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Form 1غَارَ13 senses · 5 main

maṣdarغَوْرٌ إِغَارَةٌ غِيَارٌ غِيرَةٌmuḍāriʿيَغُورُ تَغُورُ تَغَارُ

Core sense — he came to the low country; it sank in; the sun setgenerated

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe came to the low land, or country—غَوْر

maṣdar غَوْرٌ and غُؤُورٌ. Also اغار, but IAth says that this form of the verb is rare, and As disallows it. Also غوّر, maṣdar تَغْوِيرٌ and تغوّر.

he journeyed in the region of the غور—غار

he took his way towards the غَوْر—غار

[Or the region so called, in Arabia.]

اغار has the same meaning.

There is a difference of opinion about the saying of El-Aashà:

shāhid

نَبِىٌّ يَرَى مَا لَا تَرَوْنَ وَذِكْرُهُأَغَارَ لَعَمْرِى فِى البِلَادِ وَأَنْجَدَا

[meaning, according to the first explanation of اغار, A prophet who sees what you do not see, and whose fame has come to the low lands, by my life, or by my religion, in the several regions, and has come to the high lands.]

As says that اغار means has gone quickly, and انجد has risen, and that the poet does not mean has come to the low lands nor to the high lands; he holds غار to mean only the coming to the low land.

But Fr asserts that اغار is a dialectal variant of غار, and cites this verse as authority.

Some say اغار وانجد, but when they do not join the two verbs they say غار, just as they say هَنَأَنِى الطَّعَامُ وَمَرَأَنِى, but when they do not join these two verbs they say أَمْرَأَنِى.

As also mentions another relation of the second hemistich, beginning اغام [apparently a mistake for أَقَامَ, or some other word]; and there is another relation, according to which the second hemistich is مَخْرُوم, beginning with غَارَ.

he became famous in the low countries and the high—غَارَ وَأَنْجَدَ

Mentioned in art. نجد.

1.1.1he, or it, entered [or entered deeply] into a thing—غار فِى شَىْءٍ

Maṣdar غَوْرٌ, غُؤُورٌ, and غِيَارٌ.

1.1.2figurative · مجازhe examined minutely [or deeply] into an affair—غار فِى أَمْرٍ

اغار has the same meaning.

such a one is a deep examiner—فُلَانٌ بِعِيدُ الغَوْرِ

Or: acquainted [deeply] with affairs; or very rancorous, malevolent, malicious, or spiteful.

[See also غَوْرٌ below.]

1.1.3the water sank, or went away, into the ground—غار المَآءُ

Also فِى الأَرْضِ, maṣdar تَغْوِيرٌ.

Or it means: it went away into the sources, or springs.

Maṣdar غَوْرٌ, غُؤُورٌ, and غوّر.

1.1.4the sun set—غَارَتِ الشَّمْسُ

maṣdar غِيَارٌ, غُؤُورٌ, and غوّرت.

One says the same of the moon and of a star: [غار and غوّر].

1.1.5his eye sank, or became depressed, in the head—غَارَتْ عَيْنُهُ

maṣdar غَوْرٌ and غُؤُورٌ. Also غَارَتْ, and غوّرت.

Literally, it entered in the head; the same as اِنْخَسَفَتْ.

1.1.6figurative · مجاز — inferredthe day became intensely hot—غار النَّهَارُ

[Apparently like غَوَّرَ, meaning when the sun had declined from the meridian.]

Hence الغَائِرَةُ.

1.1.7

See also art. غير.

