وتر
1 وَـ
ـتَرَــهُ,
aor. ـِ
inf. n. وَـ
ـتْرٌ; (
Msb;) and ↓ او
ترهُ; (
S,
Msb,
K;) He made it, (a number,
Msb,) sole; or one, and no more:
ـتَرَــادِفٌ">syn. أَفَذَّهُ, (
S,
K,) or أَفْرَدَهُ. (
Msb.) It is said that the latter verb only is used in relation to a number; but both are said to be thus used in the
M [as well as in the
Msb.] (
TA.)
b2: [And He made it to be an odd number.] You say, وَـ
ـتَرَ القَوْمَ, (
M,
K,)
aor. ـِ
inf. n. وَـ
ـتْرٌ; (
M;) and ↓ أَوْـ
ـتَرَــهُمْ; (
M,
K;) He made the people, they being an even number, to be an odd number. (
M,
K,
TA.) 'Atà says, كَانَ القَوْمُ وِـ
ـتْرًــا فَشَفَعْتُهُمْ وَكَانُوا شَفْعًا فَوَـ
ـتَرْــتُهُمْ [The people were an odd number and I made them an even number, and they were an even number and I made them an odd number]. (
TA.) You say also, وَـ
ـتَرَ الصَّلَاةَ, (
Msb,
K,) and ↓ أَوْـ
ـتَرَــهَا, (
T,
S,
Msb,
K,) and ↓ وَـ
ـتَّرَــهَا, (
K,) and فِىالصَّلَاةِ ↓ أَوْـ
ـتَرَ, (
Lh,
M,) He made the prayer to be such as is termed وِـ
ـتْر [i. e., to consist of an odd number of rek'as; as is done in the case of a prayer which is performed in the night, consisting of three rek'ahs, and particularly called صَلَاةُ الوِـ
ـتْرِ]; (
S, *
Msb,
K; *) he performed prayers of double rek'ahs, two and two together, and then performed the prayer of one rek'ah at the end, making what he performed an odd number: (
T:) and ↓ أَوْـ
ـتَرَ, alone, signifies he performed the prayer called الوِـ
ـتْر [explained above]; (
T,
M,
A,
Mgh,
K;) or he performed prayers of [an odd number of rek'ahs,] two and two together, and then a single rek'ah at the end. (
TA.) It is said in a
trad. إِنَّ اللّٰهَ وِـ
ـتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الوِـ
ـتْرَ فَأَوْـ
ـتِرُــوا يَا أَهْلَ الْقُرْآنِ [Verily God is one only: He loveth the odd number: therefore perform ye the prayer of an odd number of rek'ahs, O people of the
Kur-án]. (
T.) And in another
trad., إِذَا اسْتَجْمَرْتَ فَأَوْـ
ـتِرْ When thou employest stones in the purification termed إِسْتِنْجَآء, use an odd number; (
TA;) i. e. use three stones for that purpose, or five, or seven, and not an even number. (
T.)
A2: وَـ
ـتَرَــهُ, (
T,
S,
A,
Mgh,)
aor. ـِ
inf. n. وَـ
ـتْرٌ (
S,) and وِـ
ـتْرٌ and
تِرَــةٌ, (
T,
S,) He slew his relation, and so separated him from him, and rendered him solitary: (
A,
Mgh:) or he slew a person belonging to him, or related to him, without the latter's obtaining revenge, or retaliation, for the blood of the slain: (
S:) or he slew a person belonging to him, or related to him; or took property belonging to him. (
T.) It is also doubly
trans.: you say, وَـ
ـتَرَ فُلَانٌ فُلَانًا أَهْلَهُ Such a one committed a crime against such a one by slaying his family; or by taking them away: (
T:) and وَـ
ـتَرَــةُ مَالَهُ (
T,
M,
K) (assumed
tropical:) he committed a crime against him by taking away his property: (
T:) or (assumed
tropical:) he made him to suffer loss or detriment in respect of his property; or he deprived him of it in part, or altogether;
ـتَرَــادِفٌ">syn. نَقَصَهُ إِيَّاهُ: (
T, *
M,
K:) and وَـ
ـتَرَــهُ حَقَّهُ, (
S,
A,
Mgh,
Msb,)
aor. as above, (
