شَاعِر

$aAEirN * A poet: (T, S, Msb, K:) so called because of his intelligence; (S, Msb;) or because he knows what others know not: (T, TA:) accord. to Akh, it is a possessive epithet, like laAbinN and taAmirN : (S:) pl. $uEaraA='u , (S, Msb, K,) deviating from analogy: (S, Msb:) Sb says that the measure faAEilN is likened in this case to faEiylN ; and hence this pl.: (TA:) or, accord. to IKh, the pl. is of this form because the sing. is from $aEura , and therefore should by rule be of the measure faEiylN , like $ariyfN [from $arufa ]; but were it so, it might be confounded with $aEiyr meaning the grain thus called, therefore they said $aAEirN , and regarded in the pl. the original form of the sing. (Msb.) A wonderful poet is called xino*iy*N : one next below him, $aAEirN : then, ↓ $awayoEirN [the dim.]: (Yoo, K:) then, ↓ $uEoruwrN : and then, ↓ mata$aAEirN . (K.) ― -b2- Also (assumed tropical:) A liar: because of the many lies in poetry: and so, accord. to some, in the Kur xxi. 5. (B, TA.) ― -b3- $iEorN $aAEirN Excellent poetry: (Sb, T, K:) or known poetry: but the former explanation is the more correct. (TA.) One also says, sometimes, kalimapN $aAEirapN , [by klmp ] meaning qaSiydapN : but generally in a phrase of this kind the two words are cognate, as in wayolN waAy^ilN and layolN laAy^ilN . (TA.)