غدر

غَدِيرٌ ذ A pool of water left by a torrent: (A 'Obeyd, S, M, K:) of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مُفَاعِلٌ, from غَادَرهُ, or مُفْعَلٌ, from أَغْدَرَهُ; or, as some say, of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ; (S;) because it is unfaithful to those who come to it to water, failing when much wanted: (S, * TA:) but it is a subst.; [not an epithet; or an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates, and only used as a subst.:] you do not say هٰذَا مَاآءٌ غَدِيرٌ: (Lh:) or a place in which rain-water stagnates, whether small or large, not remaining until the summer: (Lth:) or a river: (Msb:) [but this is extr.:] pl. [of pauc. أَغْدِرَةٌ, (occurring in a verse cited voce اـِلَّا, &c.,) and of mult.] غُدْرَانٌ (S, Msb, K, TA) and غُدُرٌ (S, Nh, L, TA,) which last is sometimes contracted into غُدْرٌ: (TA:) in the K, the last pl. is said to be of the measure of صُرَدٌ; [i. e. ↓ غُدَرٌ;] but this is inconsistent with what is said in other lexicons, as shown above: and it is also said in the K that غُدَرٌ signifies the same as غَدِيرٌ, in the sense first given above; but it appears that this is a pl. of غُدْرَةٌ; and that, in the K, we should read, for وَالغَدِيرُ، كَالغَدِيرِ, and place this before, instead of after, its explanation. (TA.) ― -b2- Hence, (tropical:) A piece of herbage; (TA;) as also ↓ غَدِيرَةٌ: pl. غُدْرَانٌ: (K, TA;) this is the only pl. (TA.) ― -b3- Hence also, (TA,) (tropical:) A sword; (K, TA;) like as it is called لُجٌّ. (TA.) ― -b4- And ↓ غَدِيرَةٌ also signifies A she-camel left by the pastor (S, K) behind the other camels; and in like manner, a sheep, or goat. (S.)