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غَارٌ ذ A cave, or cavern; syn. كَهْفٌ; (S, K;) in a mountain; (S;) as also ↓ مَغَارَةٌ and ↓ مَغَارٌ (S, K) and ↓ مُغَارَةٌ and ↓ مُغَارٌ and ↓ غَوْرٌ : (K: [but غَارٌ in this sense is omitted in the CK:]) or what resembles a كهف in a mountain, [only differing in being less large,] like a سَرَب: (TA:) or what is hewn out in a mountain, resembling a مَغَارَة: when it is large, or spacious, it is called كهف: (Msb:) or what resembles a house, or chamber, in a mountain: (Lh, K:) or a low, or depressed, place in a mountain: (Th, K:) or any low, or depressed, land, country, or ground: (K:) see also غَوْرٌ [and خَوْرٌ]: or the hole, or burrow, to which a wild animal betakes itself: (K: [see an instance in art. سمو, conj. 8:]) and sometimes ↓ مَغَارٌ is applied to the coverts of gazelles, among trees: (S:) the dim. of غَارٌ is غُوَيْرٌ: (S, K:) [of which see two exs. (a prov. and a verse) voce بُؤْسٌ:] and the pl. (of pauc., TA) أَغْوَارٌ (IJ, K) and (of mult., TA) غِيرَانٌ. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b2- Also The portion of the upper part of the mouth which is behind the فَرَاشَة [or thin bone of the palate]: or the hollow (أُخْدُود) which is between the two jaws: or the interior of the mouth: (K: [for دَاخِلَ الفَمِ, in the CK, I read دَاخِلُ الفم, as in the TA:]) or, as some say, the two parts whereof each is called نِطْعٌ, [app. meaning the anterior part of the palate and the corresponding part next the lower gums,] in the حَنَكَانِ [or the palate and the part corresponding to it below]. (TA.) ― -b3- And الغَارَانِ signifies The [sockets of the eyes; or] two bones in which are the eyes. (ISd, K.) ― -b4- And The belly and the pudendum: (S:) or the mouth and the pudendum. (K.) Hence the saying of a poet, يَسْعَى لِغَارَيْهِ [He works, or earns, for his belly, or his mouth, and his pudendum]. (S, TA.) -A2- Also (غَارٌ) An army: (S, K:) or a numerous army. (TA.) You say اِلْتَقَى الغَارَانِ The two armies met. (S.) ― -b2- And A company, or body, of men: (TA:) or a numerous company or body of men. (ISd, K.) -A3- And I. q. غَيْرَةٌ, (S,) or غِيرَةٌ. (K.) [See 1, last signification.] -A4- And A kind of tree, (S, Mgh, K,) of large size, (Mgh, K,) having leaves longer than those of the خِلَاف, (Mgh, TA,) and a fruit [or berry] smaller than the hazel-nut, which is black, and which, being divested of its covering, discloses a heart that is employed in medicine [that is designed to produce a narcotic or an intoxicating effect: the berries are called حَبُّ الغَارِ]: its leaves have a sweet odour, (Mgh, TA,) and are employed in perfume: (TA:) its fruit is called [in Persian] دَهْمَسْت: (Mgh, TA:) and it has an oil, (K,) which is called دُهْنُ الغَارِ: (S:) [it is the bay-tree; or female laurel-tree; the laurus nobilis; also called the sweet bay; of which there are several sorts, as the broad-leaved bay, the narrow-leaved bay, &c.: it is commonly supposed to be the laurus of the ancients:] n. un. with ة. (TA.) ― -b2- And The leaves of the grapevine. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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