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Form 1غَارَ أَهْلَهُ4 senses · 3 main
maṣdarغِيَارٌ غَيْرٌ غَيْرَةٌmuḍāriʿيَغِيرُ يَغِيرُهُ يَغُورُهُ

Core sense — he brought his family food; he benefited them; he gave the bloodwit; he was jealousgenerated

1.1he brought to his family مِيرَة [or a provision of corn, or wheat, etc.]غار لَهُمْ

.

Same as مَارَهُمْ.

See also art. غور.

1.1.1He (God) bestowed on them abundance of the produce of the earth, and rainغَارَهُمْ بِخَيْرٍ

He benefited them. 'Abd-Menáf Ibn-Ribʿ El-Hudhalee says: [What will their loud weeping benefit, or avail, the two daughters of Ribʿ?]

shāhid
مَا ذَا يَغِيرُ ٱبْنَتَىْ رِبْعٍ عَوِيلُهُمَا

He means that their weeping for their father will not help them at all in place of seeking blood-revenge for him.

Muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as above; see art. غور.

Like أَعْطَاهُمْ خَيْرًا, and so غارهم بِرِزْقِ [he bestowed on them means of subsistence].

O God, benefit us with prosperityاَللّٰهُمَّ غِرْنَا بِخَيْرٍ
He (God) watered them with rain and gave them abundant produce of the earthغَارَهُمْ بِمَطَرٍ
the rain watered the landغَارَ الأَرْضَ الغَيْثُ

See also art. غور.

1.2he gave him the bloodwitغَارَهُ

.

Also غارهُ; and مِنْ أَخِيهِ [for his brother]; and so غيّرهُ.

See غِيرَةٌ.

1.3[he was jealous of his wife;] he was jealous for herغَارَ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ

Or على ٱمْرَأَتِهِ; muḍāriʿ يَغَارُ with fet-ḥ, and غَيْرٌ and غَارٌ and غِيَارٌ.

مِنْ فُلَانٍ of such a one.

[Or he was careful of her, to avoid suspicion; or he regarded her conduct with disdain, scorn, or indignation; or] he was angry at the conduct, or action, of his wife.

[his wife was jealous of him, etc.]غَارَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُ عَلَيْهِ

See also art. غور.

[such a one is not jealous of his wife, etc.]فُلَانٌ لَا يَتَغَيَّرُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ

Meaning لَا يَغَارُ.

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, (S, Msb,) and غار لَهُمْ , (TA,) aor. يَغِيرُ , inf. n. غِيَارٌ (S, Msb) and غَيْرٌ , (Msb, TA,) i. q. مَارَهُمْ , (S, Msb, TA,) i. e. He brought, or conveyed, to his family, مِيرَة [or a provision of corn, or wheat, &c.] (Msb.) [See also art. غور .] And He benefited them. (S, K, * TA.) 'AbdMenáf Ibn-Riba El-Hudhalee says 1 [What will their loud weeping benefit, or avail, the two daughters of Riba?] meaning that their weeping for their father will not avail them aught in lieu of seeking his blood-revenge. (S, TA.) You say غَارَهُمْ بِخَيْرٍ , (S, K, TA,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) He (God) bestowed upon them abundance of the produce of the earth, and rain; (TA in art. غور ;) like as you say أَعْطَاهُمْ خَيْرًا : (S, K:) and so غارهم بِرِزْقِ [He bestowed upon them means of subsistence]. (TA.) And اَللّٰهُمَّ غِرْنَا بِخَيْرٍ (S, Msb) O God, benefit us with prosperity. (Msb.) And غَارَهُمْ بِمَطَرٍ He (God) watered them with rain, (S, K, TA,) and bestowed upon them abundance of the produce of the earth. (TA.) And غَارَ الأَرْضَ الغَيْثُ The rain watered the land. (Fr, S.) [See also art. غور .] مَا ذَا يَغِيرُ ٱبْنَتَىْ رِبْعٍ عَوِيلُهُمَا غَارَهُ , aor. يَغِيرُهُ , (AO, S, K,) inf. n. غَيْرٌ , (TA,) He gave him the bloodwit; (AO, S, K;) as also غارهُ , aor. يَغُورُهُ ; (AO, S, TA;) مِنْ أَخِيهِ [for his brother]: and so غيّرهُ . (TA.) [See غِيرَةٌ .] غَارَ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ , (S,) or على ٱمْرَأَتِهِ , (Msb, K,) aor. يَغَارُ , inf. n. غَيْرَةٌ , (S, Msb, K,) with fet-h, (S, Msb, TA,) and غَيْرٌ and غَارٌ (S, Msb, K) and غِيَارٌ , (K,) [He was jealous of his wife:] he was jealous for her ( مِنْ فُلَانٍ of such a one: Mgh): [he was careful of her, to avoid suspicion: or he regarded her conduct with disdain, scorn, or indignation: (see غَيْرَةٌ , below:) or] he was angry at the conduct, or action, of his wife. (Msb.) And غَارَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُ عَلَيْهِ [His wife was jealous of him: &c.]. (M, b, K.) [See also art. غور .] And you say also, فُلَانٌ لَا يَتَغَيَّرُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ , meaning لَا يَغَارُ [Such a one is not jealous of his wife: &c.]. (TA.)
Form 2غيّر الشَّىْءَ5 senses · 2 main
maṣdarتَغْيِيرٌ

Core sense — he altered or changed it; he plucked out white hairs; he adjusted the camel's saddlegenerated

2.1[this was because God does not change a favour He has conferred on a people until they change what is in themselves]ذٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللّٰهَ لَمْ يَكُ مُغَيِّرًا نِعْمَةً أَنْعَمَهَا عَلَى قَوْمٍ حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُوا مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ

. He made the thing other than it was; he made it stop having the quality it had; he altered or changed it.

