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خبر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

خَبْرٌ خبر : see خُبْرٌ. -A2- Also Trees of the kind called سِدْر [or lote-trees ], (Lth, K,) and أَرَاك, with abundant herbage around them; (Lth;) as also ↓ خَبِرٌ: (Lth, K:) [both coll. gen. ns.:] ns. un. خَبْرَةٌ and خَبِرَةٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- Seed-produce. (K.) ― -b3- A place where water rests, or stagnates, in a mountain: (K:) a place where water has fallen, such as the water-course has furrowed (خَبَّرَ [perhaps a mistranscription for خَبَرَ]) in the summits (رُؤُوس) [ of mountains ], and through which one wades. (L.) -A3- A large [ leathern water-bag of the kind called ] مَزَادَة [q. v.]; (S, K;) as also ↓ خَبْرَاآءُ (Kr, K) and ↓ خِبْرٌ: (K:) but this last is disallowed, in the sense above-explained, by AHeyth; and others say that the first word is better: (TA:) pl. of the first خُبُورٌ. (S, K.) ― -b2- Hence, by way of comparison thereto, (S,) (tropical:) A she-camel abounding with milk; (S, K;) as also ↓ خِبْرٌ, (K,) and ↓ مَخْبُورَةٌ [نَاقَةٌ]. (TA.)

Derived headwords

خَبْرٌ
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