ghazāra

abundance, lavish amount

غَزارَة

Word

Noun · pattern فَعالَة

Root

غ ز ر

In the library

فضحكت منه وعلمت قلة عقله وكثرة جهله، ولم يدفع ذلك عنه غزارة خرجه ودخله.

The Exquisite in Every Art, page 37 →

From the same root

All words from غ ز ر →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • غَزُرَ Form I was, or became, much, abundant, or copious
    , aor. , inf. n. غَزَارَهٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and غَزْرٌ (Mgh, L, Msb, K) and غُزْرٌ, (L, K,) or غَزْرٌ is a simple subst., (S, L, TA,) It (a thing, S, K, or water, Mgh, Msb) was, or became, much, abundant, or copious. (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) ― -b2- غَزُرَتْ She (a camel, S, Msb, or a beast, K) bad much milk; abounded in milk, became abundant in milk; (S, Msb, K:) عَنِ الكَلَأ from the (??) (TA;) or عَلَيْهِ [by feeding] upon it; (K;) as also ↓ أَغْزَرَتْ: (IKtt:) and it (a well, and a spring,) abounded in water; and it (an eye) abounded in tears. (K.)
  • تَغْزِيرٌ Form II omitting a milking between two milkings, when the milk of the camel is backward
    signifies The omitting a milking between two milkings, when the milk of the camel is backward. (S, K, TA,) A similar meaning is mentioned in art. غرز: see 2 in that art (TA.)
  • غازرهُ Form III He gave him a small and mean thing in order that he might give him in return twice as much: he sought to obtain from...
    , inf. n. مُغَازَرَةٌ, He gave him a small and mean thing in order that he might give him in return twice as much: he sought to obtain from him more than he gave. (I Aar, TA: but only the inf. n. is mentioned.)
  • أَغْزَرَ Form IV God caused his camels, or sheep, or goats, to have much milk
    see 1. -A2- أَغْزَرَ ٱللّٰهُ مَالَهُ [God caused his camels, or sheep, or goats, to have much milk]. (TA.) ― -b2- اغزر المَعْرُوفَ He made the beneficence to be abundant. (K.) -A3- اغزر القَوْمُ The people's camels, (S, K,) and their sheep or goats, (TA,) became abundant in milk. (S, K, TA.) ― -b2- And The people became in the state of having much rain. (IKtt.)
  • غَزْرٌ Abundance in milk: or abundance of milk
    [Abundance in milk: or abundance of milk: of camels &c.:] a subst. from غَزُرَتِ النَّاقَةُ; pl. غُزْرٌ; like as جُونٌ is pl. of جَوْنٌ, and حُشْرٌ of حَشْرٌ. (S.) -A2- Also A vessel made of [the coarse grass called] حَلْفَآء and of palm-leaves: (IDrd, K:) a well-known Arabic word. (IDrd, TA.)
  • غُزْرَى Surpassingly abundant in milk
    [as though fem. of أَغْزَرُ] is applied to a she-camel by Honeyf-El-Hanátim [as meaning Surpassingly abundant in milk]. (IAar in TA in art. بهى.)
  • غُزْرَانٌ Abounding in milk
    [ mentioned by Freytag as an epithet applied to camels, meaning Abounding in milk, on the authority of the K, is a mistake; it is mentioned in the K only as the name of a place.]
  • غَزِيرٌ Much; abundant; copious
    , and the fem. غَزِيرَةٌ, Much; abundant; copious: (S, Msb, K:) applied to water, (Msb,) and rain, (K,) and beneficence, (S,) and knowledge, (TA,) and anything. (S, K.) ― -b2- A she-camel, (S, Msb, K,) and a sheep or goat or other beast, (TA,) having much milk; abounding in milk: (S, Msb, K:) a well, and a spring, (K,) and a subterranean channel for water, (Msb,) abounding in water: (Msb, K:) and an eye abounding in tears: (K:) pl. غِزَارٌ. (S, Msb.)
  • قَوْمٌ مُغْزَرٌ لَهُمْ A people having abundance of milk; whose camels abound in milk
    , in the pass. form, A people having abundance of milk; whose camels abound in milk. (K.)
  • مَغْزَرَةٌ A cause of abounding in milk
    , (as written in the L, [and so agreeably with analogy, as meaning A cause of abounding in milk; similar to مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ &c.;]) or مُغْزِرَةٌ, (accord. to the K,) a thing [from the feeding of a beast] upon which the milk becomes abundant. (L, K.) ― -b2- And, (K, TA,) hence, (TA,) A certain plant, the leaves of which are like those of the حُرْف [q. v.], (K, TA,) dust-coloured, and small, and which has a red blossom, like that of the pomegranate: (TA:) it pleases the cows (K, TA) much, (TA,) and they become abundant in milk [by feeding] upon it: (K, TA:) it is of the [season called] رَبِيع; and is mentioned by AHn, who says that all cattle pasture upon it. (TA.)
  • مِغْزَارٌ Abounding much in milk
    [Abounding much in milk; applied to a she-camel &c.]. (The Lexicons passim.)
  • أَرْضٌ مَغْزُورَةٌ Land upon which much rain has fallen
    Land upon which much rain has fallen. (K.)

Learn غَزارَة in real texts

With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.

Create free account