وَافِرٌ
Root: وفر
Full Definition
وَافِرٌ
and
مَوْفُورٌ and
مُوَفَّرٌ and
[and
أَوْفَرُ and
وَفْرٌ ] all signify the same: [i. e., Full, without lack or defect, full-sized, complete, perfect, whole, or entire: or much, abundant, ample, or copious.] You say, مَالٌ وَافِرٌ and نَبَاتٌ وَافِرٌ, &c., [Full, or complete, &c., or] much, or abundant, property, and herbage, &c., And
شَىْءٌ مَوْفُورٌ
A thing that is full, complete, &c. And
جَزَآءٌ مُوَفَّرٌ
A recompense of which nothing is deficient. And فُلَانٌ الشَّعَرِ
2 الوَافِرُ The fourth metre (بَحْر) in prosody; the measure of which consists of مُفَاعَلَتُنْ six times [in its original state]: or, [in practice,] مُفَاعَلَتُنْ مُفَاعَلَتُنْ فَعُولُنْ, twice: or مُفَاعَلَتُنْ مُفَاعَلَتُنْ, twice: so called because its feet are made full like those of the كَامِل, except that there is [in practice] an elision in their letters, so that it is not complete.
2 الوَافِرُ The fourth metre (بَحْر) in prosody; the measure of which consists of مُفَاعَلَتُنْ six times [in its original state]: or, [in practice,] مُفَاعَلَتُنْ مُفَاعَلَتُنْ فَعُولُنْ, twice: or مُفَاعَلَتُنْ مُفَاعَلَتُنْ, twice: so called because its feet are made full like those of the كَامِل, except that there is [in practice] an elision in their letters, so that it is not complete.
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