غَارَ
Root: غور
Form: 1
Full Definition
[meaning, accord. to the first explanation of اغار, A prophet who seeth what ye see not, and whose fame has come to the low lands, by my life, or by my religion, in the several regions, and has come to the high lands]: As says that اغار signifies has gone quickly; and انجد, has risen; and that the poet does not mean has come to the low lands nor to the high lands; holding غار only to signify the coming to the low land: but Fr asserts that اغار is a dial. var. of غار; and cites this verse as authority: and some say اغار وانجد, but when they do not conjoin the two verbs they say غار; like as they say هَنَأَنِى الطَّعَامُ وَمَرَأَنِى, but when they do not conjoin these two verbs they say أَمْرَأَنِى: As also mentions another relation of the second hemistich, commencing اغام [app. a mistake for أَقَامَ or some other word]: and there is another relation, accord. to which the second hemistich is مَخْرُوم, commencing with غَارَ. You say also غَارَ وَأَنْجَدَ meaningنَبِىٌّ يَرَى مَا لَا تَرَوْنَ وَذِكْرُهُ لَعَمْرِى فِى البِلَادِ وَأَنْجَدَا
2 غار فِى شَىْءٍ, Verbal.Noun غَوْرٌ and غُؤُورٌ and غِيَارٌ, He, or it, entered [or entered deeply] into a thing.
3 [Hence,] غار فِى أَمْرٍ
4 غار المَآءُ, فِى الأَرْضِ Verbal.Noun غَوْرٌ and غُؤُورٌ; and غوّر , Verbal.Noun تَغْوِيرٌ; The water sank, or went away, into the ground, or earth: or went away into the sources, or springs.
5 غَارَتِ
6 غَارَتْ عَيْنُهُ, Present.T تَغُورُ, Verbal.Noun غَوْرٌ and غُؤُورٌ; and غَارَتْ, Present.T تَغَارُ; and غوّرت ; His eye sank, or became depressed, in the head; i. q. اِنْخَسَفَتْ.
7 غار النَّهَارُ
8 See also 2.
def.2 غَارَ شَيْئًا, Present.T يَغُورُ, He sought for, or after, a thing.
def.3 غَارَهُمْ, and غَارَ لَهُمْ, [Present.T يَغُورُ,] Verbal.Noun غِيَارٌ, He bestowed upon them غِيرَة, i. e. مِيرَة [a provision of corn, or wheat, &c.]. [See also art. غير.]
2 He benefited them; (S in art. غير, and TA;) and so غَارَهُمْ بِخَيْرٍ: and غَارَهُمْ, Present.T يَغُورُ, Verbal.Noun غِيَارٌ; or غَارَهُمْ بِخَيْرٍ; He bestowed upon them abundance of the produce of the earth, and rain: and غَارَهُمْ بِرِزْقٍ He bestowed upon them means of subsistence. You say also اَللّٰهُمَّ غُرْنَا بِغَيْثٍ, and بِمَطَرٍ, and بِخَيْرٍ, and غُرْنَا مِنْكَ بِغَيْثٍ, O God, aid us, or succour us, with rain from Thee, and with prosperity. [See also art. غير.]
def.4 غَارَ الرَّجُلَ, Present.T يَغُورُهُ and يَغِيرُهُ, He gave the man the bloodwit [which is termed غِوَرٌ and غِيَرٌ]: and so غَيَّرَهُ. (TA in art. غير.)
def.5 غَارَ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ, Present.T يَغَارُ, Verbal.Noun غِيرَةٌ [or rather غَيْرَةٌ (see art. غير)] and غَارٌ, [He was jealous of his wife.] غَارٌ and غَيْرَةٌ, or غَارٌ and غِيرَةٌ, with kesr, signify the same. You say فُلَانٌ شَدِيدُ الغَارِ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ i. e. الغيرة [Such a one is vehemently jealous of his wife]. See also art. غير.
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