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, (As, Fr, IAar, S, Msb, &c.,) aor. يَغُورُ , (S, &c.,) inf. n. غَوْرٌ (S, K) and غُؤُورٌ ; (K;) and اغار , (Fr, Msb,) inf. n. إِغَارَةٌ ; (K;) but IAth says that this form of the verb is of rare occurrence, (TA,) and As disallows it; (S, Msb, TA;) and غوّر , inf. n. تَغْوِيرٌ ; (S, K;) and تغوّر ; (K, TA;) He came to the غَوْر , (As, Fr, IAar, S, Msb, K,) i. e., low land or country, (Msb,) [or the region so called, in Arabia:] or غار signifies he journeyed in the region of the غور : (As, TA:) or غار and اغار signify he took his way towards the غَوْر . (TA.) There is a difference of opinion respecting the saying of El-Aashà, 1 [meaning, accord. to the first explanation of اغار , A prophet who seeth what ye see not, and whose fame has come to the low lands, by my life, or by my religion, in the several regions, and has come to the high lands]: As says that اغار signifies has gone quickly; and انجد , has risen; and that the poet does not mean has come to the low lands nor to the high lands; holding غار only to signify the coming to the low land: but Fr asserts that اغار is a dial. var. of غار ; and cites this verse as authority: and some say اغار وانجد , but when they do not conjoin the two verbs they say غار ; like as they say هَنَأَنِى الطَّعَامُ وَمَرَأَنِى , but when they do not conjoin these two verbs they say أَمْرَأَنِى : (S:) As also mentions another relation of the second hemistich, commencing اغام [app. a mistake for أَقَامَ or some other word]: (IKtt:) and there is another relation, accord. to which the second hemistich is مَخْرُوم , commencing with غَارَ . (L.) You say also غَارَ وَأَنْجَدَ meaning He became famous in the low countries and the high. (A in art. نجد .) نَبِىٌّ يَرَى مَا لَا تَرَوْنَ وَذِكْرُهُ | أَغَارَ لَعَمْرِى فِى البِلَادِ وَأَنْجَدَا غار فِى شَىْءٍ , inf. n. غَوْرٌ and غُؤُورٌ (K) and غِيَارٌ , (Sb, K,) He, or it, entered [or entered deeply] into a thing. (K.) [Hence,] غار فِى أَمْرٍ He examined minutely [or deeply] into an affair; (IKtt, Msb;) as also اغار . (IKtt.) You say فُلَانٌ بِعِيدُ الغَوْرِ Such a one is a deep examiner: (TA:) or acquainted [deeply] with affairs: or very rancorous, malevolent, malicious, or spiteful. (Msb.) [See also غَوْرٌ , below.] غار المَآءُ , (Lh, S, Msb, K,) فِى الأَرْضِ (K,) inf. n. غَوْرٌ (Lh, S, K, &c.) and غُؤُورٌ ; (S, TA;) and غوّر , (Lh, TA,) inf. n. تَغْوِيرٌ ; (K;) The water sank, (S, IKtt,) or went away, (Msb, K,) into the ground, or earth: (S, Msb, K:) or went away into the sources, or springs. (Lh.) غَارَتِ الشَّمْسُ , (S, K,) aor. تَغُورُ , (S,) inf. n. غِيَارٌ (S, K) and غُؤُورٌ ; (K;) and غوّرت ; (K;) The sun set: (S, K:) and in like manner one says [ غار and غوّر ] of the moon and of a star. (TA.) غَارَتْ عَيْنُهُ , aor. تَغُورُ , (S, Msb,) inf. n. غَوْرٌ (S, TA) and غُؤُورٌ ; (S, Msb, TA;) and غَارَتْ , aor. تَغَارُ ; (S, TA;) and غوّرت ; (TA;) His eye sank, or became depressed, (lit. entered,) in the head; (S, TA;) i. q. اِنْخَسَفَتْ . (Msb.) غار النَّهَارُ The day became intensely hot [app., like غَوَّرَ , meaning when the sun had declined from the meridian]: (K:) hence الغَائِرَةُ [q. v.]. (TA.) See also 2. غَارَ شَيْئًا , aor. يَغُورُ , He sought for, or after, a thing. (TA.) غَارَهُمْ , and غَارَ لَهُمْ , [aor. يَغُورُ ,] inf. n. غِيَارٌ , He (God) bestowed upon them غِيرَة , (K,) i. e. مِيرَة [a provision of corn, or wheat, &c.]. (TA.) [See also art. غير .] He benefited them; (S in art. غير , and TA;) and so غَارَهُمْ بِخَيْرٍ : (S:) and غَارَهُمْ , aor. يَغُورُ , (K,) inf. n. غِيَارٌ ; (TA;) or غَارَهُمْ بِخَيْرٍ ; (TA;) He (God) bestowed upon them abundance of the produce of the earth, and rain: (K, TA:) and غَارَهُمْ بِرِزْقٍ He bestowed upon them means of subsistence. (TA.) You say also اَللّٰهُمَّ غُرْنَا بِغَيْثٍ , (K,) and بِمَطَرٍ , and بِخَيْرٍ , (TA,) and غُرْنَا مِنْكَ بِغَيْثٍ , (S,) O God, aid us, or succour us, with rain (S, K) from Thee, (S,) and with prosperity. (TA.) [See also art. غير .] غَارَ الرَّجُلَ , aor. يَغُورُهُ and يَغِيرُهُ , He gave the man the bloodwit [which is termed غِوَرٌ and غِيَرٌ ]: (ISk, TA:) and so غَيَّرَهُ . (TA in art. غير .) غَارَ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ , aor. يَغَارُ , inf. n. غِيرَةٌ [or rather غَيْرَةٌ (see art. غير )] and غَارٌ , [He was jealous of his wife.] (IKtt.) غَارٌ and غَيْرَةٌ , (S, so in my two copies,) or غَارٌ and غِيرَةٌ , with kesr, (K,) signify the same. (S, K.) You say فُلَانٌ شَدِيدُ الغَارِ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ i. e. الغيرة [Such a one is vehemently jealous of his wife]. (TA.) See also art. غير .

