غَضْرَآءُ
Root: غضر
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غَضْرَآءُ
: see غَضَارَةٌ, in six places.
def.2 Also Earth, or land, (أَرْضٌ, K,) or a piece, or portion, of clay or earth, (طِينَةٌ, S, Msb,) good, or fertile. (طَيِّبَةٌ, K,) green, or of a dark or an ashy dust-colour: (خَضْرَآءُ عَلِكَةٌ: S, Msb, K:) and land in which is clay, or soil, of a good kind, without sand, or without salt earth; as also or , accord. to different copies of the K, the latter accord. to the L. or, accord. to IAar, غَضِرٌ [in the TA غَضْرَآءُ, which is a mistranscription,] signifies a place having in it red clay or earth. One says, أَنْبَطَ فُلَانٌ بِئْرَهُ فِى غَضْرَآءَ i. e. Such a one produced the water of his well by digging in land of soft and good earth of which the water was sweet.
2 And Land in which palm-trees will not grow until it is dug, the upper part thereof consisting of white [soft stones, like dry pieces of clay, such as are termed] كَذَّان.
def.2 Also Earth, or land, (أَرْضٌ, K,) or a piece, or portion, of clay or earth, (طِينَةٌ, S, Msb,) good, or fertile. (طَيِّبَةٌ, K,) green, or of a dark or an ashy dust-colour: (خَضْرَآءُ عَلِكَةٌ: S, Msb, K:) and land in which is clay, or soil, of a good kind, without sand, or without salt earth; as also or , accord. to different copies of the K, the latter accord. to the L. or, accord. to IAar, غَضِرٌ [in the TA غَضْرَآءُ, which is a mistranscription,] signifies a place having in it red clay or earth. One says, أَنْبَطَ فُلَانٌ بِئْرَهُ فِى غَضْرَآءَ i. e. Such a one produced the water of his well by digging in land of soft and good earth of which the water was sweet.
2 And Land in which palm-trees will not grow until it is dug, the upper part thereof consisting of white [soft stones, like dry pieces of clay, such as are termed] كَذَّان.
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