Bibliotheca Polyglotta

1a to exercise, pursue, practice (s.th., esp., a profession); b (intr.) to practice, have or operate a practice; c to carry on, ply (s.th., e.g., seafaring). – 2 to apply o.s. (to s.th.), go in for – WehrCowan1979.

conc

Originally, the vb. seems to mean *‘to put an effort in, strive, struggle to achieve s.th.’ and therefore belongs complex of ‘strength, power, force, effort, energy’ treated under ↗marāsaẗ.

hist

▪ …

cogn

↗marāsaẗ, ↗MRS. Cf. also ↗tamarrasa [v2].

disc

▪ The vb. III is probably derived from the idea of ‘strength, power, force, effort, energy’, treated under ↗marāsaẗ. In ClassAr, a maris is ‘strong’ man, and from the strength or vehemence ‘in labour or exertion’ is derived the idea of being ‘experienced in affairs’, of having ‘laboured, or exerted [o.s.], in the management, or transaction, thereof’ (Lane vii 1885). From here, the step to the modern meanings of ‘to exercise, pursue an office, practice a profession’, ‘to ply (s.th.)’, and ‘to go in for s.th.’ are only natural.

west

–

deriv

► sahl al-mirās, adj., tractable, manageable, docile, compliant.
► šadīd al-mirās, ṣaʕb al-mirās, adj., intractable, unruly, refractory.
► ṣuʕūbaẗ al-mirās, n., intractability, unruliness, refractoriness, recalcitrance.

► ^BP#988mumārasaẗ, n.f., pursuit, exercise, practicing (of a profession); execution, implementation; practical application; pl. ‑āt, practice; experience, routine; ( eg.) negotiation, treaty: vn. III.

Permanent link

http://www2.hf.uio.no/common/apps/permlink/permlink.php?app=polyglotta&context=record&uid=da6b1268-06ff-11ee-937a-005056a97067

Choose languages

Choose images, etc.

Choose languages

Choose display