ظَّهِيرَة

ZahiyrapN * The point of midday: (M, A, K:) or only in summer: (M, K:) or i. q. haAjirapN [i. e. midday in summer or when the heat is vehement: or the period from a little before, to a little after, midday in summer: or midday, when the sun declines from the meridian, at the Zuhor : or from its declining until the EaSor ]: (S, O, TA:) or the haAjirap , which is when the sun declines from the meridian: (Msb:) or the vehement heat of midday: (IAth, TA:) or i. q. ZuhorN [q. v.]: (Az, TA:) pl. ZahaAy^iru . (TA.) You say, A^atoyotuhu Had~a AlZ~ahiyrapi [ I came to him at the point of midday in summer; &c.]: and Hiyna qaAma qaAy^imu AlZ~ahiyrapi [ when the sun had become high, and the shade had almost disappeared: so expl. in art. qwm ]. (S, O.) And A^aborido Eanoka mina AlZ~ahiyrapi Stay thou until the middayheat shall have become assuaged, and the air be cool. (L in art. fyH .) And hence, in a trad. of 'Omar, when a man came to him complaining of gout in the feet, he said, ka*abatoka AlZ~ahaAy^iru , meaning Take thou to walking during the heat of the middays in summer. (TA.)