Qur'ān 8:55. Or the meaning is: until they change what God has commanded them to do.

He, or it, changed the thing for the worse in smell or otherwise; corrupted, tainted, or infected it; made it ill-smelling, stinking, rancid, or musty.

2.1.1

[And he exchanged the thing for another thing.]

2.1.2he plucked out the white, or hoary, hairsغيّر الشَّيْبَ
2.1.3he took the saddle down from his camel and put it to rights, or repaired itغيّر عَنْ بَعِيرِهِ
he left the people putting the camels' saddles to rightsتَرَكَ القَوْمَ يُغَيِّرُونَ
2.2

See also form 1, latter half.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 2
4:119
وَلَأُضِلَّنَّهُمْ وَلَأُمَنِّيَنَّهُمْ وَلَـَٔامُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُبَتِّكُنَّ ءَاذَانَ ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ وَلَـَٔامُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلْقَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَّخِذِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ وَلِيًّا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَقَدْ خَسِرَ خُسْرَانًا مُّبِينًا

"I will mislead them, and I will create in them false desires; I will order them to slit the ears of cattle, and to deface the (fair) nature created by Allah." Whoever, forsaking Allah, takes satan for a friend, hath of a surety suffered a loss that is manifest.

8:53
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَمْ يَكُ مُغَيِّرًا نِّعْمَةً أَنْعَمَهَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا۟ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۙ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

"Because Allah will never change the grace which He hath bestowed on a people until they change what is in their (own) souls: and verily Allah is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things)."

13:11
لَهُۥ مُعَقِّبَـٰتٌ مِّنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ يَحْفَظُونَهُۥ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا۟ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۗ وَإِذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ سُوٓءًا فَلَا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ ۚ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَالٍ

For each (such person) there are (angels) in succession, before and behind him: They guard him by command of Allah. Allah does not change a people's lot unless they change what is in their hearts. But when (once) Allah willeth a people's punishment, there can be no turning it back, nor will they find, besides Him, any to protect.

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, (S, Msb, K, *) inf. n. تَغْيِيرٌ , (Msb,) He made the thing other than it was; (K;) made it cease to have the quality which it had; (Msb;) altered it; changed it. (K.) He, or it, altered, or changed, the thing in odour, or otherwise, for the worse; corrupted, tainted, or infected, it; rendered it ill-smelling, stinking, fetid, rancid, rank, fusty, or frouzy. (The lexicons passim.) It is said in the Kur [viii. 55], ذٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللّٰهَ لَمْ يَكُ مُغَيِّرًا نِعْمَةً أَنْعَمَهَا عَلَى قَوْمٍ حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُوا مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ [This was because God changeth not favour which He hath conferred upon a people until they change what is in themselves: or] until they change what God hath commanded them to do. (Th, TA.) [And He exchanged the thing for another thing.] غيّر الشَّيْبَ He plucked out the white, or hoary, hairs. (TA.) غيّر عَنْ بَعِيرِهِ He put down the saddle from his camel, and put it to rights, or adjusted it, or repaired it. (TA.) One says تَرَكَ القَوْمَ يُغَيِّرُونَ He left the people putting to rights, or adjusting, or repairing, the camels' saddles. (S, TA.) See also 1, latter half.
Form 3غَاْيَرَ2 senses
maṣdarمُغَايَرَةٌ غِيَارٌ

Core sense — they differed, each from the other; he bartered with himgenerated

3.1[they differed, each from the other]غَايَرَا

.

between them two is a differenceبَيْنَهُمَا مُغَايَرَةٌ

on this sense See also form 6.

3.2he bartered, or exchanged, with him, in buying and sellingغايرهُ

.

he bartered the article of merchandise with himغايرهُ بِالسِّلْعَةِ
he exchanged the article of merchandiseغاير السِّلْعَةَ

Maṣdar as above.

.

on this sense El-Aashà says: [Therefore do not think me ungrateful towards you, and do not think that I want to make an exchange]

shāhid
فَلَا تَحْسِبَنِّى لَكُمْ كَافِرًاوَلَا تَحْسِبَنِّى أُرِيدُ الغِيَارَا
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[ غَايَرَا , inf. n. مُغَايَرَةٌ , They differed, each from the other.] You say بَيْنَهُمَا مُغَايَرَةٌ Between them two is a difference. (Msb.) [See also 6.] غايرهُ , (S, K,) inf. n. مُغَايَرَةٌ , (S,) He bartered, or exchanged, with him, in buying and selling. (S, K.) And غايرهُ بِالسِّلْعَةِ , inf. n. as above, He bartered, or exchanged, the article of merchandise with him. (TA.) And غاير السِّلْعَةَ , (TA,) inf. n. غِيَارٌ , (S, K, TA,) He exchanged the article of merchandise. (S, * K, * TA.) El-Aashà says 1 [Therefore do thou by no means think me ungrateful towards you; and do thou by no means think I desire the making an exchange]. (S, TA.) فَلَا تَحْسِبَنِّى لَكُمْ كَافِرًا | وَلَا تَحْسِبَنِّى أُرِيدُ الغِيَارَا
Form 4اغار أَهْلَهُ1 sense

Core sense — he made his wife jealous by marrying anothergenerated

4.1

[He made his wife jealous;] he married another wife besides her, so that she became jealous غارت.

