اثر

1 أَــثَرَ خُفَّ البَعِيرِ, aor. ـُ inf. n. أَــثْرٌ, He made an incision in the foot of the camel [in order to know and trace the footprints]; as also ↓ أثّرهُ. (M.) And أَــثَرَ البَعِيرِHe made a mark upon the bottom of the camel's foot with the iron instrument called مِئْــثَرَــةin order that the footprints upon the ground might be known: (T, TT:) or he scraped the inner [i. e. under] part of the camel's foot with that instrument in order that the footprints might be traced. (S.) A2: أَــثَرَ الحَدِيثَ, (T, S, M, A, &c.,) عَنِ القَوْمِ, (M,) aor. اَــثُرَ(S, M, Msb, K) and اَــثِرَ, (M, K,) inf. n. أَــثْرٌ(T, S, M, Msb, K) and أَثَارَهٌand أُــثْرَــهٌ, (M, K,) the last from Lh, but in my opinion, [says ISd,] it is correctly speaking a subst., and syn. with مَأْــثُرَــهٌand مَأْــثَرَــهٌ, (M,) He related, or recited, the tradition, narrative, or story, as received, or heard, from the people; transmitted the narrative, or story, by tradition, from the people: (T, S, * M, A, L, Msb, * K: *) or he related that wherein they had preceded [as narrators: so I render أَنْبَأَهُمْ بِمَا سَبَقُوا فِيهِ, believing همto have been inserted by a mistake of a copyist in the M, and hence in the L also:] from الأَــثَرُ. (M, L.) [See أَــثَرٌ.] You say also, أثَرَ عَنْهُ الكَذِبَ, meaning He related, as heard from him, what was false. (L, from a trad.) b2: أَــثْرٌ, aor. ـُ (M,) inf. n. أَــثْرٌ, (M, K.) also signifies Multum inivit camelus camelam. (M, K.) A3: أَــثِرَ لِلْأَمْرِ, aor. ـَ He applied, or gave, his whole attention to the thing, or affair, having his mind unoccupied by other things. (K.) A4: أَــثِرَ عَلَي الْأَمْرِHe determined, resolved, or decided, upon the thing, or affair. (T, K.) A5: لَقَدْ أَــثِرْــتُ أَنْ أَفْعَلَ كَذَا و كَذَا, (Lth, T, L,) inf. n. أَــثْرٌand أَــثَرٌ, (L,) I have assuredly purposed to do such and such things. (Lth, T, L.) A6: See also 4.

A7: And see 10.2 أثّر فِيهِ, inf. n. تَأْثِيرٌ, He, or it, made, (Msb,) or left, (M, K,) or caused to remain, (S,) an impression, or a mark, or trace, upon him, or it. (S, * M, Msb, K. *) It is said of a sword, [meaning It made, or left, a mark, or scar, upon him, or it,] and in like manner of a blow. (T, TA.) [Whence,] أَــثَّرَ فِى عِرْضِهِcross; [He scarred his honour]. (K in art. وخش.) You say also, أَــثَّرَ بِوَجْهِهِ وَبِجَبِينِهِ السُّجُودُ [Prostration in prayer made, or left, a mark, or marks, upon his face and upon his forehead]. (T, * TA.) See also 1, first sentence.

A2: He, or it, made an impression, or produced an effect, upon him, or it; impressed, affected, or influenced, him, or it. (The Lexicons passim.) A3: أَــثَّرَ كَذَا بِكَذَا, (T, TT,) or ↓ آثَرَ, (K,) He, or it, made such a thing to be followed by such a thing. (T, TT, K. *) 4 آثَرَ see 2, last sentence.

