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غَوْرٌ

Root: غور

Full Definition

غَوْرٌ The bottom, or lowest part, of anything; as also غَوْرَى : and its depth.
2 You say, عَرَفْتُ غَوْرَ هٰذِهِ المَسْأَلَةِ [I have become acquainted with the bottom of this question]. And فُلَانٌ بَعِيدُ الغَوْرِ Such a one is deep and excellent in judgment; one who examines deeply. [See also 1.] And هَوَ بَحْرٌ لَا يُدْرَكُ غَوْرُهُ [He is a sea whereof the bottom shall not be reached]. And مَنْ أَبْعَدُ غَوْرًا فِى البَاطِلِ مِنِّى [Who is deeper in knowledge with respect to what is vain, or false, than I?].
3 Low, or depressed, land, country, or ground; [like خَوْرٌ;] as also غَارٌ .
4 See also غَارٌ, in the first of its senses expl. above.

def.2 Applied to water, i. q. غَائِرٌ [Sinking, or going away, into the ground, or earth]: an Verbal.Noun used as an epithet, like مَآءٌ سَكْبٌ, and دِرْهَمٌ ضَرْبٌ.
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