Belongs to this article and to art. غور.

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[He made his wife jealous;] he married another in addition to his wife, so she became jealous ( غارت ): (As, A'Obeyd, Msb, K:) belonging to this art. and to art. غور . (TA.)
Form 5تغيّر3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it became altered, or changed; it became spoiledgenerated

5.1it became altered, or changed, from its state or conditionعَنْ حَالِهِ

Quasi-passive of غيّر. [It became other than it was;] it stopped having the quality it had.

It became changed for the worse in smell or otherwise; it turned, or turned bad; it became corrupted, spoiled, tainted, ill-smelling, stinking, rancid, or musty.

5.1.1

[And it became exchanged for another thing.]

5.1.2

See also form 1, last meaning.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 5
47:15
مَّثَلُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ٱلَّتِى وُعِدَ ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ ۖ فِيهَآ أَنْهَـٰرٌ مِّن مَّآءٍ غَيْرِ ءَاسِنٍ وَأَنْهَـٰرٌ مِّن لَّبَنٍ لَّمْ يَتَغَيَّرْ طَعْمُهُۥ وَأَنْهَـٰرٌ مِّنْ خَمْرٍ لَّذَّةٍ لِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَ وَأَنْهَـٰرٌ مِّنْ عَسَلٍ مُّصَفًّى ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ ۖ كَمَنْ هُوَ خَـٰلِدٌ فِى ٱلنَّارِ وَسُقُوا۟ مَآءً حَمِيمًا فَقَطَّعَ أَمْعَآءَهُمْ

(Here is) a Parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised: in it are rivers of water incorruptible; rivers of milk of which the taste never changes; rivers of wine, a joy to those who drink; and rivers of honey pure and clear. In it there are for them all kinds of fruits; and Grace from their Lord. (Can those in such Bliss) be compared to such as shall dwell for ever in the Fire, and be given, to drink, boiling water, so that it cuts up their bowels (to pieces)?

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quasi-pass. of غيّر , (S, Msb,) [It became other than it was;] it ceased to have the quality which it had; (Msb;) it became altered, or changed, عَنْ حَالِهِ , from its state or condition. (K.) It became altered, or changed, in odour, or otherwise, for the worse; turned, or turned bad; became corrupted, spoiled, tainted, infected, illsmelling, stinking, fetid, rancid, rank, fusty, or frouzy. (The lexicons passim.) [And It became exchanged for another thing.] See also 1, last signification.
Form 6تغايرت الأَشْيَآءُ1 sense

Core sense — the things differed, one from anothergenerated

6.1

The things differed, one from another.

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The things differed, one from another. (S.)
Form 8اغتار2 senses · 1 main

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

8.1he went out to procure ميرة for his familyخَرَجَ يَغْتَارُ لِأَهْلِهِ

He procured مِيرَة [a provision of corn, or wheat, etc.].

8.1.1

He derived, or obtained, benefit, advantage, or profit.

See also art. غور.

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He procured مِيرَة [a provision of corn, or wheat, &c.]. (K.) You say خَرَجَ يَغْتَارُ لِأَهْلِهِ He went forth to procure ميرة for his family. (Fr, Sgh.) He derived, or obtained, benefit, advantage, or profit. (TA.) See also art. غور .

Derived nouns 13

Nounغَيْرٌ12 senses · 2 main

Core sense — other, another; other than, not; exceptgenerated

1a man other than you came to meجَآءَنِى رَجُلٌ غَيْرُكَ

Same as سِوًى [other]; the plural is أَغْيَارٌ. [But غَيْر itself often has a plural meaning, as will be seen below.]

Or, [by general usage, as will be seen below,] غَيْرُ means the same as سِوَى [other than; excluding; or not, before a noun or an adjective]. In the CK, wrongly, سِوًى.

[we will in that case do good, other than what we used to do]نَعْمَلْ صَالِحًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ
[of water not altered in taste and colour]مِنْ مَآءٍ غَيْرِ آسِنٍ

It is used to qualify a noun; [as a prefixed noun it governs the noun following it in the genitive case;] and when so used it takes the same case as the noun before it.

It qualifies an indeterminate noun.

Qur'ān 35:34.

Qur'ān 47:16.

As to the sense, it is a noun that must be prefixed to a noun which it governs in the genitive case; but sometimes it stands without that noun, when the meaning is understood and it is preceded by لَيْسَ or by لَا [in which case it means any other person or thing; anything besides, or else].

[I received ten; nothing other than them was received by me, that is, nothing else]قَبَضْتُ عَشَرَةً لَيْسَ غَيْرُهَا

The khabar, مَقْبُوضًا, being left out.

And ليس غَيْرَهَا, the noun [of ليس] being understood, that is, لَيْسَ المَقْبُوضُ غَيْرَهَا.

And ليس غَيْرَ, in which the noun it is prefixed to is left out — [for المضاف in the K, I read المضاف اليه, as in the Mughnee] — and the noun [of ليس] is also understood.

