Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

وُفُورٌ

Root: وفر

Full Definition

وُفُورٌ and وَفْرٌ and وَفْرَةٌ and فِرَةٌ [are inf. ns., used as simple substs.,] all signify the same: Fulness, completeness, perfectness, wholeness, or entireness: or muchness, abundance, ampleness, or copiousness: and the second also, richness; or competence. You say, هٰذِهِ أَرْضٌ فِى نَبْتِهَا وَفْرٌ, and وَفْرَةٌ , and فِرَةٌ , i. e., وُفُورٌ, This is land in the herbage of which is fulness, &c., or abundance; the herbage of which has not been pastured upon. And هُوَ فِى وَفْرَةٍ مِنَ المَال [He is in possession of abundance of property].


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