Form 2غوّر8 senses · 2 main

maṣdarتَغْوِيرٌ

Core sense — he slept in the middle of the day; he hid it; he routed themgenerated

2.1

. See form 1, in five places.

2.1.1

Also: he slept in the middle of the day; غَارَ has the same meaning.

2.1.2make the camels lie down with us during the violent midday heat—غَوِّرُوا بِنَا

Also: he alighted to sleep in the middle of the day.

Mentioned in art. رمض.

IAar says that مُغَوِّرٌ means one alighting in the middle of the day for a little while and then going on [i.e. resuming his journey].

مَا بِتُّ هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ إِلَّا تَغْوِيرًا occurs in a tradition, meaning [I did not stay, or have not stayed, this night,] except in taking a nap [like the sleep in the middle of the day].

2.1.3

Also: he entered upon the middle of the day.

2.1.4

Also: he journeyed in the middle of the day; or, said of a rider on a camel, or on a horse or other beast, he journeyed until the sun declined from the meridian, and then alighted.

2.1.5figurative · مجاز[apparently, the day became intensely hot when] the sun declined from the meridian—غوّر النَّهَارُ

Ibn-Buzurj. [See also غَارَ النَّهَارُ.]

2.2he put it, or made it enter, into a low, or depressed, place—غوّرهُ

Maṣdar as above.

Or: he hid it, or caused it to disappear.

2.2.1he routed, defeated, or put to flight—غوّر

Maṣdar as above.

Also: he drove away.

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, inf. n. تَغْوِيرٌ : see 1, in five places. Also He slept in the middle of the day; (S, * K, TA;) and so غَارَ . (K, TA.) And He alighted (Lth, S, K, TA) to sleep (Lth, S, TA) in the middle of the day. (Lth, S, K, TA.) And غَوِّرُوا بِنَا Make ye the camels to lie down with us during the vehement midday-heat. (Jm and TA in art. رمض .) IAar says that مُغَوِّرٌ signifies One alighting in the middle of the day for a little while and then departing [i. e. resuming his journey]. (TA.) And مَا بِتُّ هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ إِلَّا تَغْوِيرًا occurs in a trad. as meaning [I did not tarry, or have not tarried, this night,] save in taking a nap [like the sleep in the middle of the day]. (TA.) Also He entered upon the middle of the day. (K, TA.) And He journeyed in the middle of the day: (Lth, K:) or he (a rider upon a camel, or upon a horse or other beast,) journeyed until the declining of the sun from the meridian, and then alighted. (ISh, TA.) And غوّر النَّهَارُ [app. The day became intensely hot when] the sun declined from the meridian. (Ibn-Buzurj, TA. [See also غَارَ النَّهَارُ .]) غوّرهُ , inf. n. as above, He put it, or made it to enter, into a low, or depressed, place: he hid, or concealed, it; or caused it to disappear. (Har p. 165.) And غوّر , (TA,) inf. n. as above, (K, TA,) signifies also He routed, defeated, or put to flight; and he drove away. (K, * TA.)

Form 3غَاْوَرَ1 sense

Core sense — he made a raid, or sudden attack, upon themgenerated

3.1

See form 4; and see also form 6.

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see 4; and see also 6.

Form 4اغار عَيْنَهُ9 senses · 4 main

maṣdarإِغَارَةٌ مُغَاوَرَةٌ غَارَةٌ

Core sense — he made a raid upon the enemy; he hastened; he plundered itgenerated

4.1

[He made his eye sink, or become depressed, in his head: see form 1.]

4.2

اغار as intransitive: see form 1, in four places.

4.2.1

Also: he went away into the country, or land.

4.2.2[Enter upon the time of sunrise, Thebeer,] that we may press on to the sacrifice of the pilgrimage—أَشْرِقْ ثَبِيرْ كَيْمَا نُغِيرْ

Also: he hastened, or was quick, in walking, marching, or journeying, or the latter is a simple noun, [or quasi-maṣdar].