And ليس غَيْرُ: according to Mbr and the later authors, غير is here indeclinable, being likened to قَبْلُ and بَعْدُ, so that it may be either the noun or the khabar [of ليس].

Or, according to Akh, it is declinable, because it is not a noun of time like قَبْلُ and بَعْدُ, nor of place like فَوْقُ and تَحْتُ, but like كُلٌّ and بَعْضٌ, so that it is the noun [of ليس] and the khabar is left out; or, according to Ibn-Kharoof, it may be either indeclinable or declinable.

And ليس غَيْرًا and ليس غَيْرٌ: in both of these it is declinable, as though the noun it is prefixed to were mentioned.

And لَا غَيْرُ: the statement [which we find in the Mughnee], apparently taken from Seer, that this is incorrect, is not good, since it occurs in the following verse, cited by Ibn-Málik: [Aim at having an answer by which you may be safe; for, by our Lord, you will be asked about an action you have done before, and about nothing else]

shāhid
جَوَابًا بِهِ تَنْجُو ٱعْتَمِدْ فَوَرَبِّنَالَعَنْ عَمَلٍ أَسْلَفْتَ لَا غَيْرُ تُسْأَلُ
Qur’ān 35:37 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xxxv. 34”
Qur’ān 47:16 approximate — somewhere between 47:4 and 47:38 Lane cites “Kur xlvii. 16”
Qur’ān 35:37 Lane quotes this verse
وَهُمْ يَصْطَرِخُونَ فِيهَا رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَـٰلِحًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ ۚ أَوَلَمْ نُعَمِّرْكُم مَّا يَتَذَكَّرُ فِيهِ مَن تَذَكَّرَ وَجَآءَكُمُ ٱلنَّذِيرُ ۖ فَذُوقُوا۟ فَمَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ مِن نَّصِيرٍ

Therein will they cry aloud (for assistance): "Our Lord! Bring us out: we shall work righteousness, not the (deeds) we used to do!" - "Did We not give you long enough life so that he that would should receive admonition? and (moreover) the warner came to you. So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds): for the wrong-doers there is no helper."Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1[the way of those on whom You have conferred favour, not those who are the objects of anger]صِرَاطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ

It does not become determinate by being prefixed to another noun, because it is very vague; but it is also used as an adjective qualifying a determinate noun that is close to being indeterminate.

Qur'ān 1:6 and 7.

This is because a noun made determinate by the article ال, denoting a genus, is close to being indeterminate, and because when غير stands between two opposites its vagueness is weakened, or disappears altogether. Or it is here used as an adjective qualifying a determinate noun because it resembles a determinate noun in being prefixed to such a noun.

Az: غير is here in the genitive case because it qualifies الذين, and it may qualify [what is technically called in this instance] a determinate noun [as having the article ال prefixed to it], because الذين has no direct meaning of its own, [it being merely a conjunct noun, whose meaning is fixed by what follows it,] even though the article ال is prefixed to it.

Abu-l-ʿAbbás: Fr holds الذين to have the office of an indeterminate noun, and غير to be an adjective qualifying it, not any other noun; but some say that غير may be an adjective relating to the nouns implied in انعمت عليهم, these having no direct meaning.

Akh: غير [with what follows] is a substitute [for الذين with what follows], as though the meaning were صِرَاطَ غَيْرِ المَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ [the way of those who are not the objects of anger].

The reading غَيْرَ is also related, on the authority of Ibn-Ketheer, in the accusative case, as a denotative of state, [meaning: they not being the objects of anger,] relating to the pronoun governed in the genitive case by the preposition [in عليهم]; or by أَعْنِى [I mean] understood; or as an exceptive, [according to a usage explained below,] if the favours are taken as conferred on the two classes of persons in common.

Qur’ān 1:7 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur i. 6”
Qur’ān 1:7 Lane quotes this verse
صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, those whose (portion) is not wrath, and who go not astray.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.2

Since it resembles a determinate noun in being prefixed to a determinate noun, [as المغضوب in the passage of the Qur'ān quoted above,] some have gone so far as to prefix the article ال to it.

Against this it may be argued that its prefixion to a determinate noun is not to make the expression determinate but for specifying, and ال does not imply specifying.

1.3

In the following verse of Hassán the meaning is: [A prophet came to us, who appeared in the darkness of night, a guide in the right way,] and we did not weigh another than him against another than the other — that is, against him.

shāhid
أَتَانَا فَلَمْ نَعْدِلْ سِوَاهُ بِغَيْرِهِنَبِىٌّ بَدَا فِى ظُلْمَةِ اللَّيْلِ هَادِيَا
1.4and so on, et ceteraوَغَيْرُ ذٰلِكَ

A phrase that occurs often.

1.5[the word of God is not created]كَلَامُ ٱللّٰهِ غَيْرُ مَخْلُوقٍ

غَيْرُ is also used in the sense of لَيْسَ [he, or it, is not].

Same as لَيْسَ بِمَخْلُوقٍ.

1.6[but whoever is compelled, being hungry, not transgressing the due bounds]فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ

It is also used in the sense of لَا [meaning not, before a participle], and is then in the accusative case, as a denotative of state.

In the Qur'ān 2:168 and other places; that is, جَائِعًا لَا بَاغِيًا.

