Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

قَعُرَتِ البِئْرُ, aor. ـُ {يَقْعُرُ}, inf. n. قَعَارَةٌ, The well was deep; had a deep bottom. (Ṣ, Ḳ.*)

قَعَرَ البِئْرَ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) aor. ـَ {يَقْعَرُ}, inf. n. قَعْرٌ, (TA,) He reached the bottom of the well; (Ḳ;) he descended the well until he reached the bottom of it: (Ṣ:) or the same verb; (IAạr, Ḳ;) orقَعَّرَهَا↓, (A,) inf. n. تَقْعِيرٌ; (Ṣ;) andأَقْعَرَهَا↓; (A;) he made the well deep. (IAạr, Ṣ,* A, Ḳ.)

قَعَرَ الإِنَآءَ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) orتقعّرهُ↓, (A,) ‡ He drank what was in the vessel, (Ṣ, A. Ḳ,) or all that was in the vessel, (TA,) until he came to the bottom of it. (Ṣ, A, TA.) And in like manner, قَعَرَ الثَّرِيدَةَ ‡ He ate the ثريدة [or mess of crumbled bread moistened with broth] from the bottom of it. (Ḳ.)

قَعَرَ الشَّجَرَةَ, (Ṣ, A,) inf. n. قَعْرٌ, (Ṣ,) ‡ He pulled out the tree from its root; uprooted it. (Ṣ, A.) And قَعَرَ النَّخْلَةَ, aor. ـَ {يَقْعَرُ}, ‡ He cut down the palm-tree from its root. (Ḳ.) And قَعَرَهُ † He threw him down prostrate. (Ḳ.)

see 1.

قَعَّرَ فِى كَلَامِهِ He twisted the sides of his mouth in his speaking, and spoke with the furthest part of his mouth; as alsoتقعّر↓: (Ḳ:) or both signify, he spoke [gutturally, or] with the furthest part of his fauces: (TA:) [he was guttural in his speech, or spoke with a guttural voice.] See قعّب.

اقعر البِئْرَ He made a bottom to the well. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

See also 1.

تقعّر He went deep; syn. تَعَمَّقَ. (Ṣ.) See عَجْرَفِيَّة.

‡ He, or it, became prostrated, and overturned. (TA.) [See also 7.]

تقعّر الإِنَآءَ: see 1.

انقعرت الشَّجَرَةُ, (Ṣ, A,) or النَّخْلَةُ, (Ḳ,) ‡ The tree, (Ṣ, A,) or palm-tree, (Ḳ,) became uprooted, (Ṣ, A, Ḳ,) and fell prostrate; (TA;) it fell down: (Ḳ:) or, as some say, it went into the bottom [or depth] of the earth [and disappeared, leaving no mark nor trace: see the part. n., below]: (TA:) and, accord. to some, انقعر, said of anything, signifies it became prostrated. (TA.) [See also 5.]

انقعر عَنْ مَالٍ لَهُ † He died, leaving property that belonged to him: (TA, from a trad.:) and انقعر [simply] he died. (TA.)

قَعْرٌ The bottom, lowest depth, or extremity of the lower part, [of the interior,] of a thing; (Mṣb;) i. q. عُمْقٌ, of a well, &c.; (Ṣ;) the remotest part of anything; (A, Ḳ;) [as, for instance,] of a river, (TA,) and of a vessel; (Ṣ, A;) pl. قُعُورٌ. (Mṣb, Ḳ.) You say جَلَسَ فِى قَعْرِ بَيْتِهِ, [lit., He sat in the innermost part of his house,] meaning † he kept in his house. (Mṣb.) And لَا أَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهِ قَعْرَ البَيْتِ, andقَعِيرَتَهُ↓, andقَعْرَتَهُ↓, all signify the same [I will not go in to him in the innermost part of the house; or † I will not be an intimate in his house]. (TA.)

[Depth, properly and tropically. You say] ذَهَبَ فى قَعْرِ الأَرْضِ [It (a tree or the like) went into the depth of the earth]. (TA.) And فُلَانٌ بَعِيدُ القَعْرِ (A, TA) ‡ Such a one is deep and excellent in judgment; one who examines deeply. (TA.) And لَيْسَ لِكَلَامِهِ قَعْرٌ ‡ [His speech, or language, has not depth]. (A, TA.)

The root, or lower or lowest part, of a palm-tree [or the like]. (TA.)

A hollow in the ground, such as is called a جَوْبَة, (Ḳ, TA,) the descent into which and the ascent from which are difficult; (TA;) as alsoقَعْرَةٌ↓.

A city, or town; syn. بَلَدٌ; (Ḳ;) such as El-Basrah or ElKoofeh. (AZ.) You say مَا فِى هٰذَا القَعْرِ مِثْلُهُ There is not in this city, or town, the like of him. (Ḳ.) And مَا خَرَجَ مِنْ أَهْلِ هٰذَا القَعْرِ أَحَدٌ مِثْلُهُ, like as you say مِنْ أَهْلِ هٰذَا الغَائِطِ, There came not forth, of the people of this city, or town, any one like him. (AZ.)

A [bowl, such as is called] جَفْنَة. (Fr, IAạr, Ḳ.)

قَعَرٌ Intellect, or intelligence: (Ḳ:) or full, or perfect, [or profound,] intellect or intelligence. (IAạr, TA.) [See also قَعْرٌ.]

قَعْرَةٌ: see قَعْرٌ, in two places.

What covers the bottom of a bowl; as alsoقُعْرَةٌ↓. (Ḳ.) See قَعْرَانُ.

قَعْرَانُ A drinking-cup or bowl (قَدَحٌ) made deep; i. q. مُقَعَّرٌ. (Ṣ.)

‡ A vessel nearly full: (A:) or a vessel having something in its bottom: (Ḳ:) fem. قَعْرَى: (TA:) and قَصْعَةٌ قَعْرَى, andقَعَرةٌ↓, ‡ a bowl having in it what covers its bottom. (Ḳ, TA.)

قَعِيرٌ Deep; having a remote bottom; (A, Ḳ;) applied to a river; as alsoقَعُورٌ↓, accord. to the Ḳ; but this is not mentioned by any one before the author of the Ḳ, and is a mistake forقَعُّورٌ↓, which occurs afterwards in the Ḳ. (TA.) You say بِئْرٌ قَعِيرَةٌ, (A,) andقَعُّورٌ↓, (Ḳ, TA,) A deep well; (Ḳ, TA;) a well having a remote bottom. (TA.) And قَصْعَةٌ قَعِيرَةٌ (Ṣ, A) ‡ A deep bowl. (TA.) قَعُورٌ↓ is also applied as an epithet to a woman's vulva: (Ibn-Ḥabeeb, TA in art. خجى:) and, accord. to the Ḳ, to a woman. (TA in that art.)

[أَقْعَرُ Deeper.]

مِقْعَرٌ, (so in a copy of the A,) orمُقَعَّرٌ↓, like مُعَظَّمٌ [in measure], (so in the TA,) [but the former I think the correct form, being agreeable with analogy,] A man who reaches the bottoms, or utmost points, of things, or affairs. (A, TA.)

مِقْعَارٌ, applied to a [cup of the kind called] قَعْب, Wide and deep. (Ḳ.)

مُنْقَعِرٌ Uprooted. So in the Ḳur, [liv. 20,] كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُنْقَعِرٍ As though they were the lower parts of palm-trees uprooted: (TA:) or the meaning is, extirpated, by going into the bottom [or depth] of the earth, so as to leave no mark nor trace. (El-Basáïr, TA.)