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غ د ر

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns betrayal, breaking of promises, and treachery. It also extends to meanings of leaving, abandoning, remaining, and specific geographical or water-related features.

Derived headwords

الغَدْرnoun
  1. 1.
    betrayalboth

    The opposite of fulfilling a covenant; breaking a promise or agreement.

  2. 2.
    failure to fulfillclassical

    Neglecting or failing to uphold something.

غَدَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to betrayboth

    To break a covenant or promise; to act treacherously.

  2. 2.
    to leave behindclassical

    To abandon or leave something or someone.

  3. 3.
    to drinkclassical

    To drink from a pool of water or from the sky.

غَدَرَهُ، وغَدَرَ بِهِ — He betrayed him.
غَدْرًاnoun
  1. 1.
    betrayalboth

    The act of breaking a covenant or promise.

  2. 2.
    abandonmentclassical

    The act of leaving or abandoning.

غَدْرَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    betrayalclassical

    A specific instance or act of betrayal.

غَدُورadjective
  1. 1.
    treacherousclassical

    One who is prone to betrayal or treachery.

غَدَّارadjective
  1. 1.
    very treacherousboth

    Intensely treacherous or deceitful; a great betrayer.

  2. 2.
    betrayer (vocative)classical

    Used as a vocative term of abuse.

غَدَّارَةadjective
  1. 1.
    very treacherousclassical

    Intensely treacherous or deceitful.

غَادِرadjective
  1. 1.
    treacherousboth

    One who betrays or breaks a promise.

  2. 2.
    betrayer (vocative)classical

    Used as a vocative term, especially in insults.

يا غَدْر — O treacherous one!
غَدِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    pool of waterboth

    A pool or collection of water left by a flood or rain.

  2. 2.
    swordclassical

    A sword, by metaphorical comparison.

  3. 3.
    man's nameclassical

    A proper name.

  4. 4.
    valleyclassical

    A valley or wadi.

غُدُورnoun
  1. 1.
    pools of waterboth

    Plural of غدير, referring to pools of water.

  2. 2.
    treacherousnessclassical

    The quality of being treacherous.

غَدْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    remnantboth

    What is left behind or remaining, especially of provisions or charity.

  2. 2.
    pool of waterclassical

    A small pool of water.

  3. 3.
    darknessclassical

    Intense darkness of the night.

غَدَرَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    remnantsboth

    Plural of غدرة, referring to what is left behind.

أَغْدَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to leave behindboth

    To leave something or someone behind; to abandon.

  2. 2.
    to preserveclassical

    To keep or preserve something, like affection.

فَأَغْدَرُوهُ، أَيْ تَرَكُوهُ وَخَلَّفُوهُ — And they left him behind, meaning they abandoned and forsook him.
فَأَغْدَرْتُ ذَلِكَ فِي قَلْبِي مَوَدَّةً — And that preserved affection in my heart.
غُودِرَverb
  1. 1.
    to be left behindclassical

    Passive form of 'to leave behind', meaning to be abandoned or left.

  2. 2.
    to be martyredclassical

    To be killed or die as a martyr.

لَيْتَنِي غُودِرْتُ مَعَ أَصْحَابِ نَحْصِ الْجَبَلِ — I wish I had been left behind with the companions of the mountain's base (i.e., martyred).
الغَدَارَةnoun
  1. 1.
    remnantclassical

    What is left behind or remaining.

الغَدِيرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    braidboth

    A lock of hair, a plait, or a pigtail.

  2. 2.
    porridgeclassical

    A dish made of milk and flour, or a type of milk pudding.

  3. 3.
    she-camel left behindclassical

    A she-camel that has been left behind by the herd.

اغْتَدَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to prepare a dishclassical

    To prepare a dish called غديرة by mixing flour and milk.

غَدِرverb
  1. 1.
    to drinkclassical

    To drink from a pool of water or from the sky.

مُغَدِّرadjective
  1. 1.
    darkclassical

    Intensely dark, referring to the night.

مُغَدِّرَةadjective
  1. 1.
    darkclassical

    Intensely dark, referring to the night, causing people to stay indoors.

فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الْمُغَدِّرَةِ — On the intensely dark night.
غَدْرَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant in poolsclassical

    Describing land where many pools have formed.

الأَغْدَارnoun
  1. 1.
    difficult terrainclassical

    Rough, stony, or soft ground that is difficult to traverse.

الغَدْرnoun
  1. 1.
    difficult terrainclassical

    Rough, stony, or soft ground that is difficult to traverse.

  2. 2.
    pool of waterclassical

    A piece of water left by a flood.

الغَدِيرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    braidclassical

    A lock of hair, a plait, or a pigtail.

