Quranic root
بأر
b · ʾ · r
A semantic orientation around a hollow made by digging, especially a well, with related extensions to pits, concealment, and things laid up in store.
The supplied lexical evidence develops from digging a well or cooking-pit to hiding or storing something, doing good in advance as a stored benefit, and specialized formations for a trap-pit, stored provision, and well-digger.
- Lane · entry 35435
- Mufradāt · row 85
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- Quran-attested forms
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- Quran senses
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
بِئْرٌ
biʾrun
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A well; a dug excavation or shaft.
In the supplied Quranic occurrence, the noun denotes a well in the expression وَبِئْرٍ مُعَطَّلَةٍ.
- Lane · entry 35438
- Mufradāt · row 85
Selected Quran examples
Quran 22:45word 11
“and well”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 22:45وَبِئْرٍۢand well
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 9 Classical meanings
بَأَرَ
To sink or dig a well.
Form I verb describing the act of making a well by digging.
- Lane · entry 35435
بَأَرَ
To dig a hollow or pit in the ground for cooking.
Form I verb; the hollow is specifically described as one used for cooking.
- Lane · entry 35435
بَأَرَ
To hide or conceal something, and to store or lay it up for a time of need.
Form I verb; the storage may be understood as concealed provision kept for future need.
- Lane · entry 35435
بَأَرَ
To do good beforehand, especially by laying up good for oneself or doing it secretly.
A conventional use with خيرًا; explanations connect the advance good with something laid up or concealed for future benefit.
- Lane · entry 35435
بُؤْرَةٌ
A hollow or hole dug in the ground for cooking; also a place in which a fire is lighted.
A derived noun for a ground hollow or fire place, distinct from the ordinary well noun.
- Lane · entry 35439
- Lane · entry 35435
أَبْأَرَ
To make, assign, or appoint a well for someone.
Form IV verb used with a person as the beneficiary or recipient of the well.
- Lane · entry 35436
بَئِيرَةٌ
A thing stored or laid up for a time of need.
A derived noun denoting stored provision or something reserved for future need.
- Lane · entry 35442
أَبَّارٌ
A well-sinker or well-digger.
A professional or occupational designation; بَأّارٌ is also reported as a variant form.
- Lane · entry 35443
مِئْبَرٌ
A covered pitfall into which a passer-by falls; figuratively, tale-bearing that brings someone into calamity.
A derived noun whose literal pitfall is extended figuratively to harmful tale-bearing.
- Mufradāt · row 85
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The supplied Quran data attest only the noun بِئْرٌ; the verb and other derived formations are broader Classical Arabic evidence, not additional Quranic forms in this packet.
No Maqayis entry was supplied for this root; the root-level orientation is therefore based on the supplied Lane and Mufradat evidence.