A2: [Hence, app.,] آثرهُ, (As, T, M, Msb,) inf. n. إِيثَارٌ, (As, T,) He preferred him, or it. (As, T, M, Msb, TA.) Yousay, آثرهُ عَلَيْهِ He preferred him before him: so in the Kur xii. 91. (As, M.) And آثَرْــتُ فُلاَنًا عَلَى نَفْسِى [I preferred such a one before myself], from الإِيثَار. (S.) And قَدْ آثَرْــتُكَ I have preferred for thee it; I have preferred to give thee it, rather than any other thing. (T.) and آثَرَ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ كَذَا He preferred doing such a thing; as also ↓ أَــثِرَ, inf. n. أَــثَرٌ; and أَــثَرَ. (M.) A3: آثر also signifies He chose, or elected, or selected. (K.) A4: And آثِرهُ He honoured him; paid him honour. (M, K.) 5 تأثّر It received an impression, or a mark, or trace; became impressed, or marked. (Msb.) A2: He, or it, had an impression made, or an effect produced, upon him, or it; became impressed, affected, or influenced. (The Lexicons passim.) A3: See also 8.8 ائْتَــثَرَــهُ, [written with the disjunctive alif اِيتَــثَرَــهُ,] and ↓ تأثّرهُ, He followed his footsteps: (M, K:) or did so diligently, or perseveringly. (TA.) 10 استأثر عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ; (ISk, S, K;) and عَلَيْهِمْ ↓ أَــثِرَ, aor. ـَ (K;) He chose for himself [in preference to his companions] (ISk, S, K) good things, (K,) in partition, (TA,) or good actions, and qualities of the mind. (ISk, S.) And استأثر بالشَّىْءِ, (S, K,) or الشَّىْءَ, (Msb,) He had the thing to himself, with none to share with him in it: (S, Msb, K:) and the former signifies he appropriated the thing to himself exclusively, (M, K,) عَلَى غَيْرِهِin preference to another or others. (M.) It is said in a trad., إِذَا اسْتَأْــثَرَ اللّٰهُ بِشَىْءٍ فَالْهَ عَنُهُ When God appropriateth a thing to Himself exclusively, then be thou diverted from it so as to forget it. (M.) And one says, اِسْتأْــثَرَ اللّٰهُ بِفُلَانٍ, (and فُلَانًا, TA,) [God took such a one to Himself,] when a person has died and it is hoped that he is forgiven. (S, M, A, K.) أَــثْرٌ, (Az, T, S, A, L, K, &c.,) said by Yaakoob to be the only form known to As, (S,) and ↓ أَــثَرٌ, which is a form used by poetic licence, (M, L,) and ↓ أثْرَــةٌ, (M, L, K,) and ↓ أُــثُرٌ, (M,) and ↓ أُــثُرٌ, which is in like manner a sing., not a pl., (T, L,) and ↓ أثْرَــةٌ, (El-Leblee,) and ↓ أَثِيرْ, (K,) The diversified wavy marks, streaks, or grain, of a sword; syn. فِرِنْدٌ; (As, T, S, M, A, L, K;) and تَسَلْسُلٌ; and دِيبَاجَةُ; (Az, T;) and its lustre, or glitter: (M, L:) pl. [of the first] أُــثُرْ: (T, M, L, K:) the pl. of أُــثْرَــةٌ is أُــثَرٌ. (El-Leblee.) Khufáf Ibn-Nudbeh Es-Sulamee says, [describing swords,] جَلَاهَا الصَّيْقَلُونَ فَإَخْلَصُوهَا خِفَافاً كُلُّهَا يَتْقِى بِأَــثْرِ [The furbishers polished them, and freed them from impurities, making them light: each of them preserving itself from the evil eye by means of its lustre]: i. e., each of them opposes to thee its فِرِنْد: (S, L:) يَتْقِى is a contraction of يَتَّقِى; and the meaning is, when a person looks at them, their bright rays meet his eye, so that he cannot continue to look at them. (L.) أُــثْرٌ The scar of a wound, remaining when the latter has healed; (As, Sh, T, S, M, K;) as also ↓ أُــثُرٌ(S, K) and ↓ أَــثَرٌ: (Sh, T:) pl. آثَارٌ, though properly إِثَارٌ, with kesr to the ا [but why this is said, I do not see; for آثَارٌis a regular pl. of all the three forms of the sing.;] and إُثُورٌmay be correctly used as a pl. (Sh, T, L.) A2: A mark made with a hot iron upon the inner [i. e. under] part of a camel's foot, by which to trace his footprints: (M, K:) pl. أُثُورٌ. (M.) [See also أُــثْرَــةٌ.]

A3: Lustre, or brightness, of the face; as also ↓ أُــثُرٌ. (M, K.) A4: See أَــثْرٌ.

A5: See also إِــثْرٌ.

إِــثْرٌ: see أَــثَرٌ, in three places: b2: and أَــثْرٌ: b3: and see آثِرٌ, in two places.