Msb,) (
tropical:) he made him to suffer loss or detriment in respect of his right or due; or he abridged him, or deprived him, or defrauded him, of it partially, or wholly;
ـتَرَــادِفٌ">syn. نقصهُ. (
S,
Mgh,
Msb.) It is said in a
trad., مَنْ فَاتَتْهُ صَلَاةُ العَصْرِ فَكَأَنَّمَا وُـ
ـتِرَ أَهْلَهُ وَمَالَهُ (
T,
M, *
Msb, *
TA) By whomsoever the prayer of the afternoon passeth unobserved, he is as though he had his family slain and his property taken away: or as though he had his family and his property taken away: (
T:) or as though he were deprived (نُقِصَ) of his family and his property, (
T,
M,
Msb,
TA,) and remained alone: (
T,
TA:) the loss of the family and property is thus likened to the loss of the recompense: اهله and ماله being in the
accus. case as objective complements: (
Msb:) اهله is a second
objective complement: for the first is understood, as implied in the verb: but if we read أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ,
accord. to another relation, اهله supplies the place of the
agent, nothing being understood, and the family and property are the objects to which the loss is made to relate. (
TA.) And it is said in another
trad., مَنْ جَلَسَ مَجْلِسًا لَمْ يَذْكُرِ اللّٰهَ فِيهِ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ
تِرَــةً (assumed
tropical:) He who sitteth in an assembly in which God is not mentioned is obnoxious to detriment, or loss: or, as some say, to a claim of reparation for wrongful conduct. (
TA.) And it is said in the
Kur, [xlvii. 37,] وَلَنَ يَـ
ـتِرَــكُمْ أَعْمَالَكُمْ (assumed
tropical:) and He will not deprive you of aught of the recompence of your deeds: (
Zj,
T:) or will not make you to suffer loss in respect of your deeds; like as you say دَخَلْتُ البَيْتَ, meaning دَخَلْتُ فِى
البَيْتِ. (
S.)
b2: [Also,] وَـ
ـتَرَــهُ, (
M,
K,)
aor. ـِ (
K,)
inf. n. وَـ
ـتْرٌ (
M,
K) and وِـ
ـتْرٌ (
TA) and
تِرَــةٌ, (
M,
K,) He executed blood-revenge upon him: or did so wrongfully: (
M, *
K, *
TK:)
expl. by أَصَابَهُ بِذَحْلٍ. (
TK.)
b3: He overtook him (أَدْرَكَهُ) with some displeasing, or abominable, or evil, action. (
M,
K.)
b4: He frightened him; terrified him. (
Fr,
K.)
A3: وَـ
ـتَرَ القَوْسَ: see 2, in two places.
2 و
تّر الصَّلَاةَ: see 1, near the beginning.
A2: و
تّر القَوْسَ He fastened, bound, firmly, or braced, the string of the bow;
expl. by شَدَّ وَـ
ـتَرَــهَا; (
Lh,
M,
K;) as also ↓ أَوْـ
ـتَرَــهَا; (
Lh,
M,
Msb;) both these signify the same; (
S, in which the meaning is not explained;) and ↓ وَـ
ـتَرَــهَا, (
M,
TA,)
inf. n. وَـ
ـتْرٌ: (
TA:) or ↓ او
ترها signifies he put to it a string: (
M,
K:) and ↓ وَـ
ـتَرَــهَا, (
M,
K,)
aor. ـِ (
K,)
inf. n. تِرَــةٌ, (
TA,) he attacked to it its string: (
M,
K:) this,
accord. to some, is the proper signification of the last. (
M.) It is said in a proverb, إِنْبَاضٌ بِغَيْرِ تَوْتِيرٍ [Twanging the bow without bracing the string]: (
S:) or لَا تُعْجِلِ الإِنْبَاضَ قَبْلَ التَّوْتِيرِ [Hasten not the twanging of the bow before the bracing of the string]: alluding to the hastening a thing before its proper time. (
M.) [See also art. نبض. And see 2 in arts. جنب and حنب.]
