قعر

قَعْرٌ ذ The bottom, lowest depth, or extremity of the lower part, [ of the interior, ] of a thing; (Msb;) i. q. عُمْقٌ, of a well &c.; (S;) the remotest part of anything; (A, K;) [as, for instance,] of a river, (TA,) and of a vessel; (S, A;) pl. قُعُورٌ. (Msb, K.) You say جَلَسَ فِى قَعْرِ بَيْتِهِ, [lit., He sat in the innermost part of his house, ] meaning (assumed tropical:) he kept in his house. (Msb.) And لَا أَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهِ قَعْرَ البَيْتِ, and ↓ قَعِيرَتَهُ, and ↓ قَعْرَتَهُ, all signify the same [ I will not go in to him in the innermost part of the house; or (assumed tropical:) I will not be an intimate in his house ]. (TA.) ― -b2- [ Depth, properly and tropically. You say] ذَهَبَ فى قَعْرِ الأَرْضِ [ It (a tree or the like) went into the depth of the earth ]. (TA.) And فُلَانٌ بَعِيدُ القَعْرِ (A, TA) (tropical:) Such a one is deep and excellent in judgment; one who examines deeply. (TA.) And لَيْسَ لِكَلَامِهِ قَعْرٌ (tropical:) [ His speech, or language, has not depth ]. (A, TA.) ― -b3- The root, or lower or lowest part, of a palm-tree [or the like]. (TA.) ― -b4- A hollow in the ground, such as is called a جَوْبَة, (K, TA,) the descent into which and the ascent from which are difficult; (TA;) as also ↓ قَعْرَةٌ. ― -b5- A city, or town; syn. بَلَدٌ; (K;) such as El-Basrah or ElKoofeh. (AZ.) You say مَا فِى هٰذَا القَعْرِ مِثْلُهُ There is not in this city, or town, the like of him. (K.) And مَا خَرَجَ مِنْ أَهْلِ هٰذَا القَعْرِ أَحَدٌ مِثْلُهُ, like as you say مِنْ أَهْلِ هٰذَا الغَائِطِ, There came not forth, of the people of this city, or town, any one like him. (AZ.) ― -b6- A [ bowl, such as is called ] جَفْنَة. (Fr, IAar, K.)