He was quick, and pressed on, دَفَعَ, in his running; said of a horse, and of a fox.

Said of a horse: he ran violently, and was quick, in a غَارَة [or raid, or sudden attack upon a people, or their dwellings,] and the like.

From a tradition about the pilgrimage; Thebeer is the name of a mountain near Mekkeh. Yaakoob explains it of pressing on to the sacrifice of the pilgrimage, or to the return from Minè; or it means: that we may plunder the meats of the sacrifices; or that we may enter into the low land. [See also form 2 in art. شرق.]

he was quick, and pressed on, as the fox does—أَغَارَ إِغَارَةَ الثَّعْلَبِ

4.2.3he made a sudden attack upon the enemy, or upon their dwellings, and engaged them in conflict—اغار عَلَى العَدُوِّ

Also عَلَى القَوْمِ, or the latter is a simple noun, [or quasi-maṣdar, as in the case mentioned above,] and مُغَارٌ. Generally a predatory incursion, with a party of armed horsemen, into the territory of the enemy.

Or: he urged the horses upon, or against, the people. استغار has the same meaning, and in like manner one says غاور العَدُوَّ, maṣdar مُغَاوَرَةٌ and غِوَارٌ. See also form 6.

the wolf made an incursion among the sheep or goats—اغار الذِّئْبُ فِى الغَنَمِْ

See art. شع; استغار has the same meaning.

4.2.4he plundered it; he took it by pillage—اغار عَلَيْهِ

4.2.5he came to the sons of such a one to help them—اغار بِبَنِى فُلَانٍ

Or: to be helped by them.

Sometimes إِلَى بنى فلان.

4.3he twisted a rope hard—اغار

and quasi-.

4.4he married another in addition to his wife—اغار أَهْلَهُ

[And so caused her to be jealous: see form 1.]

[See also art. غير.]

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[He made his eye to sink, or become depressed, in his head: see 1]. (TA.) اغار as intrans.: see 1, in four places. Also He went away in, or into, the country, or land. (K.) And, (S, K, &c.,) inf. n. إِغَارَةٌ (S, Mgh, Msb) and غَارَةٌ , (Mgh,) or the latter is a simple subst., [or quasi-inf. n.,] (Msb,) He hastened, (K,) or was quick, (Msb,) in walking, or marching, or journeying: (Msb, K:) he was quick, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) and pushed, or pressed, on, or forward, ( دَفَعَ , S,) in his running; (S, Mgh, Msb;) said of a horse, (Mgh, Msb,) and of a fox: (S, Mgh:) he (a horse, K) ran vehemently, and was quick, (S, K,) in a غَارَة [or raid, or sudden attack upon a people, or their dwellings,] &c. (K.) Hence the saying, (in a trad. respecting the pilgrimage, TA,) أَشْرِقْ ثَبِيرْ كَيْمَا نُغِيرْ [Enter thou upon the time of sunrise, Thebeer, (the name of a mountain near Mekkeh,)] that we may proceed quickly, (S, K,) or push, or press, on, or forward, (Yaakoob, Msb,) to the sacrifice of the pilgrimage: (S, Msb, K:) or to the return from Minè: (Yaakoob:) or that we may plunder the meats of the sacrifices: or that we may enter into the low land. (TA. [See also 2 in art. شرق .]) Hence also the saying, أَغَارَ إِغَارَةَ الثَّعْلَبِ He was quick, and pushed, or pressed, on, or forward, like as does the fox. (S.) اغار عَلَى العَدُوِّ , (S, Msb,) and عَلَى القَوْمِ , (K,) inf. n. إِغَارَةٌ (S, K) and غَارَةٌ , (K,) or the latter is a simple subst., [or quasi-inf. n., as in the case mentioned above,] (TA,) and مُغَارٌ , (S, TA,) He made [a raid, or hostile or predatory incursion, into the territory of the enemy; or] a sudden, or an unexpected, attack [upon the enemy, or] upon the territory or dwellings of the enemy, [with a party of armed horsemen, generally meaning a predatory incursion,] and engaged with them in conflict; (Msb,) or he urged the horses upon, or against, the people; as also استغار : (K, TA:) and in like manner you say غاور العَدُوَّ , inf. n. مُغَاوَرَةٌ and غِوَارٌ . (S.) See also 6. And اغار الذِّئْبُ فِى الغَنَمِْ The wolf made an incursion among the sheep or goats; (K * and TA in art. شع ;) as also استغار . (TA ibid.) Also اغار عَلَيْهِ He plundered it; took it by pillage. (TA.) And اغار بِبَنِى فُلَانٍ , and sometimes إِلَى بنى فلان , He came to the sons of such a one to aid, or succour, them: (IKtt, K:) or to be aided, or succoured, by them. (IKtt.) اغار , (S, K,) inf. n. إِغَارَةٌ and quasi-inf. n. غَارَةٌ , (TA,) signifies also He twisted hard (S, K) a rope. (S.) اغار أَهْلَهُ He married another in addition to his wife [and so caused her to be jealous: see 1]. (S.) [See also art. غير .]

