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وفر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

وَافِرٌ ذ and ↓ مَوْفُورٌ and ↓ مُوَفَّرٌ and ↓ مُتَوَفِّرٌ [and ↓ أَوْفَرُ and ↓ وَفْرٌ] all signify the same: [i. e., Full, without lack or defect, full-sized, complete, perfect, whole, or entire: or much, abundant, ample, or copious. ] (A, TA.) You say, مَالٌ وَافِرٌ and نَبَاتٌ وَافِرٌ, &c., [ Full, or complete, &c., or] much, or abundant, property, and herbage, &c., (TA.) And ↓ شَىْءٌ مَوْفُورٌ A thing that is full, complete, &c. (S.) And ↓ جَزَاآءٌ مُوَفَّرٌ A recompense of which nothing is deficient. (TA.) And الشَّعَرِ ↓ فُلَانٌ مُوَفَّرُ (tropical:) Such a one has his hair left to become abundant and long. (TA.) And سِقَاآءٌ ↓ أَوْفَرُ, (T, S, A, K,) and ↓ وَفْرٌ, (Sgh, K,) A skin for milk, or water, made of hide of which nothing is deficient. (T, S, A, K.) And in like manner, مَزَادَةٌ وَفْرَاآءُ A leather water-bag made of a complete skin; (S, M, A, K;) nothing thereof being deficient: (S, TA:) also signifying a leather water-bag filled (M, K, * TA) completely. (M, TA.) And ↓ أَرْضٌ وَفْرَاآءُ Land in the herbage of which is abundance: (M, K, * TA:) and land of which the herbage has not been diminished. (S, K.) And ↓ أُذُنٌ وَفْرَاآءُ An ear having a large lobe: (M:) or a large ear, (K, TA,) large in the lobe. (TA.) You say also, ↓ هُمْ مُتَوَافِرُونَ They are numerous. (S, K.) ― -b2- الوَافِرُ The fourth metre (بَحْر) in prosody; (M, * K;) the measure of which consists of مُفَاعَلَتُنْ six times [in its original state]: (Sgh, K:) or, [in practice,] مُفَاعَلَتُنْ مُفَاعَلَتُنْ فَعُولُنْ, twice: or مُفَاعَلَتُنْ مُفَاعَلَتُنْ, twice: (M, L:) so called because its feet are made full like those of the كَامِل, except that there is [in practice] an elision in their letters, so that it is not complete. (M, L.)

Derived headwords

وَافِرٌ
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مَالٌ وَافِرٌ
نَبَاتٌ وَافِرٌ
مَزَادَةٌ وَفْرَاآءُ
مُفَاعَلَتُنْ مُفَاعَلَتُنْ فَعُولُنْ