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هدر
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaهَدْرٌ ذ , a subst. from هَدَرَ in the first of the senses explained above. (Msb.) You say, ذَهَبَ دَمُهُ هَدَرًا, (S, A, Msb,) and هَدْرًا, (S, Msb,) His blood went for nothing, or as a thing of no account, (S, A, Msb,) unretaliated, (S, Msb,) and uncompensated by a mulct. (S, TA.) ― -b2- Also, applied to blood, &c., A thing that goes for nothing; [meaning, in the case of blood, unretaliated, and uncompensated by a mulct; ] what is of no account, ineffectual, null, or void; (A, K;) [as also جُبَارٌ.] You say, دِمَاؤُهُمْ هَدَرٌ بَيْنَهُمْ Their blood (lit, bloods) is made to go for nothing, or to be of no account, among them; (K, * TA:) is allowed to be taken, or shed. (TA.) ― -b3- See also هَادِرٌ.
Derived headwords
هَدْرٌ
- 1.
ذَهَبَ دَمُهُ
دِمَاؤُهُمْ هَدَرٌ بَيْنَهُمْ