Form 5تَغَوَّرَ1 sense

Core sense — he came to the low land, or countrygenerated

5.1

See form 1, first meaning.

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see 1, first signification.

Form 6تغاوروا1 sense

maṣdarمُغَاوَرَةٌ

Core sense — they made raids, or sudden attacks, upon one anothergenerated

6.1

They made raids, or predatory incursions, into each other's territories; or made sudden attacks, one upon another, or one party upon the dwellings of another party, and fought one another; or urged their horses against one another. Explained by أَغَارَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ.

غاوروا has the same meaning.

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They made [raids, or hostile or predatory incursions, into each other's territories; or] sudden attacks, one upon another, or one party upon the dwellings of another party, and engaged in conflict, one with another; or urged their horses one upon, or against, another; expl. by أَغَارَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ : (S, K:) and so غاوروا , inf. n. مُغَاوَرَةٌ . (TA.)

Form 8اغتار2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he procured a provision of corn; he obtained benefitgenerated

8.1he procured provision [of corn, or wheat, and the like]—مِيرَة

8.1.1

Also: he obtained benefit, advantage, or profit.

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He procured مِيرَة [or provision of corn, or wheat, &c.]. (TA.) And He derived, or obtained, benefit, advantage, or profit. (K.)

Form 10إِسْتَغْوَرَ5 senses · 3 main

Core sense — he descended into a low country; he became fat; he asked God for provisiongenerated

10.1

He, or it, descended; or he desired to descend into a low land or country.

10.1.1

Derived nouns 16

Nounغَارٌ9 senses · 4 main

Core sense — a cave, or cavern, in a mountain; an army; the bay-treegenerated

1a cave, or cavern, in a mountain—كَهْفٌ

مَغَارَةٌ, مَغَارٌ, مُغَارَةٌ, مُغَارٌ, and غَوْرٌ have the same meaning. [But غَارٌ in this sense is omitted in the CK.]

Or what resembles a كهف in a mountain, [only differing in being less large,] like a سَرَب; or what is hewn out in a mountain, resembling a مَغَارَة; when it is large, or spacious, it is called كهف; or what resembles a house, or chamber, in a mountain.

Or a low, or depressed, place in a mountain; or any low, or depressed, land, country, or ground: see also غَوْرٌ [and خَوْرٌ].

Or the hole, or burrow, to which a wild animal goes. [See an instance in art. سمو, form 8.]

Sometimes مَغَارٌ is applied to the coverts of gazelles, among trees.

The diminutive of غَارٌ is غُوَيْرٌ [of which see two examples, a proverb and a verse, under بُؤْسٌ]; the plural of paucity is أَغْوَارٌ, and of multitude غِيرَانٌ.

1.1

Also: the portion of the upper part of the mouth which is behind the فَرَاشَة [or thin bone of the palate]; or the hollow which is between the two jaws; or the inside of the mouth.

[For دَاخِلَ الفَمِ in the CK, I read دَاخِلُ الفم, as in the TA.]

Or, as some say, the two parts each of which is called نِطْعٌ [apparently the front part of the palate and the corresponding part next the lower gums] in the حَنَكَانِ [the palate and the part corresponding to it below].

1.2the [sockets of the eyes; or] two bones in which the eyes are—الغَارَانِ

1.3[He works, or earns, for his belly, or his mouth, and his pudendum]—يَسْعَى لِغَارَيْهِ

From the saying of a poet.

Also: the belly and the pudendum; or the mouth and the pudendum.

2the two armies met—اِلْتَقَى الغَارَانِ

Also: an army; or a numerous army.

2.1

And: a company, or body, of men; or a numerous company, or body, of men.

And: the same as غَيْرَةٌ or غِيرَةٌ. [See sense 1, last meaning.]