Parallel reading

الغدر: ضد الوفاء بالعهد
Betrayal: the opposite of fulfilling a covenant.
الغدر: ترك الوفاء
Betrayal: abandoning faithfulness.
الغدر: نقض العهد
Betrayal: breaking a covenant.
الغدر: الإخلال بالشيء وتركه
Betrayal: failing to uphold something and abandoning it.
الوفاء: مراعاة العهد، والغدر: تضييعه
Fulfillment: observing the covenant, and betrayal: neglecting it.
غدره، وغدر به، أي متعديا بنفسه وبالباء
He betrayed him, and he betrayed him, meaning directly and with 'bi'.
يغدر غدرا، بالفتح، مصدر البابين الأولين
He betrays, a betrayal (fath), the masdar of the first two forms.
وهي غدور، كصبور وغدار وغدارة، بالتشديد فيهما
And she is ghudūr, like sabūr, and ghaddār and ghaddārah, with shaddah in both.
وهو غادر وغدار، ككتان
And he is ghādir and ghaddār, like kattān.
يا غدر
O treacherous one!
يا غدر، وهل غسلت غدرتك إلا بالأمس
O treacherous one, did you not wash away your treachery only yesterday?
اجلس غدر أي يا غدر، فحذفت حرف النداء
Sit down, ghadr, meaning O ghadr, so the vocative particle was omitted.
يال غدر، مثل يال فجر
O ghadr tribe, like O fajr tribe.
رجل غدر، أي غادر
A ghadr man, meaning a betrayer.
أغدره: تركه وبقاه
He left him behind: he abandoned him and kept him.
أعَانَنِي فُلَانٌ فَأَغْدَرَ ذَلِكَ فِي قَلْبِي مَوَدَّةً، أَيْ أَبْقَاهَا
So-and-so helped me, and that preserved affection in my heart, meaning it kept it.
فَبَلَغَ قَرْقَرَةَ الْكَدَرِ فَأَغْدَرُوهُ، أَيْ تَرَكُوهُ وَخَلَّفُوهُ
So they reached Qarqarat al-Kadr, and they left him behind, meaning they abandoned and forsook him.
وَلَوْلَا ذَلِكَ لَأَغْدَرْتُ بَعْضَ مَا أَسُوقُ، أَيْ خَلَّفْتُ
And were it not for that, I would have left behind some of what I am driving, meaning I would have forsaken.
لَا يُغَادِرُ صَغِيرَةً وَلَا كَبِيرَةً
It leaves not a small thing nor a great one.
لَيْتَنِي غُودِرْتُ مَعَ أَصْحَابِ نَحْصِ الْجَبَلِ
I wish I had been left behind with the companions of the mountain's base.
مَا أَغْدَرَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ، أَيْ تَرَكَ وَبَقِيَ
What is left behind from something, meaning it was left and remained.
عَلَى بَنِي فُلَانٍ غَدْرَضَةٌ مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ وَغَدَرٌ، أَيْ بَقِيَّةٌ
On the people of so-and-so is a remnant of charity and a remainder, meaning a بقية.
يُثْقَالُ عَلَى فُلَانٍ غَدْرٌ مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ، بِالْكَسْرِ مِثَالُ عِنَبٍ، أَيْ بَقَايَا مِنْهَا
It is said that so-and-so has a remnant of charity, kasr like 'anab, meaning remnants of it.
وَالْغَدِيرُ: الْقِطْعَةُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ يُغَادِرُهَا السَّيْلُ
And the pool: a piece of water that the flood leaves behind.
فَالْغَدِيرُ الْأَوَّلُ مَفْعُولٌ نَبَزَ، وَالثَّانِي مَفْعُولٌ لَقَّبُوهُ
So the first ghadeer is the object of 'nabaza', and the second is the object of 'laqqabūhu'.
اسْتَغْذَرَتِ الذَّهَبَةَ وَاسْتَغْدَرَتِ اللَّهَابَ
The quick rain made the ground wet, and the chasm became full of water.
فِيهَا غُدُرٌ تَنَاخَسُ
In it were pools of water following one another.
وَالْغَدِيرَةُ: الذُّؤَابَةُ
And the ghadeerah: the braid of hair.
اغْتَدَرَ: اتَّخَذَ غَدِيرَةً، إِذَا جَعَلَ الدَّقِيقَ فِي إِنَاءٍ وَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِ اللَّبَنَ ثُمَّ رَضَفَهُ بِالرَّضَافِ
To make a ghadeerah: to prepare a ghadeerah, by putting flour in a vessel, pouring milk on it, then heating it with hot stones.
وَغَدَرَهُ: شَرِبَ مَاءَ الْغَدِيرِ، وَهُوَ الْمُجْتَمَعُ مِنَ السَّيْلِ وَمِنْ مَاءِ السَّمَاءِ
And he drank from the pool: he drank the water of the pool, which is collected from the flood and from rainwater.
وَغَدَرَ اللَّيْلُ، كَفَرِحَ، يَغْدِرُ غَدْرًا
And the night became dark, like faraha, it became dark (ghadara).
فَهِيَ أَيِ اللَّيْلَةُ غَدْرَةٌ، كَفَرِحَةٍ
So it, meaning the night, is ghadrah, like farihah.
وَمُغَدِّرَةٌ: شَدِيدَةُ الظُّلْمَةِ تَحْبِسُ النَّاسَ فِي مَنَازِلِهِمْ وَكُنِّهِمْ فَيَغْدِرُونَ، أَيْ يَتَخَلَّفُونَ
And mughaddirah: intensely dark, confining people to their homes and shelters, so they stay behind, meaning they are delayed.
مِنْ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الْمُغَدِّرَةِ فَقَدْ أُضْجِبَ
Whoever prays Isha in congregation on a very dark night has earned great reward.
وَغَدَرَتِ النَّاقَةُ عَنِ الْإِبِلِ غَدْرًا: تَخَلَّفَتْ عَنِ اللُّحُوقِ
And the she-camel fell behind the camels, ghadr: she lagged behind in catching up.
وَغَدَرَتِ الْغَنَمُ غَدْرًا: شَبِعَتْ فِي الْمَرْتَعِ
And the sheep became full, ghadr: they became satiated in the pasture.
وَالْغَدَرُ: الْحِجْرَةُ، وَالْجُرْفَةُ وَاللَّخَاقِيقُ
And al-ghadr: the rocky ground, and the cliff and the soft mud.
وَالْغَدَرُ: الْحِجَارَةُ مَعَ الشَّجَرِ
And al-ghadr: stones mixed with trees.