بَرٌّ
Root: بر
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بَرٌّ
[originally بَرِرٌ] and
بَارٌّ Pious [towards his father or parents, and
def.2 بَرٌّ Land; opposed to بَحْرٌ [as meaning “ sea ” and the like]: from بِرٌّ signifying “ ampleness, ” “ largeness, ” or “ extensiveness; ” or the former word is the original of the latter. [Hence, بَرًّا وَ بَحْرًا By land and by sea.]
2 A desert, or deserts; a waste, or wastes. (T, TA. [See also بَرِّيَّةٌ, voce بَرِّيٌّ.]) So, accord. to Mujáhid [and the Jel] in words of the Kur [vi. 59], وَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى البَرِّ وَ البَحْرِ And He knoweth what is in the desert, or deserts, and the towns, or villages, in which is water, or which are upon the rivers. [So too in the phrase نَبَاتُ البَرِّ The plants, or herbage, of the desert or waste; the wild plants or herbage. And عَسَلُ البَرِّ Honey of the desert; wild honey. And حَيَوَانُ البَرِّ The animal, or animals, of the desert; the wild animal or animals.]
3 A wide tract of land.
4 [The open country; opposed to بَحْرٌ as meaning the “ cities, ” or “ towns, ” “ upon the rivers: ” see the latter word.]
5 Elevated ground, open to view.
6 The tract, or part, out of doors, or where one is exposed to view; contr. of كِنٌّ: used by the Arabs indeterminately; [without the article ال;] as in the phrase, جَلَسْتُ بَرًّا meaning I sat outside the house; and خَرَجْتُ بَرًّا meaning I went forth outside the [house or] town, or into the desert: but [Az says,] these are post-classical phrases, which I have not heard from the chaste-speaking Arabs of the desert.
7 You say also, أَرِيدُ جَوًّا وَ يُرِيدُ بَرًّا I desire concealment, or secrecy, and he desires publicity.
def.2 بَرٌّ Land; opposed to بَحْرٌ [as meaning “ sea ” and the like]: from بِرٌّ signifying “ ampleness, ” “ largeness, ” or “ extensiveness; ” or the former word is the original of the latter. [Hence, بَرًّا وَ بَحْرًا By land and by sea.]
2 A desert, or deserts; a waste, or wastes. (T, TA. [See also بَرِّيَّةٌ, voce بَرِّيٌّ.]) So, accord. to Mujáhid [and the Jel] in words of the Kur [vi. 59], وَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى البَرِّ وَ البَحْرِ And He knoweth what is in the desert, or deserts, and the towns, or villages, in which is water, or which are upon the rivers. [So too in the phrase نَبَاتُ البَرِّ The plants, or herbage, of the desert or waste; the wild plants or herbage. And عَسَلُ البَرِّ Honey of the desert; wild honey. And حَيَوَانُ البَرِّ The animal, or animals, of the desert; the wild animal or animals.]
3 A wide tract of land.
4 [The open country; opposed to بَحْرٌ as meaning the “ cities, ” or “ towns, ” “ upon the rivers: ” see the latter word.]
5 Elevated ground, open to view.
6 The tract, or part, out of doors, or where one is exposed to view; contr. of كِنٌّ: used by the Arabs indeterminately; [without the article ال;] as in the phrase, جَلَسْتُ بَرًّا meaning I sat outside the house; and خَرَجْتُ بَرًّا meaning I went forth outside the [house or] town, or into the desert: but [Az says,] these are post-classical phrases, which I have not heard from the chaste-speaking Arabs of the desert.
7 You say also, أَرِيدُ جَوًّا وَ يُرِيدُ بَرًّا I desire concealment, or secrecy, and he desires publicity.
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