1.7the people came, except Zeydجَآءَ القَوْمُ غَيْرَ زَيْدٍ

It is also used as an exceptive, in the sense of إِلَّا [except; save; but]; and it is then put in the same case that the word following إِلَّا would take in the same phrase, because it is originally a qualifying word, and its use as an exceptive is secondary.

no one came to me, except Zeydمَا جَآءَنِى أَحَدٌ غَيْرَ زَيْدٍ
no one came to me, except Zeydغَيْرُ زَيْدٍ
no one stood, except Zeydمَا قَامَ غَيْرُ زَيْدٍ
I saw no one, except Zeydمَا رَأَيْتُ غَيْرَ زَيْدٍ

Or its case depends on the governing words.

Fr: some of the Benoo-Asad and Kudáʿah put غير in the accusative case when it is used in the sense of إِلَّا, whether the phrase before it is complete or incomplete.

no one came to me, except youمَا جَآءَنِى غَيْرَكَ
no one came to me, except youما جاءنى أَحَدٌ غَيْرَكَ

AA: when غير stands in the place of إِلَّا, it is put in the accusative case.

there is no deity other than Godلَا إِلٰهَ غَيْرُ ٱللّٰهِ

غير is in the nominative case because it is the khabar of لا; but it may be put in the accusative, as meaning إِلَّا.

When, as an exceptive, it is prefixed to an indeclinable word [and not preceded by a preposition], it may itself be indeclinable, ending in fet-ḥ, as in this verse: [Nothing prevented drinking from it, except that a pigeon cooed upon branches having اوقال, which apparently means stumps of cut shoots]

shāhid
لَمْ يَمْنَعِ الشُّرْبَ مِنْهَا غَيْرَ أَنْ نَطَقَتْحَمَامَةٌ فِى غُصُونٍ ذَاتِ أَوْقَالِ

[See also an example in a verse cited under بَيْدَ.]

1.8without reckoningبِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

Qur'ān 2:208 and elsewhere.

without leprosyمِنْ غَيْرِ سُوْءٍ

Qur'ān 20:23 and elsewhere.

on this sense It is often used with a preposition.

Qur’ān 2:212 approximate — somewhere between 2:191 and 2:223 Lane cites “Kur ii. 208”
Qur’ān 20:20 approximate — somewhere between 20:1 and 20:61 Lane cites “Kur xx. 23”
Qur’ān 2:212 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
زُيِّنَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ۘ وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

The life of this world is alluring to those who reject faith, and they scoff at those who believe. But the righteous will be above them on the Day of Resurrection; for Allah bestows His abundance without measure on whom He will.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

2the act of altering, or changingغَيْرٌ
the act of altering, or changingغِيَرٌ

Same as تَغْيِيرٌ. Both are nouns from غَيَّرَهُ, not maṣdars, since there is no unaugmented verb.

2.1the accidents, or chances, of time or fortune, which alter thingsغِيَرُ الدَّهْرِ

The first of these two words is of the same measure as عِنَب.

[may God not show me, in you, alteration of state]لَا أَرَانِى ٱللّٰهُ بِكَ غِيَرًا

[Or alteration, or change, of time or of fortune.]

IAmb: غِيَرٌ is from تَغَيُّرُ الحَالِ, a noun like قِطَعٌ [meaning “a portion of the night”]; or it may be a plural whose singular is غِيْرَةٌ.

2.2figurative · مجازlying; a lie, or falsehoodبَنَاتُ غَيْرٍ

[Or غِيَرٍ, as in Freytag's Arab. Prov. 1:309.]

Same as كَذِبٌ, or rather: lies.

he uttered liesجَآءَ بِبَنَاتِ غَيْرٍ

[Or غِيَرٍ.]

Qur’ānic occurrences غَيْر 5 shown of 142
50:31
وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ

And the Garden will be brought nigh to the Righteous,- no more a thing distant.

56:86
فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ

Then why do ye not,- If you are exempt from (future) account,-

68:3
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ

Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:

70:28
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ

For their Lord's displeasure is the opposite of Peace and Tranquillity;-

74:10
عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ

Far from easy for those without Faith.

