غَفَرٌ
Root: غفر
Full Definition
غَفَرٌ
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غَفْرٌ and
غُفَارٌ Hair like down, such as is upon the shank of a woman, and upon the forehead, and the like thereof: or the hair of the neck, and of the jaws, and of the back of the neck; as also
accord. to the copies of the K, but accord. to the L and other lexicons غَفْرٌ: and the small, short, hairs of the body.
2 And غَفَرٌ signifies also The growth of hair in the place of the mane of a horse or similar beast.
3 And The nap, or villous substance, upon the surface of a garment, or piece of cloth, and the like thereof; and غَفْرٌ signifies the same: n. un. غَفْرَةٌ [and app. غَفَرَةٌ]: and غَفَرٌ is also expl. as signifying the هُدْب [app. here meaning likewise nap, or pile, or perhaps the unwoven end,] of a garment, or piece of cloth, and [particularly] of the thin and soft sorts of what are termed خَمَائِص and قُطُف [pls. of خَمِيصَةٌ and قَطِيفَةٌ]; but not the extremities of أَرْدِيَة and مَلَاحِف [pls. of رِدَآءٌ and مِلْحَفَةٌ].
4 And Small herbage; [or] a sort of small, sprouting herbage, of the [season called] رَبِيع, growing in plain, or soft, land, and upon the [eminences termed] آكام [pl. of أَكَمَةٌ]; when green, resembling green passerine birds standing; and when it has dried up, resembling such as are red, not standing.
2 And غَفَرٌ signifies also The growth of hair in the place of the mane of a horse or similar beast.
3 And The nap, or villous substance, upon the surface of a garment, or piece of cloth, and the like thereof; and غَفْرٌ signifies the same: n. un. غَفْرَةٌ [and app. غَفَرَةٌ]: and غَفَرٌ is also expl. as signifying the هُدْب [app. here meaning likewise nap, or pile, or perhaps the unwoven end,] of a garment, or piece of cloth, and [particularly] of the thin and soft sorts of what are termed خَمَائِص and قُطُف [pls. of خَمِيصَةٌ and قَطِيفَةٌ]; but not the extremities of أَرْدِيَة and مَلَاحِف [pls. of رِدَآءٌ and مِلْحَفَةٌ].
4 And Small herbage; [or] a sort of small, sprouting herbage, of the [season called] رَبِيع, growing in plain, or soft, land, and upon the [eminences termed] آكام [pl. of أَكَمَةٌ]; when green, resembling green passerine birds standing; and when it has dried up, resembling such as are red, not standing.
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