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غدر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

غَدِرٌ ذ [part. n. of غَدِرَ]. ― -b2- See غَادِرٌ, last sentence but one. -A2- And see also غَدُورٌ. -A3- You say also لَيْلَةٌ غَدِرَةٌ and ↓ مُغْدِرَةٌ (S, K) meaning A dark night; (K;) as also ↓ غَدْرَاآءُ: (IKtt, TA:) or an intensely-dark night, (S,) in which the darkness confines men in their places of alighting or abode, and their shelter, so that they remain behind: or, as some say, such a night is termed ↓ مُغْدِرَةٌ because it casts him who goes forth therein into the غدر [i. e. غَدَر]. (L, TA.)

Derived headwords

غَدِرٌ
  1. 1.
لَيْلَةٌ غَدِرَةٌ