خبر

خَبَارٌ خبار Soft land or soil, (IAar, S, A, Mgh, K,) in which are burrows (IAar, S, A) and hollows; (IAar;) as also ↓ خَبْرَاآءُ: (A:) or soft land or soil, in which beasts sink and are embarrassed: or crumbling ground, in which the feet of beasts sink. (TA.) It is said in a prov., مَنْ تَجَنَّبَ الخَبَارَ أَمِنَ العِثَارَ [ He who avoids soft ground in which the feet sink will be secure from stumbling ]. (A, K.) ― -b2- Also Heaps of earth, or dust, collected at the roots of trees. (K, * TA.) ― -b3- And Burrows of جِرْذَان [or large field-rats ]: (K:) [a coll. gen. n.:] n. un. with ة. (TA.)