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جَدْرٌ جدر A wall; or a wall of enclosure; syn. حَائِطٌ; as also ↓ جِدَارٌ , [which is the more common]: (S, A, Msb, K:) pl. of the former, جُدُرٌ, (S, Msb, K,) sometimes used as a pl. of pauc., (Sb, TA,) and جُدْرٌ; (K;) and of the latter, جُدْرَانٌ. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b2- The basis, or foundation, of a wall: (K:) and the side of a wall: (Lh, K:) pl., in both these senses, جُدُورٌ. (TA.) الجَدْرُ is applied to The [wall called the] حَطِيم (A, K) of the Kaabeh; (K;) because in it is a part of the [original] foundations of the house: (TA:) and it is also called الحِجْرُ. (A.) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) A fence, or dam, raised of branches, to retain water; likened to a wall: (Az, Msb:) or a fence, or dam, to confine water: pl. جُدُورٌ: (Suh, Msb:) and جُدُرٌ, [which is also a pl.,] signifies fences, or dams, between houses, which retain water. (TA.) ― -b4- [The pl.] جُدُورٌ also signifies Gardens, or walled gardens, (حَوَائِط,) of grapes. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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