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غِيرَةٌ ذ A provision of corn, or wheat, &c., which a man procures for himself; syn. مِيرَةٌ; (S, Msb, K,) as also ↓ غِيَارٌ : (TA:) [or the latter is probably syn. with مِيرَةٌ used in the sense of an inf. n.:] pl. of the former غِيَرٌ. (Msb.) [See art. غور.] -A2- See also غَيْرٌ, last sentence but two. ― -b2- Also A bloodwit; (AA, S, K;) syn. دِيَةٌ: (AA, S: *) and غِوَرٌ is a dial. var. thereof: (TA in art. غور:) pl. ↓ غِيَرٌ : (AA, S, K:) or, as some say, this is a sing., (S, TA,) of the masc. gender; TA;) and the pl. is أَغْيَارٌ: (S, TA:) and the دِيَة is said to be termed غِيَرٌ because it is a substitute for retaliation. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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