And: a kind of tree, of large size, with leaves longer than those of the خِلَاف, and a fruit [or berry] smaller than the hazel-nut, black, which when stripped of its covering shows a heart that is used in medicine [meant to produce a narcotic or an intoxicating effect; the berries are called حَبُّ الغَارِ].

Its leaves have a sweet smell and are used in perfume; its fruit is called [in Persian] دَهْمَسْت, and it has an oil called دُهْنُ الغَارِ. [It is the bay-tree, or female laurel-tree, the laurus nobilis, also called the sweet bay, of which there are several sorts, such as the broad-leaved bay and the narrow-leaved bay; it is commonly supposed to be the laurus of the ancients.]

Ism waḥda formed with ة.

4.1

And: the leaves of the grapevine.

Qur’ānic occurrences غَار

9:40

إِلَّا تَنصُرُوهُ فَقَدْ نَصَرَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِذْ أَخْرَجَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ثَانِىَ ٱثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِى ٱلْغَارِ إِذْ يَقُولُ لِصَـٰحِبِهِۦ لَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَنَا ۖ فَأَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُۥ عَلَيْهِ وَأَيَّدَهُۥ بِجُنُودٍ لَّمْ تَرَوْهَا وَجَعَلَ كَلِمَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلسُّفْلَىٰ ۗ وَكَلِمَةُ ٱللَّهِ هِىَ ٱلْعُلْيَا ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

If ye help not (your leader), (it is no matter): for Allah did indeed help him, when the Unbelievers drove him out: he had no more than one companion; they two were in the cave, and he said to his companion, "Have no fear, for Allah is with us": then Allah sent down His peace upon him, and strengthened him with forces which ye saw not, and humbled to the depths the word of the Unbelievers. But the word of Allah is exalted to the heights: for Allah is Exalted in might, Wise.

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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A cave, or cavern; syn. كَهْفٌ ; (S, K;) in a mountain; (S;) as also مَغَارَةٌ and مَغَارٌ (S, K) and مُغَارَةٌ and مُغَارٌ and غَوْرٌ : (K: [but غَارٌ in this sense is omitted in the CK:]) or what resembles a كهف in a mountain, [only differing in being less large,] like a سَرَب : (TA:) or what is hewn out in a mountain, resembling a مَغَارَة : when it is large, or spacious, it is called كهف : (Msb:) or what resembles a house, or chamber, in a mountain: (Lh, K:) or a low, or depressed, place in a mountain: (Th, K:) or any low, or depressed, land, country, or ground: (K:) see also غَوْرٌ [and خَوْرٌ ]: or the hole, or burrow, to which a wild animal betakes itself: (K: [see an instance in art. سمو , conj. 8:]) and sometimes مَغَارٌ is applied to the coverts of gazelles, among trees: (S:) the dim. of غَارٌ is غُوَيْرٌ : (S, K:) [of which see two exs. (a prov. and a verse) voce بُؤْسٌ :] and the pl. (of pauc., TA) أَغْوَارٌ (IJ, K) and (of mult., TA) غِيرَانٌ . (S, Msb, K.) Also The portion of the upper part of the mouth which is behind the فَرَاشَة [or thin bone of the palate]: or the hollow ( أُخْدُود ) which is between the two jaws: or the interior of the mouth: (K: [for دَاخِلَ الفَمِ , in the CK, I read دَاخِلُ الفم , as in the TA:]) or, as some say, the two parts whereof each is called نِطْعٌ , [app. meaning the anterior part of the palate and the corresponding part next the lower gums,] in the حَنَكَانِ [or the palate and the part corresponding to it below]. (TA.) And الغَارَانِ signifies The [sockets of the eyes; or] two bones in which are the eyes. (ISd, K.) And The belly and the pudendum: (S:) or the mouth and the pudendum. (K.) Hence the saying of a poet, يَسْعَى لِغَارَيْهِ [He works, or earns, for his belly, or his mouth, and his pudendum]. (S, TA.) Also ( غَارٌ ) An army: (S, K:) or a numerous army. (TA.) You say اِلْتَقَى الغَارَانِ The two armies met. (S.) And A company, or body, of men: (TA:) or a numerous company or body of men. (ISd, K.) And I. q. غَيْرَةٌ , (S,) or غِيرَةٌ . (K.) [See 1, last signification.] And A kind of tree, (S, Mgh, K,) of large size, (Mgh, K,) having leaves longer than those of the خِلَاف , (Mgh, TA,) and a fruit [or berry] smaller than the hazel-nut, which is black, and which, being divested of its covering, discloses a heart that is employed in medicine [that is designed to produce a narcotic or an intoxicating effect: the berries are called حَبُّ الغَارِ ]: its leaves have a sweet odour, (Mgh, TA,) and are employed in perfume: (TA:) its fruit is called [in Persian] دَهْمَسْت : (Mgh, TA:) and it has an oil, (K,) which is called دُهْنُ الغَارِ : (S:) [it is the bay-tree; or female laurel-tree; the laurus nobilis; also called the sweet bay; of which there are several sorts, as the broad-leaved bay, the narrow-leaved bay, &c.: it is commonly supposed to be the laurus of the ancients:] n. un. with ة . (TA.) And The leaves of the grapevine. (K.)

