غبر

غُبَارٌ ذ and ↓ غَبَرَةٌ signify the same, (S, L, K,) as also ↓ غُبْرَةٌ; (IAar, K:) i. e. Dust; syn. رَهَجٌ: (L:) or the first, dust raised and spreading: (L:) or what remains of dust raised and spreading: (B, TA:) and the second, the moving to and fro of dust. (L.) ― -b2- You say طَلَبَ فُلَانًا فَمَا شَقَّ غُبَارَهُ (assumed tropical:) [ He pursued after such a one but did not cleave his dust; ] i. e., he did not overtake him. (TA.) And مَا يُشَقُّ غُبَارُهُ, and مَا يُحَطُّ غُبَارُهُ, (assumed tropical:) He is not to be outgone, outstripped, or got before. (TA.) [See also بَاعَ فُلَانٌ عَلَى بَيْعِ فُلَانٍ, in art. بيع.] ― -b3- لَا غُبَارَ عَلَيْهِ (assumed tropical:) [ There is no dust upon it; meaning, it (a phrase or the like) is clear, or perspicuous, or free from obscurity; like the saying لَا عَفَرَ فِيهِ, or لَا عَفْرَ لَهُ]. (TA, in many places.)