3 وا
تر بَيْنَ أَخْبَارِهِ, (
A, and so in some copies of the
K,) or ↓ أَوْـ
ـتَرَ, (
M, and so in some copies of the
K,) and بين كُتُبِهِ, (
M,) and وا
تر أَخْبَارَهُ, (
M,
K; in the latter of which وَا
تَرَــهُ is put by mistake for وَا
تَرَــهَا, as is observed in the
TA,) and كُتُبَهُ, (
M,
A,
K,)
inf. n. مُوَا
تَرَــةٌ (
S,
M,
K,) and وِتَارٌ, (
M,
K,) He made his tidings, or narrations, and his writings, or letters, to follow one another: (
M,
A,
K:) or with some intervals between them; for موا
ترة between things is only when there is some interval between them; otherwise it is مُدَارَكَةٌ and مُوَاصَلَةٌ: (
S,
K:) or وا
تر الكُتُبَ signifies he made the writings, or letters, to follow one another nearly, one by one, without ceasing: (
S:) or he made them to follow one another with a small interval between every two: (
T:) and وَا
تر الخَبَرَ he made the tidings, or narration, to follow one part after another: or,
accord. to
As, with a small space between every two portions thereof: from وِـ
ـتْرٌ in the sense of فَرْدٌ. (
T.) Yousay also وَا
تر بَيْنَ مِيَرِهِمْ He made their supplies of wheat to come to them without stopping; time after time. (
TA, from a
trad.) And it is said in a
trad., لَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يُوَا
تِرَ قَضَآءَ رَمَضَانَ There will be no harm in his performing the fast of Ramadán at intervals, fasting one day and breaking fast one day: (
TA:) مُوَا
تَرَــةُ الصَّوْمِ is the fasting one day and breaking fast one day, or two; performing it separately: it does not mean المُوَاصَلَةُ, because it is from الوِـ
ـتْرُ, (
S,
K,
TA,) i. e., الفَرْدُ. (
TA.) 4 أَوْـ
ـتَرَ see 1, in seven places, first part.
b2: او
تر بَيْنَ أَخْبَارِهِ: see 3.
A2: او
ترهُ He made him to attain, or obtain, his blood-revenge. (
Az,
TA; and
L in art. ثأر.) See an
ex.,
voce ثَأْرٌ.
A3: او
تر القَوْسَ: see 2, in two places.
5 تو
تّر (
tropical:) It (a sinew, or nerve,
T,
M,
A,
K, and a vein,
M,
TA, not the neck, for العُنُقُ in the
K is a mistake for العِرْقُ,
TA) became tense, (
M,
K,
TA,) like a bow-string. (
M,
TA.) 6 توا
تر It was consecutive: or was so with intervals: (
M,
A,
K:) or was so with separation, or interruption. (
Msb.) You say, توا
ترت الإِبِلُ, and القَطَا, and so of any other things, The camels, and the birds of the kind called القطا, &c., came one near after another, not in a rank. (
Lh,
M.) And توا
ترت الخَيْلُ The horses came following one another. (
Msb.) And توا
ترت الكُتُبُ The writings, or letters, came one near after another, separately. (
S.) وَـ
ـتْرٌ: see وِـ
ـتْرٌ, throughout.
وِـ
ـتْرٌ and ↓ وَـ
ـتْرٌ, (
T,
S,
M,
A,
Msb,
K, &c.,) the former, [which is the more common,] in the
dial. of Nejd, (
Lh,
M,) and of the tribe of Temeem, (
T,
S,
M,
Msb,) and of the people of El-'Áliyeh, (
ISk, as on the authority of
Yoo, and
S) or the latter in the
dial. of the people of El-'Áliyeh, (
T, as on the authority of
Yoo,) or of the people of El-Hijáz, (
Lh,
S,
M,) Single; sole; only; one, and no more:
ـتَرَــادِفٌ">syn. فَرْدٌ: (
T,
S,
M,
A,
Msb,
K:) or مَا لَمْ يُشْفَعْ مِنَ العَدَدِ: (
M,
A,
K; except that in the
K, instead of يُشْفَعْ, we find يَتَشَفَّعْ:) or
contr. of شَفْعٌ: (
Mgh:) [and an odd number:] all [even and odd] numbers are termed [respectively] شَفْعٌ and وَـ
ـتْرٌ, whether many or few. (
T.)
b2: وِـ
ـتْرًــا وِـ
ـتْرًــا [Singly; separately; one by one]. (
S,
K.) [See شَفْعٌ.]
b3: الوِـ
ـتْرُ, one of the names of God, The Single; the Sole; the One; He who has no equal, or like; the Unequalled;
ـتَرَــادِفٌ">syn. الفَذُّ and الفَرْدُ. (
TA.)
b4: صَلَاةُ الوَـ
ـتْرِ, and الوِـ
ـتْرُ alone: see 1, first part: it was sometimes said by Mohammad to be a single رَكْعَة. (
T.)
b5: In the words of the
Kur, [89:2,] وَالشَّفْعٍ وَالْوَـ
ـتْرِ by the former is meant all creatures which are created in pairs; and by the latter, God: (
T:) or [by the former, Adam and his wife; and] by the latter, Adam, who was made a pair with his wife: (I' Ab,
T:) or by the former, the day of the sacrifice; (
T;) and by the latter, the day of 'Arafeh. (
T,
K.) (See more
voce شَفَعٌ.]
