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Form 1بَأَرَ4 senses · 1 main
muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُبَأََmaṣdarبَأْرٌ

Core sense — he dug a well; he hid a thing, or laid it up in storegenerated

1.1he dug a well—ابتأر

. The verb of this form and this one have the same meaning.

1.1.1he dug a hollow of the kind so called, in which to cook—بُؤْرَة

Muḍāriʿ as above.

1.1.2he hid a thing; he stored it up for a time of need—ابتأر

Muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as above.

From this a hollow dug in the ground is called بُؤْرَةٌ.

1.1.3he did good beforehand—ابتأر خَيْرًا
he did good beforehand—بَأَرَهُ

Or, according to some, he did good beforehand for himself, as though he had laid it up, or concealed it, for himself: so says El-Umawee. Or he laid up in store for himself concealed good. Or he did good secretly.

ائتبر has the same meaning.

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, (S, M, K,) aor. بَأََ , (M, K,) He sunk, or dug, (S, M, K,) a well; (S, M;) as also ابتأر . (M, K.) Also, aor. as above, inf. n. بَأْرٌ , He dug a [hollow such as is termed] بُؤْرَة , (AZ, S, M,) in which to cook. (AZ, S.) Also, (T, S, M, K,) aor. as above, (M, K,) and so the inf. n.; (M;) and ابتأر ; (T, S, M, K;) He hid, or concealed, a thing: (T, M, K:) and he stored it, or laid it up, for a time of need. (T, S, K.) Hence a hollow dug in the ground is termed بُؤْرَةٌ . (T.) You say also, ابتأر خَيْرًا , (T, M, K,) and بَأَرَهُ , (M, K,) He did good beforehand: (T, M, K:) or, accord. to some, he, as it were, did good beforehand for himself, having laid it up, or concealed it, for himself: (T, TA:) so says El-Umawee: or he laid up for himself in store concealed good: (TA:) or he did good concealedly: (M, K:) and ائتبر signifies the same. (T, TA.)
Form 4ابأر فُلَانًا1 sense

Core sense — he assigned a well to someonegenerated

4.1he made, or assigned, a well for such a one—جَعَلَ
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He made, or he assigned, or appointed, ( جَعَلَ ,) for such a one, a well. (K.)
Form 8إِبْتَأََ1 sense

Core sense — he dug a well; he hid a thing, or laid it up in storegenerated

8.1

See form 1, in three places.

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see 1, in three places.

Derived nouns 6

Nounبِئْرٌ1 sense

Core sense — a wellgenerated

1a well—بِيرٌ
a well—بِئْرَةٌ

Of the feminine gender.

Plurals of paucity: أَبْؤُرٌ, آبُرٌ (by transposition), أَبْآرٌ, and آبَارٌ (by transposition, Yaakoob); plural of multitude بِئَارٌ. Plural of paucity of بِيرٌ: أَبْيَارٌ.

The diminutive is بُؤَيْرَةٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences بِئْر
22:45
فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئْرٍ مُّعَطَّلَةٍ وَقَصْرٍ مَّشِيدٍ

How many populations have We destroyed, which were given to wrong-doing? They tumbled down on their roofs. And how many wells are lying idle and neglected, and castles lofty and well-built?

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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(T, S, M, &c.) and بِيرٌ , (Msb,) of the fem. gender, (S, M, Msb, K,) and بِئْرَةٌ , (M,) A well: (M, TA:) pl. (of pauc., S, Msb) أَبْؤُرٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and (by transposition, Fr, Msb) آبُرٌ (Fr, Msb, K) and أَبْآرٌ and (by transposition, Yaakoob, T, S, M) آبَارٌ and (of mult., S, Msb) بِئَارٌ ; (T, S, M, Msb, K;) and pl. of pauc. [of بِيرٌ ] أَبْيَارٌ . (Msb.) The dim. is بُؤَيْرَةٌ . (Msb.)
Nounبُؤْرَةٌ2 senses

Core sense — a hollow dug in the ground in which to cookgenerated

1

A hollow, or hole, dug in the ground, in which to cook; also called إِرَةٌ, or a place in which fire is lighted. [See form 1.]

2

See also بَئِيرَةٌ.

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A hollow, or hole, dug in the ground, (AZ, S, M, K,) in which to cook; also called إِرَةٌ : (AZ, S:) or (M) a place in which fire is lighted. (M, K.) [See 1.] See also بَئِيرَةٌ .
Nounبِئْرةٌ2 senses

Core sense — a well; a thing laid up in store for a time of needgenerated

1

See بئْرٌ.

2

And see بَئِيرَةٌ.

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: see بئْرٌ : and see بَئِيرَةٌ .
Nounبُؤَيْرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a small wellgenerated

1

See بِئْرٌ.

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: see بِئْرٌ .
Nounبَئِيرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a thing stored up for a time of needgenerated

1a thing stored, or laid up, for a time of need—بِئْرَةٌ
a thing stored, or laid up, for a time of need—بُؤْرَةٌ
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(T, S, M, K) and بِئْرَةٌ and بُؤْرَةٌ (M, K) A thing stored, or laid up, for a time of need. (T, S, M, K.)
Nounبَأّٓٓرٌ1 sense

Core sense — a well-diggergenerated

1a well-sinker, or well-digger—أَبَّارٌ

This second form is made by transposition; the first is [said to have been] not heard.

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, (T, TA, and so in some copies of the K,) or أَبَّارٌ , (as in other copies of the K and so in the CK,) the latter formed by transposition, and the former [said to have been] not heard, (M,) A well-sinker, or well-digger. (T, M, K.)