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غَوْرٌ ذ The bottom, or lowest part, of anything; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ غَوْرَى : (K:) and its depth. (TA.) ― -b2- You say, عَرَفْتُ غَوْرَ هٰذِهِ المَسْأَلَةِ (tropical:) [I have become acquainted with the bottom of this question]. (TA.) And فُلَانٌ بَعِيدُ الغَوْرِ (S) (tropical:) Such a one is deep and excellent in judgment; one who examines deeply. (TA.) [See also 1.] And هَوَ بَحْرٌ لَا يُدْرَكُ غَوْرُهُ (tropical:) [He is a sea whereof the bottom shall not be reached]. (TA.) And مَنْ أَبْعَدُ غَوْرًا فِى البَاطِلِ مِنِّى (tropical:) [Who is deeper in knowledge with respect to what is vain, or false, than I?]. (TA, from a trad.) ― -b3- Low, or depressed, land, country, or ground; (S, Msb, K;) [like خَوْرٌ;] as also ↓ غَارٌ . (K.) ― -b4- See also غَارٌ, in the first of its senses expl. above. -A2- Applied to water, i. q. غَائِرٌ [Sinking, or going away, into the ground, or earth]: (S, K:) an inf. n. used as an epithet, like مَآءٌ سَكْبٌ, and دِرْهَمٌ ضَرْبٌ. (S.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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