غَدِيرٌ
Root: غدر
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غَدِيرٌ
A pool of water left by a torrent: of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مُفَاعِلٌ, from غَادَرهُ, or مُفْعَلٌ, from أَغْدَرَهُ; or, as some say, of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ; because it is unfaithful to those who come to it to water, failing when much wanted: but it is a subst.; [not an epithet; or an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates, and only used as a subst.:] you do not say هٰذَا مَآءٌ غَدِيرٌ: or a place in which rain-water stagnates, whether small or large, not remaining until the summer: or a river: [but this is extr.:] pl. [of pauc. أَغْدِرَةٌ, (occurring in a verse cited voce إِلَّا, &c.,) and of mult.] غُدْرَانٌ and غُدُرٌ which last is sometimes contracted into غُدْرٌ: in the K, the last pl. is said to be of the measure of صُرَدٌ; [i. e.
;] but this is inconsistent with what is said in other lexicons, as shown above: and it is also said in the K that غُدَرٌ signifies the same as غَدِيرٌ, in the sense first given above; but it appears that this is a pl. of غُدْرَةٌ; and that, in the K, we should read, for وَالغَدِيرُ, كَالغَدِيرِ, and place this before, instead of after, its explanation.
2 Hence,
3 Hence also,
4 And غَدِيرَةٌ also signifies A she-camel left by the pastor behind the other camels; and in like manner, a sheep, or goat.
2 Hence,
3 Hence also,
4 And غَدِيرَةٌ also signifies A she-camel left by the pastor behind the other camels; and in like manner, a sheep, or goat.
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