غبر

غُبَيْرَاآءُ ذ [dim. of غَبْرَاآءُ]: see أَغْبَرُ, in two places. ― -b2- Also A certain plant [or tree ], (K,) well known, (S,) growing in the plains; (TA;) [the service-tree, or sorb: or its fruit: so called in the present day: as is also the “ inula undulata: ”] and so ↓ غَبْرَاآءُ: (K:) so called because of the colour of its leaves; the fruit of which, when it appears, becomes intensely red: (TA:) or the former is the tree, and the latter is the fruit: or the converse is the case: (K:) the sing. and pl. are alike: all this says AHn, in his “ Book of Plants. ” (TA.) -A2- Also A kind of beverage, (شَرَاب, S, K, or نَبِيذ, Msb,) which intoxicates, made by the Abyssinians, (S,) from ذُرَة [or millet ]; (S, Msb, K;) also called سُكُرْكَة: (Mgh, Msb, K:) or wine [or cider ] made from the wellknown fruit of the same name [ the service-apple ]. (Th, TA.) [See also مِزْرٌ.] It is said in a trad., اـِيَّاكُمْ وَا@لغُبَيْرَاآءَ فَاـِنَّهَا خَمْرُ العَالَمِ (S, Mgh, TA) Avoid ye the beverage called غبيراء; for it is like the wine that is commonly known of all men: there is no distinction to be made between the two drinks (Mgh, TA) with respect to prohibition. (TA.) In another trad., it is called غُبَيْرَاآءُ السَّكَرِ; to distinguish it from a kind of غبيراء made of dates, or dried dates. (Mgh.)