غَبَرٌ
Root: غبر
Full Definition
غَبَرٌ
A remaining, lasting, or continuance; and so
مَغْبَرٌ .
2 [And by some of the grammarians it is used as signifying The future: see also غَابِرٌ.]
def.2 Also A certain disease in the interior of the foot of a camel.
2 And A morbid affection in a vein, that will hardly, or in nowise, be cured. [See also غَبِرٌ.]
3 دَاهِيَةُ الغَبَرِ (said by A'Obeyd to be from the phrase جُرْحٌ غَبِرٌ [q. v.], TA) means A calamity, or misfortune, of great magnitude, which, or the like whereof, is such that no way of escape therefrom will be found: or a trial, or an affliction, that will hardly, or in nowise, depart: or a person who opposes thee, disagreeing with thee, and then returns, or has regard, to thy saying; whence the saying, mentioned by AZ, مَا إِلَّا لِطَلَبِ المِرَآءِ.
4 صَمَّآءُ الغَبَرِ, occurring in a verse of El- Hirmázee in praise of El-Mundhir Ibn-Járood, to whom it is applied, is expl. by Z as meaning The serpent that dwells near to a small water in a place where it collects and stagnates, and that will not be approached. And [it is said that] الغَبَرُ signifies Water little in quantity.
def.3 Also Dust, or earth; syn. تُرَابٌ. [See also غُبَارٌ.]
2 [And by some of the grammarians it is used as signifying The future: see also غَابِرٌ.]
def.2 Also A certain disease in the interior of the foot of a camel.
2 And A morbid affection in a vein, that will hardly, or in nowise, be cured. [See also غَبِرٌ.]
3 دَاهِيَةُ الغَبَرِ (said by A'Obeyd to be from the phrase جُرْحٌ غَبِرٌ [q. v.], TA) means A calamity, or misfortune, of great magnitude, which, or the like whereof, is such that no way of escape therefrom will be found: or a trial, or an affliction, that will hardly, or in nowise, depart: or a person who opposes thee, disagreeing with thee, and then returns, or has regard, to thy saying; whence the saying, mentioned by AZ, مَا إِلَّا لِطَلَبِ المِرَآءِ.
4 صَمَّآءُ الغَبَرِ, occurring in a verse of El- Hirmázee in praise of El-Mundhir Ibn-Járood, to whom it is applied, is expl. by Z as meaning The serpent that dwells near to a small water in a place where it collects and stagnates, and that will not be approached. And [it is said that] الغَبَرُ signifies Water little in quantity.
def.3 Also Dust, or earth; syn. تُرَابٌ. [See also غُبَارٌ.]
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