A2: Also, (S, M, K,) and ↓ أُــثْرٌ, (M, K,) but the latter is disallowed by more than one authority, (TA,) What is termed the خُلَاصَة[q. v.] of clarified butter: (S, M, K:) or, as some say, the milk when the clarified butter has become separated from it. (M.) [See also قِشْدَةٌ.]

أَــثَرٌ A remain, or relic, of a thing; (M, Msb, K;) as of a house; as also ↓ أَثَارَةٌ: (Msb:) a trace remaining of a thing; and of the stroke, or blow, of a sword: (S:) see also أُــثْرٌ: a sign, mark, or trace; opposed to the عَيْن, or thing itself: (TA:) a footstep, vestige, or track; a footprint; the impression, or mark, made by the foot of a man [&c.] upon the ground; as also ↓ إِــثْرٌ: and an impress, or impression, of anything: (El-Wá'ee:) pl. آثَارٌح (M, Msb, K) and إُثُورٌ. (M, K.) [The sing. is also frequently used in a pl. sense: and the former of these pls. is often used to signify Remains, or monuments, or memorials, of anti-quity, or of any past time.] It is said in a prov., لَا أَطْلُبُ أَــثَرًــا بَعْدَ عَيْنٍI will not seek a trace, or vestige, [or, as we rather say in English, a shadow,] after suffering a reality, or substance, to escape me: or, as some relate it, لَا تَطْلُبْ seek not thou. (Har pp. 120 and 174.) And one says, قَطَعَ اللّٰهُ أَــثَرَــهُ [May God cut short his footsteps]: meaning may God render him crippled: for when one is crippled, his footsteps cease. (TA.) And فُلَانٌ لَيَصْدُقُ أَــثَرُــهُ, and أَــثَرَــهُ, Such a one, if asked, will not tell thee truly whence he comes: (M in art. صدق:) a prov. said of a liar. (TA.) and خَرَجْتُ, (S, M, * K,) and جَئْتُ, (El-Wá'ee, Msb,) فيِ أَــثَرِــهِ, and ↓, في إِــثْرِــهِ, (T, S, M, Msb, K,) the former of which is said by more than one to be the more chaste, (TA,) [but the latter seems to be the more common,] and عَلَى أَــثَرِــهِ, and ↓ على إِــثْرِــهِ, (El-Wá'ee, Msb,) I went out, (S, &c.,) and I came, (El-Wá'ee, Msb,) after him: (M, A, K:) or at his heel: (Expos. of the Fs:) or following near upon him, or hard upon him, or near after him, or following him nearly: (Msb:) as though treading in his footsteps. (El-Wá'ee.) and أَــثَرَ ذِى أَثِيرَيْنِ: see آثِرٌ. (K.) b2: An impress or impression, a mark, stamp, character, or trace, in a fig. sense; an effect. (The Lexicons passim.) You say, عَلَى مَاشِيَتِهِ أَــثَرٌ حَسَنٌUpon his camels, or sheep, or goats, is an impress of a good state, or condition; of fatness, and of good tending; like إِصْبَعٌ. (TA in art. صبع.) And إِنَّهُ لَحَسَنُ الأَــثَرِــفِى مَالِهِ Verily he has the impress of a good state, or condition, in his camels, or sheep, or goats; like حَسَنُ الإِصْبَعِ, and المَسِ. (TA ubi suprà.) and عَلَيْهِ أَــثَرُ كَذَا He, or it, bears the mark, stamp, character, or trace, of such a thing. (The Lexicons passim.) b3: [The pl.] آثَارٌ also signifies Signs, or marks, set up to show the way. (K.) b4: Also the sing., i. q. أَــثْرٌ, q. v. (M, L.) b5: Also i. q. خَبَرٌ [both of which words are generally held to be syn., as meaning A tradition, or narration relating or describing a saying or an action &c., of Mo-hammad]: (M, K:) or, accord. to some, the former signifies what is related as received from [one or more of] the Companions of Mohammad; (TA;) but it may also be applied to a saying of the Prophet; (Kull p. 152;) and the latter, what is from Mohammad himself; (TA;) or from another; or from him or another: (Kull p. 152:) or the former signifies i. q. سُنَّةٌ[a practice or saying, or the practices and sayings collectively, of Mo-hammad, or any other person who is an authority in matters of religion, namely, any prophet, or a Companion of Mohammad, as handed down by tradition]: (S, A:) pl. آثَارٌ. (S, M.) You say, وَجَدْتُهُ فِي الأَــثَرِ [I found it in the traditions of the practices and sayings of the Prophet; &c.]: and فُلَانٌ مِنْ حَمَلَةِ الآثَارِ[Such a one is of those who bear in their memories, knowing by heart, the traditions of the practices and sayings of the Prophet; &c.]. (A.) b6: A man's origin; as in the sayings, مَا يُدْرَى لَهُ أَيْنَ أَــثَرٌIt is not known where was his origin; and مَا يُدْرَى لَهُ مَا أثَرٌIt is not known what is his origin. (Ks, Lh, M.) b7: The term, or period, of life: so called because it follows life: (Msb, TA:) or from the same word as signifying the print of one's foot upon the ground; because when one dies, his footprints cease to be seen. (TA.) b8: [For the former of these two reasons,] آثَارَهُمْ in the Kur xxxvi. 11 means The rewards and punishments of their good and evil lives. (M, L.) A2: آثَارٌ is also a pl. of ثَأْرٌ, q. v.; formed by transposition from أَثْآرٌ. (Yaa-Koob, and M in art. ثأر.) أَــثُرٌ A man who chooses for himself [in preference to his companions] (ISk, S, M, K) good things, (K,) in partition, (M, TA,) or good actions, and qualities of the mind; (ISk, S;) as also ↓ أَــثِرٌ (M, K.) أَــثِرٌ: see أَــثُرٌ.

