مدر

مَدَرٌ ذ [a coll. gen. n.] Pieces, or bits, [or lumps, or clods, ] of dry, or tough, clay, (M, A, K,) such as is cohesive: (TA:) or [simply] pieces of clay: (Az, Msb:) or compact or cohesive earth: (Msb:) or tough or cohesive clay in which is no sand: (M, Msb, K:) n. un. with ة. (S, M, Msb, K.) In the expression ↓ الحِجَارَةُ وَالمِدَارَةُ [ Stones and pieces of dry or tough clay, &c.], the latter word is used after the manner of an imitative sequent, and is not used alone, as a broken pl.: (M:) or it is an imitative sequent. (K.) -A2- (tropical:) Cities [or towns or villages ]: or a region, district, or tract, of cities or towns or villages, and of cultivated land; (K, TA;) because its buildings are [generally] of مَدَر: (TA:) and its n. un., ↓ مَدَرَةٌ, (tropical:) a city or town or village; syn. بَلْدَةٌ, (K,) or قَرْيَةٌ; (S, Msb, K;) because its buildings are generally of مَدَر: (Msb:) or a town or village built of clay or mud and unburnt bricks: and also a large city. (L.) You say, أَهْلُ المَدَرِ وَالوَبَرِ (tropical:) [ The people of the towns or villages, and of the tents ]. (S.) And مَا رَأَيْتُ فِى الوَبَرِ وَالمَدَرِ مِثْلَهُ (tropical:) I have not seen in the desert and the towns or villages the like of him. (A.) And it is related in a trad., that the Prophet said to 'Ámir Ibn-Et-Tufeyl, Become thou a muslim, and he replied, عَلَى أَنَّ لِىَ الوَبَرَ وَلَكَ المَدَرَ (tropical:) [ On the condition that to me shall pertain the desert, and to thee the towns or villages ]. (A.) You say also, فُلَانٌ سَيِّدُ مَدَرَتِهِ (tropical:) Such a one is the chief of his town or village. (Msb.) And ↓ بَنُو مَدْرَاآءَ (tropical:) The people of the cities or towns or villages and cultivated land. (K.)