فَقِير

faqiyrN * A hollow that is dug around the shoot, or offset, of a palm-tree, when it is planted: (S, O:) or a well [or the like thereof ] in which the shoot, or offset, of a palm-tree is planted, (K, TA,) then alluvial soil with dung of camels or the like is pressed down around it: (TA:) pl. fuqurN , with two dammehs: (K, TA:) or this [app. the pl., but accord. to the TA the sing.,] signifies wells, (K, TA,) three, and more, together, (TA,) or communicating, one with another. (K, TA.) The sing. signifies also A well: (Mgh, O:) or an old well: (O:) or a well having little water: (TA:) pl. as above. (Mgh.) ― -b2- And A plain, or soft, place, in which wells are dug forming a regular series. (O, K,) And rakiy~apN faqiyrapN signifies A dug well. (TA.) And faqiyru baniY fulaAnK fiY Alr~akaAyaA is expl. by A 'Obeyd as meaning The share of the sons of such a one of the wells. (TA.) ― -b3- Also The mouth, (K, TA,) or the place whence the water issues, (S, O, TA,) of a subterranean channel, or conduit: (S, * O, * K, * TA:) pl. as above. (TA.) ― -b4- And it is said to signify A [ hollowed ] trunk of a palm-tree, by means of which one ascends to an upper chamber: but the word commonly known in this sense is naqiyrN [q. v.], with n . (IAth, TA.) -A2- As an epithet applied to a camel, it means Having an incision [or two incisions or three ] made in his nose [or muzzle ] in the manner explained in the first paragraph of this art.; and so ↓ mafoquwrN . (K, TA.) -A3- Also, applied to a man, (TA,) Having the vertebræ of the back broken; (S, O, K, * TA;) and so ↓ faqirN and ↓ mafoquwrN : (K:) or having a complaint of the vertebræ of his back, arising from fracture or from disease: (Msb:) or having his vertebræ pulled out from his back, so that his spine is interrupted: (T, L:) and ↓ faqirN , a man having a complaint of his vertebræ: (S, O, TA:) and fqyr and ↓ mafoquwrN , a man afflicted [lit. having the vertebræ of his back broken ] by a calamity. (Msb.) -A4- Hence, as though having the vertebræ of his back broken, (IDrst, TA in art. jbr ,) [but said to be irregularly formed from Aifotaqara , like maA A^afoqarahu , q. v.,] Poor: or needy; contr. of ganiY~N ; (as implied in the K;) having [ only ] what suffices for his household, or those who dwell with him and whose maintenance is incumbent an him: (ISd, K:) or one who finds food sufficient to sustain life: (K:) or one who possesses only what is sufficient for life: (ISk, S, K: *) or one whose property is, or has become, little: further expl. in art. skn : (Msb:) or one who has what to eat; (Aboo-'Amr Ibn-El-'Alà;) differing from misokiynN , which signifies one who possesses nothing; altogether destitute: (Aboo-'Amr Ibn-El-'Alà, ISk, S, O, K:) or both mean destitute, i. e. possessing nothing: (IAar, S, O:) Aboo-Haneefeh holds the opinion of ISk, (TA,) who cites the following verse from a poem of Er-Rá'ee in praise of 'Abd-El-Melik Ibn-Marwán; A^am~aA Alfaqiyru Al~a*iY kaAnato Haluwbatuhu wafoqa AlEiyaAli falamo yutorako lahu sabadu [ As to the fqyr whose milch camel was sufficient for his household, and nothing (more) was left to him: ] (S, O, TA:) As says that the mskyn is better in condition than the fqyr : and Yoo says that the fqyr is better in condition than the mskyn ; and adds, I asked an Arab of the desert, Art thou fqyr ? and he answered, No, by God, but rather mskyn : (S, O, TA:) or the former signifies needy, needing, or wanting; a needer; and the latter, one abased by need or want, or otherwise; (Ibn-'Arafeh, O, K;) who, if abased by need or want, may lawfully receive of the poor-rate; but if abased otherwise than by need or want, he may not receive of the poorrate; for he may be rich: (Ibn-'Arafeh:) [ Alfaqiyru A_ilaY A@ll~`hi the needer of God, i. e., of God's help, &c., and Alfaqiyru A_ilaY raHomapi A@ll~`hi the needer of the mercy of God, are epithets which a man often writes before his name:] it is said in the Kur [xxxv. 16], A^anotumu AlfuqaraA='u A_ilaY A@ll~`hi waA@ll~`hu huwa