Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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غرى غزر غزل


1. ⇒ غزر

غَزُرَ, aor. ـُ {يَغْزُرُ}, inf. n. غَزَارَهٌ (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ) and غَزْرٌ (Mgh, L, Mṣb, Ḳ) and غُزْرٌ, (L, Ḳ,) or غَزْرٌ is a simple subst., (Ṣ, L, TA,) It (a thing, Ṣ, Ḳ, or water, Mgh, Mṣb) was, or became, much, abundant, or copious. (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,)

Root: غزر - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

غَزُرَتْ She (a camel, Ṣ, Mṣb, or a beast, Ḳ) bad much milk; abounded in milk, became abundant in milk; (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ:) عَنِ الكَلَأ from the herbage; (TA;) or عَلَيْهِ [by feeding] upon it; (Ḳ;) as alsoأَغْزَرَتْ↓: (IḲṭṭ:) and it (a well, and a spring,) abounded in water; and it (an eye) abounded in tears. (Ḳ.)


2. ⇒ غزّر

تَغْزِيرٌ signifies The omitting a milking between two milkings, when the milk of the camel is backward. (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA,) A similar meaning is mentioned in art. غرز: see 2 in that art. (TA.)


3. ⇒ غازر

غازرهُ, inf. n. مُغَازَرَةٌ, He gave him a small and mean thing in order that he might give him in return twice as much: he sought to obtain from him more than he gave. (IAạr, TA: but only the inf. n. is mentioned.)


4. ⇒ اغزر

Root: غزر - Entry: 4. Dissociation: B

أَغْزَرَ ٱللّٰهُ مَالَهُ [God caused his camels, or sheep, or goats, to have much milk]. (TA.)

Root: غزر - Entry: 4. Signification: B2

اغزر المَعْرُوفَ He made the beneficence to be abundant. (Ḳ.)

Root: غزر - Entry: 4. Dissociation: C

اغزر القَوْمُ The people's camels, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) and their sheep or goats, (TA,) became abundant in milk. (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA.)

Root: غزر - Entry: 4. Signification: C2

And The people became in the state of having much rain. (IḲṭṭ.)


غَزْرٌ

غَزْرٌ [Abundance in milk: or abundance of milk: of camels, &c.:] a subst. from غَزُرَتِ النَّاقَةُ; pl. غُزْرٌ; like as جُونٌ is pl. of جَوْنٌ, and حُشْرٌ of حَشْرٌ. (Ṣ.)

Root: غزر - Entry: غَزْرٌ Dissociation: B

Also A vessel made of [the coarse grass called] حَلْفَآء and of palm-leaves: (IDrd, Ḳ:) a well-known Arabic word. (IDrd, TA.)


غُزْرَى

غُزْرَى [as though fem. of أَغْزَرُ] is applied to a she-camel by Honeyf-El-Hanátim [as meaning Surpassingly abundant in milk]. (IAạr in TA in art. بهى.)


[غُزْرَانٌ]

[غُزْرَانٌ mentioned by Freytag as an epithet applied to camels, meaning Abounding in milk, on the authority of the Ḳ, is a mistake; it is mentioned in the Ḳ only as the name of a place.]


غَزِيرٌ

غَزِيرٌ, and the fem. غَزِيرَةٌ, Much; abundant; copious: (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ:) applied to water, (Mṣb,) and rain, (Ḳ,) and beneficence, (Ṣ,) and knowledge, (TA,) and anything. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: غزر - Entry: غَزِيرٌ Signification: A2

A she-camel, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) and a sheep or goat or other beast, (TA,) having much milk; abounding in milk: (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ:) a well, and a spring, (Ḳ,) and a subterranean channel for water, (Mṣb,) abounding in water: (Mṣb, Ḳ:) and an eye abounding in tears: (Ḳ:) pl. غِزَارٌ. (Ṣ, Mṣb.)


مُغْزَرٌ

قَوْمٌ مُغْزَرٌ لَهُمْ, in the pass. form, A people having abundance of milk; whose camels abound in milk. (Ḳ.)


مَغْزَرَةٌ

مَغْزَرَةٌ, (as written in the L, [and so agreeably with analogy, as meaning A cause of abounding in milk; similar to مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ, &c.;]) or مُغْزِرَةٌ, (accord. to the Ḳ,) a thing [from the feeding of a beast] upon which the milk becomes abundant. (L, Ḳ.)

Root: غزر - Entry: مَغْزَرَةٌ Signification: A2

And, (Ḳ, TA,) hence, (TA,) A certain plant, the leaves of which are like those of the حُرْف [q. v.], (Ḳ, TA,) dust-coloured, and small, and which has a red blossom, like that of the pomegranate: (TA:) it pleases the cows (Ḳ, TA) much, (TA,) and they become abundant in milk [by feeding] upon it: (Ḳ, TA:) it is of the [season called] رَبِيع; and is mentioned by AḤn, who says that all cattle pasture upon it. (TA.)


مِغْزَارٌ

مِغْزَارٌ [Abounding much in milk; applied to a she-camel, &c.]. (The Lexicons passim.)


مَغْزُورَةٌ

أَرْضٌ مَغْزُورَةٌ Land upon which much rain has fallen. (Ḳ.)


مُغَازِرٌ

مُغَازِرٌ andمُسْتَغْزِرٌ↓ One who gives a thing in order that he may obtain in return more than he gives. (Ḳ.) One of the Tábi'ees saysالجَانِبُ المُسْتَغْزِرُ↓ يُثَابُ مِنْ هِبَتِهِ The stranger who seeks to obtain more than he gives shall be rewarded for his gift: meaning, when the stranger, who is not related to thee, gives thee a thing, he seeks to obtain more than it; so do thou requite him for his gift, and exceed it to him. (TA.)


مُسْتَغْزِرٌ

مُسْتَغْزِرٌ: see مُغَازِرٌ, in two places.


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