A2: Also وِـ
ـتْرٌ and ↓ وَـ
ـتْرٌ, (
T,
S,
M,
A,
Msb,
K,) the former, [which is the more common,] in the
dial. of Nejd, (
Lh,
M,) and of the tribe of Temeem, (
Lh,
T,
S,
M,
Msb,) and of the people of El-'Áliyeh, (
T, as on the authority of
Yoo,) and El-Hijáz, (
S,) or the latter in the
dial. of the people of El-'Aliyeh, (
ISk, as on the authority of
Yoo, and
S) and El-Hijáz, (
Lh,
M,) Blood-revenge; or retaliation of murder or homicide: or a seeking to revenge, or retaliate, blood: or a desire, or seeking, for retaliation of a crime or of enmity:
ـتَرَــادِفٌ">syn. ذَحْلٌ: (
T,
S,
M,
Msb,
K:) or wrongful conduct therein: as also ↓
تِرَــةٌ and ↓ وَتِيرَةٌ, in either sense: (
M,
K:) or a crime which a man commits against another by slaughter or by plundering or by capture: (
TA:)
pl. [of وَـ
ـتْرٌ]
أَوْتَارٌ and [of
تِرَــةٌ]
تِرَــاتٌ. (
A.) وَـ
ـتَرٌ The string, and the suspensory,
ـتَرَــادِفٌ">syn. شِرْعَة and مُعَلَّق [the latter signifying properly the appendage, (see خَطَمَ القَوْسَ بِالوَـ
ـتَرِ, and see نَياطٌ,)] (
M,
K,) of a bow: (
S,
M,
Msb,
K:) [and in like manner, a chord of a lute and the like:]
pl. أَوْتَارٌ (
S,
M,
Msb,
K) and وِتَارٌ. (
Fr,
Sgh,
TA.)
b2: Also
pl. [or rather
coll. gen. n.] of وَـ
ـتَرَــةٌ [
q. v.] in all the senses of the latter. (
K.) وَـ
ـتَرَــةٌ, of the nose, The partition between the two nostrils [consisting of the septum and subseptum narium, or the subseptum alone]; (
S,
A,
Msb;) as also ↓ وَتِيرَةٌ: (
S,
A,
Msb,
K:) or the former signifies what is between the two nostrils: (
M:) or the junction that is between the two nostrils: (
T:) or the edge of the nostril: (
M,
K:)
accord. to
Lh, (
M,) what is between the tip of the nose and the سَبَلَة [or middle of the mustache;
app. meaning, the subseptum narium]: (
M,
K:) and the latter, the partition between the two nostrils, of the fore part of the nose, exclusive of the cartilage; [i. e.,
app. the subseptum narium: (
Az,
T:) and the former, in a horse, what is between the tip of the nose and the upper part of the lip: (
M:)
pl. [or rather
coll. gen. n.] of the former, in all its senses, وَـ
ـتَرٌ. (
K.) In a
trad. in which it is said that the fine for destroying the وَـ
ـتَرَــة is a third of the fine for homicide, by this word is meant the وَـ
ـتَرَــة of the nose. (
TA.)
b2: The sinew, or nerve, (عَقَبَة,) of the back (متن). (
M.) وَتِيرٌ: see وَتِيرَةٌ, near the end.
وَتِيرَةٌ: see وِـ
ـتْرٌ.
A2: A way, course, mode, or manner of acting, or conduct, or the like: (
S,
M,
A,
Mgh,
Msb,
K:) and nature, or disposition: (
A,
Mgh:) from تَوَا
تَرَ: (
Th,
M,
A,
Mgh:) or a road keeping close to a mountain, (
K,
TA,) and pursuing a regular, uniform course: (
TA:) or constancy, or perseverence, in a thing, (
AO,
T,
Msb,
TA,) or in a work. (
TA.) You say, مَازَالَ عَلَى وَتِيرَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ He ceased not to follow, or continue in, one way, (&c.,) of acting or the like: (
T,
S,
M, A:) or one disposition. (
A.) And هُمْ عَلَى وَتِيرَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ They follow, or con-tinue in, one way, &c. (
A,
Mgh,
Msb.)