Nounغَوْرٌ5 senses · 2 main

Core sense — the bottom, or lowest part, of anything; low, depressed landgenerated

The bottom, or lowest part, of anything; غَوْرَى has the same meaning; and its depth.

1.1figurative · مجاز[I have come to know the bottom of this question]—عَرَفْتُ غَوْرَ هٰذِهِ المَسْأَلَةِ

such a one is deep and excellent in judgment—فُلَانٌ بَعِيدُ الغَوْرِ

Also: one who examines deeply. [See also form 1.]

[he is a sea whose bottom will not be reached]—هَوَ بَحْرٌ لَا يُدْرَكُ غَوْرُهُ

[Who is deeper in knowledge of what is vain, or false, than I?]—مَنْ أَبْعَدُ غَوْرًا فِى البَاطِلِ مِنِّى

1.2

Low, or depressed, land, country, or ground; [like خَوْرٌ]; غَارٌ has the same meaning.

1.3

See also غَارٌ, in the first of its meanings explained above.

Applied to water, the same as غَائِرٌ [sinking, or going away, into the ground, or earth].

A maṣdar used as an adjective, like مَآءٌ سَكْبٌ and دِرْهَمٌ ضَرْبٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences غَوْر

18:41

أَوْ يُصْبِحَ مَآؤُهَا غَوْرًا فَلَن تَسْتَطِيعَ لَهُۥ طَلَبًا

"Or the water of the garden will run off underground so that thou wilt never be able to find it."

67:30

قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ مَآؤُكُمْ غَوْرًا فَمَن يَأْتِيكُم بِمَآءٍ مَّعِينٍۭ

Say: "See ye?- If your stream be some morning lost (in the underground earth), who then can supply you with clear-flowing water?"

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The bottom, or lowest part, of anything; (S, Msb, K;) as also غَوْرَى : (K:) and its depth. (TA.) You say, عَرَفْتُ غَوْرَ هٰذِهِ المَسْأَلَةِ [I have become acquainted with the bottom of this question]. (TA.) And فُلَانٌ بَعِيدُ الغَوْرِ (S) Such a one is deep and excellent in judgment; one who examines deeply. (TA.) [See also 1.] And هَوَ بَحْرٌ لَا يُدْرَكُ غَوْرُهُ [He is a sea whereof the bottom shall not be reached]. (TA.) And مَنْ أَبْعَدُ غَوْرًا فِى البَاطِلِ مِنِّى [Who is deeper in knowledge with respect to what is vain, or false, than I?]. (TA, from a trad.) Low, or depressed, land, country, or ground; (S, Msb, K;) [like خَوْرٌ ;] as also غَارٌ . (K.) See also غَارٌ , in the first of its senses expl. above. Applied to water, i. q. غَائِرٌ [Sinking, or going away, into the ground, or earth]: (S, K:) an inf. n. used as an epithet, like مَآءٌ سَكْبٌ , and دِرْهَمٌ ضَرْبٌ . (S.)

Nounغِوَرٌ1 sense

Core sense — a bloodwitgenerated

A bloodwit; the same as دِيَةٌ.

A dialectal variant of غِيَرٌ; or the latter is a plural, of which the singular is غِيرَةٌ. AA; see art. غير.

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A bloodwit; syn. دِيَةٌ : (K, TA:) a dial. var. of غِيَرٌ : (TA:) or the latter is a pl., of which the sing. is غِيرَةٌ . (AA, K in art. غير , q. v.)

Nounغَارَةٌ7 senses · 3 main

Core sense — a raid, or sudden attack upon an enemy; plunder; a horse's quick runninggenerated

A going away into a country, or land; a noun from أَغَارَ.

1.1

A quick, or violent, running of a horse, and of a fox; غَوِيرٌ is likewise used of a fox.

