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أَرْضٌ قَفْرٌ ذ , (S, A, Msb, K,) and ↓ قَفْرَةٌ , (A, K,) and ↓ مِقْفَارٌ , (K,) and ↓ مُقْفِرَةٌ , (A,) Vacant, or void, land, (A, K,) destitute of herbage or vegetable produce, and of water: (S, A, Msb:) and مَفَازَةٌ قَفْرٌ, (S, Msb,) and ↓ قَفْرَةٌ , and ↓ مِقْفَارٌ , (S,) a desert destitute of herbage or vegetable produce, and of water: (S, Msb:) or قَقْرٌ signifies a place destitute of human beings, or desert, but sometimes containing a little herbage or pasturage: (Lth, TA:) or بَلَدٌ قَفْرٌ a country, or town, wherein is nothing: (AZ, A'Obeyd:) and دَارٌ قَفْرٌ a house destitute of inhabitants; deserted; or desolate: (Msb:) the pl. (of قَفْرٌ, S, Msb) is قِفَارٌ (S, Msb, K) and قُفُورٌ: (K:) and you say also أَرْضٌ قِفَارٌ, (A, Msb, TA,) imagining it as comprising places; and in like manner, دَارٌ قِفَارٌ: (Msb, TA:) and [in a contrary manner,] أَرَضُونَ قَفُرٌ, and بِلَادٌ قَفْرٌ; as well as قِفَارٌ: (A:) but when you make قَفُرٌ a subst., [not meaning أَرْضٌ or the like to be understood,] (Msb,) or use a single term, (TA,) or apply it as an appellative to a land, (L, TA,) you add ة, and say ↓ قَفْرَةٌ , (Msb,) and إِِنْتَهَيْنَا إِِلَى قَفْرَةٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ [We came at last to a land destitute of herbage and of water]. (L, TA.) ― -b2- نَزَلْنَا بِبَنِى فُلَانٍ فَبِتْنَا القَفْرَ (tropical:) [We alighted at the abode of the sons of such a one, and passed the night] without being entertained by them as guests. (S.) ― -b3- نَبْتُ القَفْرِ is a prov., meaning (assumed tropical:) The stone, and the rock. (TA.) -A2- See also قَفَارٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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