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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signifies i. q. سِوًى [Other]: and the pl. is أَغْيَارٌ : (S:) [but غَيْر itself often has a pl. meaning, as will be seen in what follows:] or [accord. to general usage, as will be seen below,] غَيْرُ signifies i. q. سِوَى [other than; exclusively of; or not, as used before a substantive or an adjective]. (Msb, K: in the CK [erroneously] سِوًى .) It is used to qualify a subst.; [governing (as a prefixed noun) the noun that follows it in the gen. case;] and when so used, it is put in the same case as the noun preceding it. (S.) It qualifies an indeterminate noun: (Mughnee, Msb:) you say جَآءَنِى رَجُلٌ غَيْرُكَ [A man, other than, or not, thou, came to me]: (Msb:) and نَعْمَلْ صَالِحًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ [We will in that case do good, other than, or not, what we used to do: (Kur xxxv. 34:)]: (Mughnee:) and مِنْ مَآءٍ غَيْرِ آسِنٍ [Of water other than, or not, altered in taste and colour]. (Kur xlvii. 16.) It is a noun necessarily prefixed, as to the sense, to a noun which it governs in the gen. case: but sometimes it is without the latter, when the meaning is understood and it is preceded by لَيْسَ , (Mughnee, K,) or by لَا : (K:) [in which case it signifies Any other person or thing; any person or thing beside, or else:] you say قَبَضْتُ عَشَرَةً لَيْسَ غَيْرُهَا [I received ten; not other than they was received by me; i. e., not any other thing; or not anything beside, or else]; (Mughnee, K;) the enunciative, مَقْبُوضًا , being suppressed: (Mughnee:) and ليس غَيْرَهَا , (Mughnee, K;) the noun [of ليس ] being understood; i. e., لَيْسَ المَقْبُوضُ غَيْرَهَا : (Mughnee:) and ليس غَيْرَ ; in which the affixed noun [for المضاف , in the K, I read المضاف اليه , as in the Mughnee,] is suppressed, and the noun [of ليس ] is also understood: (Mughnee, K:) and ليس غَيْرُ ; (Mughnee, K;) in which, accord. to Mbr, and the later authors, غير is indecl., being likened to قَبْلُ and بَعْدُ , so that it may be either the noun or the enunciative [of ليس ] or, accord. to Akh, it is decl., because it is not a noun of time like قَبْلُ and بَعْدُ , nor of place like فَوْقُ and تَحْتُ , but like كُلٌّ and بَعْضٌ , so that it is the noun [of ليس ], and the enunciative is suppressed; (Mughnee;) or it may be either indecl. or decl., (Mughnee, K,) accord. to Ibn-Kharoof: (Mughnee:) and ليس غَيْرًا , and ليس غَيْرٌ ; (Mughnee, K;) in both which cases it is decl., as though the affixed noun were mentioned: (Mughnee:) and لَا غَيْرُ ; for the saying, [which we find in the Mughnee,] app. taken from a statement of Seer, that this is incorrect, is not good, since it occurs in the following verse, cited by Ibn-Málik; 1 [Aim thou at having an answer by which thou mayest be safe; for, by our Lord, respecting an action which thou shalt have done before, not any other thing, or not anything beside or else, thou wilt be asked]. (K.) جَوَابًا بِهِ تَنْجُو ٱعْتَمِدْ فَوَرَبِّنَا | لَعَنْ عَمَلٍ أَسْلَفْتَ لَا غَيْرُ تُسْأَلُ It does not become determinate by its being prefixed to another noun, because it is very vague: but it is also applied as an epithet to a determinate noun which is near to being indeterminate; as in صِرَاطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ [The way of those upon whom Thou hast conferred favour; the other than, or those who are not, the objects of anger; (Kur i. 6 and 7;)] because the noun rendered determinate by the art. ال denoting a genus is near to being indeterminate, and because when غير occurs between two contraries its vagueness becomes weakened, (Mughnee, K, *) or altogether departs: (K:) or it is here applied as an epithet to a determinate noun because it resembles a determinate noun in its being prefixed to such a noun: (Msb:) Az says that غير is here in the gen. case because it is an epithet to الذين ; and that it may be an epithet to [what is technically termed in this instance] a determinate noun [as having the article ال prefixed to it] because الذين has not [in itself] a direct meaning ( لِأَنَّ الَّذِينَ غَيْرُ مَصْمُودٍ صَمْدُهُ ), [it being merely a conjunct noun, the meaning of which is determined by what follows it,] notwithstanding it has the art. ال prefixed to it: Abu-l-'Abbás says that Fr holds الذين to have the office of an indeterminate noun; and غير to be an epithet of it; not of any other noun; but that غير , accord. to some, may be an epithet relating to the nouns implied in انعمت عليهم , these not having a direct meaning: Akh says that غير [with what follows] is a substitute [for الذين with what follows], as though the meaning were صِرَاطَ غَيْرِ المَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ [the way of those who are not the objects of anger]. (TA.) The reading غَيْرَ is also related, on the authority of Ibn-Ketheer, in the accus. case, as a denotative of state, [meaning they being not the objects of anger,] relating to the pronoun governed in the gen. case by the prep. [in عليهم ]; or by أَعْنِى [I mean] understood; or as an exceptive, [accord. to a usage to be explained below,] if the favours be interpreted as conferred in common upon the two classes of persons. (Bd.) As it resembles a determinate noun in its being prefixed to a determinate noun, [as المغضوب in the above-cited passage of the Kur,] some have presumed to prefix to it the article ال : but against this it may be urged, that its prefixion to a determinate noun is not to render the expression determinate, but for specification; and ال does not imply specification. (Msb.) In the following verse of Hassán, 1 the meaning is, [A prophet came to us, who appeared in the darkness of night, a director in the right way,] and we did not weigh another than him with another than the other, i. e., with him. (Mughnee.) أَتَانَا فَلَمْ نَعْدِلْ سِوَاهُ بِغَيْرِهِ | نَبِىٌّ بَدَا فِى ظُلْمَةِ اللَّيْلِ هَادِيَا [ وَغَيْرُ ذٰلِكَ is a phrase of frequent occurrence, meaning Et cœtera.] غَيْرُ is also used in the sense of لَيْسَ [He, or it, is not]; as in the phrase كَلَامُ ٱللّٰهِ غَيْرُ مَخْلُوقٍ [The word of God is not created], syn. لَيْسَ بِمَخْلُوقٍ . (Az, TA.) It is also used in the sense of لَا [meaning Not, as used before a participle]; (S, K;) and then it is in the accus. case, as a denotative of state; (S;) as in the phrase فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ , (S, K,) in the Kur [ii. 168, and other places], (S,) i. e., جَائِعًا لَا بَاغِيًا [But whosoever is necessitated, being hungry, not transgressing the due bounds]. (S, K.) It is also used as an exceptive, (S, Mughnee,) in the sense of إِلَّا [Except; save; or but]; (Msb, K;) and then it is put in the same case in which the word following إِلَّا would be put in the same phrase, (S, Mughnee, Msb, K,) because it is originally a qualificative, and its use as an exceptive is adventitious: (S:) therefore you say جَآءَ القَوْمُ غَيْرَ زَيْدٍ [The people came, except Zeyd]; and مَا جَآءَنِى أَحَدٌ غَيْرَ زَيْدٍ and غَيْرُ زَيْدٍ [Not any one came to me, except Zeyd]: (Msb, K:) or its case depends upon the governing words, so that you say مَا قَامَ غَيْرُ زَيْدٍ [No one stood, except Zeyd], and مَا رَأَيْتُ غَيْرَ زَيْدٍ [I saw not any, except Zeyd]: (Msb:) but Fr says that some of the Benoo-Asad and Kudá'ah put غير in the accus. case, when used in the sense of إِلَّا , whether the phrase before it be complete or incomplete; saying مَا جَآءَنِى غَيْرَكَ [Not any one came to me, except thou], and ما جاءنى أَحَدٌ غَيْرَكَ [Not any one came to me, except thou]: (S, Msb:) and AA says that when غير has the place of إِلَّا , it is put in the accus. case. (Msb.) In the saying لَا إِلٰهَ غَيْرُ ٱللّٰهِ [There is no deity other than God], غير is in the nom. case because it is the enunciative of لا ; but it may be put in the accus. case, as meaning إِلَّا . (Msb.) When, as an exceptive, it is prefixed to an indecl. word [and not preceded by a prep.], it may be itself indecl., with fet-h for its termination; as in the following verse; 1 [Nought prevented the drinking from it, except that a pigeon cooed, upon branches having اوقال , which app. means stumps of cut shoots]. (Mughnee, K.) [See also an ex. (of غَيْرَ أَنَّ ) in a verse cited voce بَيْدَ .] لَمْ يَمْنَعِ الشُّرْبَ مِنْهَا غَيْرَ أَنْ نَطَقَتْ | حَمَامَةٌ فِى غُصُونٍ ذَاتِ أَوْقَالِ [It is often used with a prep.; as in بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ Without reckoning; (Kur ii. 208, &c.;) and مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوْءٍ Without leprosy. (Kur xx. 23, &c.)] غَيْرٌ (JK, K) and (JK) غِيَرٌ (JK, S) signifying The act of altering, or changing, i. q. تَغْيِيرٌ , (JK,) are substs. from غَيَّرَهُ ; (S with respect to the latter, and K with respect to the former;) not inf. ns., as having no unaugmented verb. (TA.) [Hence,] غِيَرُ الدَّهْرِ , the former of these two words being of the same measure as عِنَب , The accidents, or casualties, of time or fortune, which alter, or change, things: (K:) [or alteration, or change, of time or of fortune; for] IAmb says, with respect to the saying لَا أَرَانِى ٱللّٰهُ بِكَ غِيَرًا [May God not show me, in thee, alteration of state], that غِيَرٌ is from تَغَيُّرُ الحَالِ , a subst. like قِطَعٌ [as meaning “ a portion of the night ”]; or that it may be a pl., of which the sing. is غِيْرَةٌ . (TA.) [Hence also,] بَنَاتُ غَيْرٍ [or غِيَرٍ , as in Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 309,] Lying: or a lie, or falsehood: syn. كَذِبٌ : (TS, K:) or [rather] lies. (JK, A.) You say جَآءَ بِبَنَاتِ غَيْرٍ [or غِيَرٍ ] He uttered lies. (A.)
Nounغِيَرٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — alteration, change; the accidents of time or fortune; a bloodwitgenerated

