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حُبُورٌ

Root: حبر

Full Definition

حُبُورٌ and حَبْرٌ , or حِبْرٌ , with kesr, and حَبَرٌ , which last occurs in a verse of El-'Ajjáj, for حَبْرٌ, [by poetic license,] and حَبْرَةٌ and حَبَرَةٌ , Happiness, joy, or gladness: or the first signifies cheerfulness; i. e. pleasure, or delight, and dilatation of the heart, which has a visible effect in the aspect: (TA voce سُرُورٌ:) and the same word and حَبْرَةٌ and حَبْرٌ , a state of ease and plenty; syn. نَعْمَةٌ: (IAth, K: [in the CK and in a MS. copy of the K, erroneously, نِعْمَة:]) or a state of complete, or perfect, ease and plenty: and ampleness of the circumstances of life. [See 1. Hence the saying,] كُلُّ بَعْدَهَا عَبْرَةٌ [After every state of happiness, or joy, &c., is a tear].


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