A3: Remissness, or languor,
ـتَرَــادِفٌ">syn. فَـ
ـتْرَــةٌ, (
S,
M,
Msb,
K,) in an affair: (
M,
K:) and syn تَوَانٍ [which signifies the same]: and faultiness;
ـتَرَــادِفٌ">syn. غَمِيزَةٌ, (
M,
K,) [in some copies of the latter, غَمِيرَةٌ, with the unpointed ر.]) You say, مَا فِى عَمَلِهِ وَتِيرَةٌ There is no remissness, or languor, in his work. (
S,
A,
Msb.) And سَيْرٌ لَيْسَ فِيهِ وَتِيرَةٌ A journeying, or pace, in which is no remissness, or languor. (
S.)
b2: Delay. (
M,
K.)
b3: Confinement; restriction; restraint. (
M,
K.)
A4: I. q. وَـ
ـتَرَــةٌ, as explained above.
A5: A ring (
S,
M,
K) of عَقَب [or sinew], (
S,) by aiming at which one learns the art of piercing with the spear; (
S,
M,
K;) also called دَرِيْئَةٌ: (
S:) or a ring that is made at the end of a spear or spear-shaft, by aiming at which one learns the art of shooting, or casting [the lance]; made of bow-string or of other string or thread. (
M.)
A6: A white rose: (
S,
M,
A,
K:) or red rose: (
Kr,
M,
K:) or a rose-flower; a rose-blossom: (
AHn,
M,
K: *)
n. un. of ↓ وَتِيرٌ. (
AHn.
M.)
A7: A star, or blaze, or white mark, on the forehead or face of a horse, when round, (
T,
M,
A,
K,) and small: (
A:) when long, it is called شَادِخَةٌ: (
AO,
T:) likened to the ring above mentioned, thus called; (
T;) or to a white rose, which is also thus called. (
A.) See غُرَّةٌ.
تِرَــةٌ: see وِـ
ـتْرٌ. The ت is substituted for the elided و. (
TA.) جَاؤُوا تَـ
ـتْرَــى, and تَـ
ـتْرًــى, with and without tenween, and with ت substituted for the original incipient و, (
T, *
S, *
M,
A, *
Msb, *
K,) in the former whereof, (
S,
M,) which is the better, (
S,) and the more common, (
Fr,) pronounced by Hamzeh and Ibn-'Ámir and
Ks with imáleh, [i. e. tetrè,] (
Bd, xxiii. 46,) the ا [which is written ى] is a sign of the
fem. gender, and in the latter whereof it is an ا of quasi-coördination, (
S,
M,) from وِـ
ـتْرٌ in the sense of فَرْدٌ, (
S,) They came following one another; one after another; (
A,
Msb;)
ـتَرَــادِفٌ">syn. مُتَوَا
تِرِــينَ: (
M,
K:) or interruptedly. (
Yoo,
T.) It is said in the
Kur, [xxiii. 46,] ثَمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا تَـ
ـتْرَــى, or تَـ
ـتَرًــى, Then we sent our apostles one after another: (
S:) or interruptedly; at intervals: (
Yoo,
T,
M:) or making a long time to intervene between every two. (
T.) فَرَسٌ مُوَـ
ـتَّرُ الأَنْسَآءِ (
tropical:) A horse contracted in the [veins called] أَنْسَآء, [
pl. of نَسًا,] as though they were braced, or made tense. (
A, *
TA.) See شَنِجٌ.
مَوْتُورٌ One who has his relation slain, and so is separated from him, and rendered solitary: (
TA:) and one who has a person belonging to him, or related to him, slain, and has not obtained revenge, or retaliation, for his blood: (
S,
K,
TA:) a seeker of blood-revenge, or retaliation; one to whom belongs the revenging of blood, or retaliation. (
TA.) [See an
ex. voce ثَأْرٌ.]
مُتَواَـ
ـتِرٌ Consecutive, but with small intervals: thus differing from مُتَدَارِكٌ and مَتَتَابِعٌ. (
Lh,
M. [But see تَتَابَعَ.]) You say, جَاؤُوا مُتَوَا
تِرِــينَ: explained above,
voce تَـ
ـتْرَــى. (
M,
K.) خَبَرٌ مُتَوَا
تِرٌ Tidings, or a narration, told, or related, by one from another: (
T:) or by one after another. (
TA.)