1

See غَيْرٌ, last quarter, in four places.

1.1

And see also غِيرَةٌ.

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: see غَيْرٌ , last quarter, in four places: and see also غِيرَةٌ .
Nounغَيْرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — jealousy; disdain, scorn, indignation; anger at a wife's conductgenerated

1

[Jealousy;] a man's dislike of another sharing in what is his own right.

Or care of what is sacred, or inviolable, to avoid suspicion; or disdain, scorn, or indignation: same as حَمِيَّةٌ and أَنَفَةٌ.

Or anger at the conduct, or action, of a wife. [See form 1, last meaning.]

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[Jealousy;] a man's dislike of another's participating in that which is his [the former's] right: (Kull p. 268:) or care of what is sacred, or inviolable, to avoid suspicion: or disdain; scorn; or indignation: syn. حَمِيَّةٌ and أَنَفَةٌ : (TA:) or anger at the conduct, or action, of a wife. (Msb.) [See 1, last signification.]
Nounغِيرَةٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a provision of corn or wheat a man gets for himself; a bloodwitgenerated

1

A provision of corn, or wheat, etc., which a man gets for himself; same as مِيرَةٌ, and so غِيَارٌ [or the latter is probably the same as مِيرَةٌ used as a maṣdar].

Plural of the first, غِيَرٌ.

[See art. غور.]

2

See also غَيْرٌ, the last sentence but two.

2.1

Also a bloodwit; same as دِيَةٌ. غِوَرٌ is a dialectal variant of it; see art. غور.

Plural غِيَرٌ; or, as some say, this is a singular, of the masculine gender, and the plural is أَغْيَارٌ.

The دِيَة is said to be called غِيَرٌ because it is a substitute for retaliation.

