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1 بَأَرَ ذ , (S, M, K,) aor. بَاَ^َ , (M, K,) He sunk, or dug, (S, M, K,) a well; (S, M;) as also ↓ ابتأر . (M, K.) ― -b2- Also, aor. as above, inf. n. بَأْرٌ, He dug a [hollow such as is termed] بُؤْرَة, (AZ, S, M,) in which to cook. (AZ, S.) ― -b3- Also, (T, S, M, K,) aor. as above, (M, K,) and so the inf. n.; (M;) and ↓ ابتأر ; (T, S, M, K;) He hid, or concealed, a thing: (T, M, K:) and he stored it, or laid it up, for a time of need. (T, S, K.) Hence a hollow dug in the ground is termed بُؤْرَةٌ. (T.) ― -b4- You say also, خَيْرًا ↓ ابتأر , (T, M, K,) and بَأَرَهُ, (M, K,) He did good beforehand: (T, M, K:) or, accord. to some, he, as it were, did good beforehand for himself, having laid it up, or concealed it, for himself: (T, TA:) so says El-Umawee: or he laid up for himself in store concealed good: (TA:) or he did good concealedly: (M, K:) and ائتبر signifies the same. (T, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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