provision”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 12:65وَنَمِيرُAnd we will get provision
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 3 Classical meanings
مِيرَةٌ
Food or provisions that one brings or procures, including wheat, other grain, and food generally.
The provisions may be brought for storage, for one's household, or for sale.
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مِيرَةٌ
The bringing, conveying, or purveyance of food or provisions from another place.
This denotes the provisioning activity undertaken for oneself or one's household, or the purveyance of provisions for sale; traditional usage also recognizes named seasonal provisioning supplies.
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مَائِرٌ
A person who brings, conveys, or procures provisions.
The plural may refer to a company of provision-bringers traveling from the desert to towns or villages to obtain provisions; مَيَّارٌ is a related cross-referenced form.
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