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A provision of corn, or wheat, &c., which a man procures for himself; syn. مِيرَةٌ ; (S, Msb, K,) as also غِيَارٌ : (TA:) [or the latter is probably syn. with مِيرَةٌ used in the sense of an inf. n.:] pl. of the former غِيَرٌ . (Msb.) [See art. غور .] See also غَيْرٌ , last sentence but two. Also A bloodwit; (AA, S, K;) syn. دِيَةٌ : (AA, S: *) and غِوَرٌ is a dial. var. thereof: (TA in art. غور :) pl. غِيَرٌ : (AA, S, K:) or, as some say, this is a sing., (S, TA,) of the masc. gender; TA;) and the pl. is أَغْيَارٌ : (S, TA:) and the دِيَة is said to be termed غِيَرٌ because it is a substitute for retaliation. (TA.)
Nounغَيْرَانُ1 sense

Core sense — jealousgenerated

1

Feminine غَيْرَى. See غَيُورٌ, in two places.

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; fem. غَيْرَى : see غَيُورٌ , in two places.
Nounغِيَارٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — the badge of the non-Muslim subjects of a Muslim governmentgenerated

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The badge of the free non-Muslim subjects of a Muslim government, such as the زُنَّار [or waist-belt] for the Magians, and the like.

Or, as some say, the badge of the Jews.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredspeech, or language, having its own proper guise, not altered from itكَلامٌ بِغِيَارِهِ

See جلف.

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See also غِيرَةٌ.

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The cognizance, or badge, of the free nonmuslim subjects of a Muslim government; such as the زُنَّار [or waist-belt] (Mgh, K) to the Magians, (Mgh,) and the like: (Mgh, K:) or, as some say, the cognizance, or badge, of the Jews. (TA.) كَلامٌ بِغِيَارِهِ Speech, or language, having its own proper guise; not altered therefrom. (Msb in جلف .) See also غِيرَةٌ .
Nounغَيُورٌ1 sense

Core sense — very jealousgenerated

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This, and غَيْرَانُ and غَيَّارٌ and مِغْيَارٌ, are adjectives [all of them intensive] from غَارَ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ, that is, from الغَيْرَةُ [very jealous, etc.; see غَيْرَةٌ].

غَيُورٌ and غَيْرَى and غَيَّارَةٌ mean the same, applied to a woman.

The plural of غَيُورٌ is غُيُرٌ, masculine and feminine; and one who says رُسْلٌ [for رُسُلٌ] says غُيْرٌ [or غِيرٌ?]; and of غَيْرَانُ غَيَارَى and غُيَارَى, and of غَيْرَى also, غَيَارَى and غُيَارَى, and of مِغْيَارٌ مَغَايِيرُ.

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and غَيْرَانُ (S, Msb, K) and غَيَّارٌ (TA) and مِغْيَارٌ (S, K) epithets [all of which are intensive] from غَارَ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ , (S, Msb, K,) i. e., from الغَيْرَةُ : (TA:) [Very jealous: &c.: see غَيْرَةٌ :] and غَيُورٌ and غَيْرَى (S, Msb, K) and غَيَّارَةٌ (TA) signify the same applied to a woman: (S, Msb, K:) the pl. of غَيُورٌ is غُيُرٌ , (S, Msb, K,) masc. and fem., (S, K,) and he who says رُسْلٌ [for رُسُلٌ ] says غُيْرٌ [or غِيرٌ ?]; (TA;) and of غَيْرَانُ غَيَارَى and غُيَارَى ; (S, Msb, K;) and of غَيْرَى , also, غَيَارَى (S, Msb, K) and غُيَارَى ; (Msb;) and of مِغْيَارٌ مَغَايِيرُ . (S, K.)
Nounغَيَّارٌ1 sense

Core sense — very jealousgenerated

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See the paragraph just before this.

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: see the next preceding paragraph.
Nounأَغْيَرُ مِنَ الحُمَّى1 sense

Core sense — more jealous than fevergenerated

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[More jealous than fever:] because a fever clings fast to its patient, as a very jealous woman clings to her husband.

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[More jealous than fever:] because a fever cleaves fast to its patient, like as a very jealous woman cleaves to her husband. (TA.)
Nounأَرْضٌ مَغِيرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — land watered, or rained upongenerated

1land watered, or rained uponمَغْيُورَةٌ

The first [like the second] has fet-ḥ on the م.

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and مَغْيُورَةٌ , Land watered: (S, K:) or rained upon: (TA:) the former [like the latter] is with fet-h to the م . (S.)
Nounمُغَيِّرٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who takes the gear off his camel to ease itgenerated

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One who takes the gear off his camel, to relieve and ease it.

Qur’ānic occurrences مُغَيِّر
8:53
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَمْ يَكُ مُغَيِّرًا نِّعْمَةً أَنْعَمَهَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا۟ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۙ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

"Because Allah will never change the grace which He hath bestowed on a people until they change what is in their (own) souls: and verily Allah is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things)."

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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One who puts down the furniture of his camel from off him, to relieve and ease him. (TA.)
Nounمِغْيَارٌ1 sense

Core sense — very jealousgenerated

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See غَيُورٌ, in two places.

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: see غَيُورٌ , in two places.
Nounارض مَغْيُورَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — land watered, or rained upongenerated

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See مَغِيرَةٌ.

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: see مَغِيرَةٌ .