غفر

مُغْفُورٌ ذ (AA, T, S, K, &c.) and ↓ مِغْفَرٌ (Ks, T, S, K) and ↓ مُغْفَرٌ and ↓ مِغْفَارٌ and ↓ مِغْفيرٌ (K) i. q. مُغْثُورٌ; (T, S, K;) [ A kind of manna; ] a produce of the [ species of tree, or shrub, called ] رِمْث and sometimes of the عُشَر and the عُرْفُط and the ثُمَام and the سَلَم and the طَلْح &c.; (S;) the gum of the رمث and عرفط; (T;) the gum that is found upon the رمث, which is sweet, and is eaten; (AA;) a thing that flows, or exudes, from the ends of the twigs of the رمث, resembling دِبْس in its colour; (ISh, in explanation of the pl. مَغَافِيرُ;) a gum that flows, or exudes, from the عرفط, not of pleasant odour; (IAth;) a gum resembling [ the kind of sweetmeat called ] نَاطِف, exuded by the عرفط, which is put into a piece of cloth, then sprinkled with water, and drunk: accord. to Lth, ↓ مِغْفَارٌ is applied to the gum of the اـِجَّاصَة: and some say that ↓ مِغْفَرٌ is applied to gum of a round shape; صُعْرُورٌ to that which is in shape like a finger; and ذَوْبٌ to that which flows upon the ground: and ↓ مِغْفَرٌ is also applied to a twig of a gum-tree, from which [for بِهِ (with which), in the TA, I read مِنْهُ,] is wiped a white fluid, whereof is made a sweet beverage: (TA:) pl. [of مُغْفُورٌ and مِغْفَارٌ and مِغْفِيرٌ] مَغَافِيرُ, (T, S, K,) and [of مِغْفَرٌ and مُغْفُرٌ] مَغَافِرُ: (K:) it is also said that مَغَافِيرُ is applied to a kind of sweet honey, like رُبّ, except that it is white. (TA.) [Hence the saying,] ↓ هٰذَا الجَنَى لَا أَْنْ يُكَدَّ المُغْفُرُ [ This is gathering, not the scraping off مغفر]: a prov. alluding to the preference of a thing; said to him who obtains much good. (K.) [See also Freytag's Arab. Prov., ii. 874.]