1.2

[A raid; an incursion into the territory of an enemy; a sudden, or unexpected, attack upon an enemy, or upon the territories or dwellings of an enemy, with a party of armed horsemen, and engagement with them in conflict; an urging of horses against a people; generally, a hostile, or predatory, incursion; or the making of such an incursion:] a noun [or quasi-maṣdar] from أَغَارَ عَلَى العَدُوِّ.

1.3

And: plunder, or pillage.

1.4he scattered, or poured, the raiding horsemen upon them—شَنَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الغَارَةَ

And hence: horsemen making a raid, or a sudden attack, upon an enemy, or upon the dwellings of an enemy, and engaging with them in conflict; horsemen urging their horses against a people. The same as خَيْلٌ مُغِيرَةٌ; one says also خيل مِغِيرَةٌ, with kesr.

"He scattered" is the explanation given in art. شن, "he poured" that given in art. شن.

The poet El-Kumeyt Ibn-Maaroof says:

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وَنَحْنُ صَبَحْنَا آلَ نَجْرَانَ غَارَةًتَمِيمَ بْنَ مُرٍّ وَالرِّمَاحَ النَّوَادِسَا

[And we gave as a morning-drink to the people of Nejrán a troop of horsemen making a raid upon them, or urging their horses against them, namely the tribe of Temeem Ibn-Murr, and the piercing spears.]

He means سَقَيْنَاهُمْ خَيْلًا مُغِيرَةً, and تميم بن مرّ is put in the accusative case as a substitute for غارة.

2a rope twisted hard, or hard in its twisting—حَبْلٌ شَدِيدُ الغَارَةِ

غَارَةٌ is here [as in the case first mentioned above] a noun standing in place of the maṣdar إِغَارَة.

حَبْلٌ مُغَارٌ is used in the same way of a rope that is twisted with another; see مِسْحَلٌ.

3the navel—الغَارَةُ

Apparently so called because of its depth.

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, a subst. from أَغَارَ ; A going away into a country, or land. (TA.) A quick running, (Mgh, Msb,) or vehement running, (TA,) of a horse, (Mgh, Msb, TA,) and of a fox; (Mgh;) as also غَوِيرٌ , of a fox. (TA.) [A raid; or an incursion into the territory of an enemy; or a sudden, or an unexpected, attack upon an enemy, or upon the territories or dwellings of an enemy, with a party of armed horsemen, and engagement with them in conflict; an urging of horses upon, or against, a people; generally, a hostile, or predatory, incursion: or the making such an incursion:] a subst. [or quasi-inf. n.] from أَغَارَ عَلَى العَدُوِّ . (S, TA.) And Plunder, or pillage. (TA.) And hence, (Mgh, Msb,) [Horsemen making a raid, or a sudden, or an unexpected, attack, upon an enemy, or upon the dwellings of an enemy, and engaging with them in conflict: horsemen urging their horses upon, or against, a people:] i. q. خَيْلٌ مُغِيرَةٌ : (S, Mgh, Msb, TA:) and one says also خيل مِغِيرَةٌ , with kesr. (TA.) You say شَنَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الغَارَةَ i. e. He scattered, (S in art. شن , and Mgh * and Msb, *) or poured, (K in art. شن ,) upon them [the horsemen making a raid, or sudden attack, and engaging in conflict, or the horsemen urging their horses]. (S, K.) The poet (El-Kumeyt Ibn-Maaroof, TA) says, 1 [And we gave as a morning-drink to the people of Nejrán a troop of horsemen making a raid, or sudden attack, upon them, or urging their horses against them, namely the tribe of Temeem Ibn-Murr, and the piercing spears]: he means, سَقَيْنَاهُمْ خَيْلًا مُغِيرَةً : and تميم بن مرّ is put in the accus. case as a substitute for غارة . (S, TA.) وَنَحْنُ صَبَحْنَا آلَ نَجْرَانَ غَارَةً | تَمِيمَ بْنَ مُرٍّ وَالرِّمَاحَ النَّوَادِسَا حَبْلٌ شَدِيدُ الغَارَةِ means A rope twisted hard; or hard in respect of the twisting; (S, TA;) غَارَةٌ being in this case [as in that first mentioned above] a subst. standing in stead of the inf. n. إِغَارَة : (TA:) and so حَبْلٌ مُغَارٌ ; (S, TA;) applied to a rope that is twisted with another. (TA voce مِسْحَلٌ .) And الغَارَةُ signifies The navel: (Sgh, K:) app. so called because of its depth. (Sgh, TA.)

Nounالغَوْرَةُ2 senses

Core sense — the sungenerated

The sun.