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انحدر

Root: حدر

Form: 7

Full Definition

انحدرVII He, or it, descended; went down, downwards, down a declivity, or from a higher to a lower place or position: and [in like manner] حَدَرَ , Verbal.Noun حَدْرٌ, or حُدُورٌ, he went down, or descended, a declivity. [Hence,] اِنْحَدَرْتُ إِلَى البَصْرَةِ I went down to El-Basrah.
2 Also He journeyed, or went, towards El-'Irák, and Syria, and 'Omán: opposed to أَصْعَدَ, which signifies “ he journeyed, or went, towards Nejd, and El- Hijáz, and El-Yemen: ” (ISk, on the authority of 'Omárah, TA in art. صعد:) or the former, he journeyed, or went, towards El-'Irák: and the latter, “ he journeyed, or went, towards the Kibleh: ” and مُنْحَدَرٌ is used as an Verbal.Noun of the former; like as مُصعَدٌ is of the latter: also, the former verb, he returned from any town or country: and the latter, “ he commenced a journey or the like, in any direction. ”
3 Also, said of a place, It sloped down.

def.2 See also 1, last sentence but one.
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