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اِفْتَرَى [meaning تَتَبَّعَ : see a verse of Aboo Dhu-eyb, voce خَافَةٌ , in art. خوف .] It also means He investigated a country or countries. (S, * K, * TA, all in art. قرى ; and TA in art. قرو .) He made much and diligent search. (KL.) See also 10 in art. قرأ .

قِرًى Entertainment for a guest; that with which a guest is entertained. (S.) ― -b2- Water collected in a trough, or tank, for the drinking of beasts: see بَيُّوتٌ : thus explained in the M in art. بيت .

قَرِىٌّ A place where water runs, (T, S,) to, (T,) or in, or into, (S,) meadows, (T,) or a meadow. (S.) See شَيْخٌ (last sentence). ― -b2- Pl. أَقْرِيَةٌ : see قَرْءٌ .

قَرْيَةٌ A town, or village; (Msb, TA;) a small بَلَد , smaller than a مَدِينَة : (MF, voce تِرْمِذ :) not well applied to a مَدِينَة unless qualified by an epithet denoting greatness. (TA in art. مَدِينَة .) See Bd, ii. 261.

نَاقَةٌ فِى قِرْوَتِهَا : see 4 in art. قرأ .

قَرِيَّةٌ [vulg. قَرْيَة The yard of a ship;] a squared piece of wood upon the head of the mast of a ship. (Az, TA in art. رنح .)

قَارِيَهٌ A certain bird. See خُضَارِىٌّ and تَنَوُّطٌ .

قَارٍ for قَارِيءٌ , q. v.

نَاقَةٌ قَرْوَاءُ A long-backed she-camel. (IB, in TA, voce هِرْجَابٌ .)

مَقْرًى : see 2 in art. حجل .

مَقْرُوٌّ and مَقْرِىٌّ for مَقْرُوْءٌ : see art. قرأ .