أُــثُرٌ: see أُــثْرٌ, in two places: b2: and see أَــثْرٌ.

أَــثُرٌ: see أَثَارَةٌ.

أُــثْرَــةٌ: see أَثَارَةٌ. b2: A mark which is made by the Arabs of the desert upon the inner [i. e. under] part of a camel's foot; as also ↓ تَأْثُورٌ, and, accord. to some, ↓ تُؤْثُورَهُ, whence one says, رَأَيْتُ أُــثْرَــتَهُ, and ↓ تُؤْثُورَهُ, I saw the place of his footsteps upon the ground: (M:) or the abrasion of the inner [i. e. under] part of a camel's foot with the instrument of iron called مِئْــثَرَــةand تُؤْثُور, in order that his footprints may be traced. (S.) [See also أُــثْرٌ.] b3: See also أَــثْرٌ. b4: And see مَأْــثُرَــةٌ. b5: Preference. (A.) You say, لَهُ عِنْدِى أُــثْرَــةٌ He has a preference in my estimation. (A.) and هُوَ ذُو أُــثْرَــةٍ عِنْدَ الأَمِيرِHe has a preference in the estimation of the prince, or commander. (A.) And فُلَانٌ ذُو أُــثْرَــةٍ عِنْدَ فُلَانٍ, (TA,) or ↓ أَــثَرَــةٍ, (T,) Such a one is a favourite with such a one. (T, TA.) See also أَــثَرَــةٌ, in two places. b6: أُــثْرَــةَ ذِى أَثِيرٍ: see آثِرٌ.

A2: Dearth, scarcity, drought, or sterility, (جَدْبٌ[in the CK جَذْب],) and an unpleasant state or condition. (M, K.) إِــثْرَــةٌ: see أَــثَرَــةٌ. b2: إِــثْرَــةً: see آثِرٌ.

أَــثَرَــةٌ: see أَثَارَةٌ. b2: A subst. [signifying The appropriation of a thing or things to oneself exclusively: the having a thing to oneself, with none to share with him in it:] from اِسْتَأْــثَرَ بِالشَّىْءِ. (S, M.) And, as also ↓ أُــثْرَــةٌand ↓ إِــثْرَــةٌand ↓ إُــثْرَــى, The choice for oneself [in preference to his companions] of good things, (M, * K, * TA,) in partition; (M, TA;) the choice and preference of the best of things, and taking it, or them, for oneself: (TA:) the pl. of the second is أُــثَرٌ. (TA.) You say, أَخَذَهُ بِلَا أَــثَرَــةٍ, and ↓ بلا أُــثْرَــةٍ, [&c.,] He took it without a choice and preference of the best of the things, and the taking the best for himself. (T, TA.) And a poet says, فَقُلْتَ لَهُ يَا ذِئْبُ هَلْ لَكَ فىِ أَخٍ عَلَيْكَ وَلَا بُخْلِ ↓ يُؤَاسِي بِلَا أُــثْرَــي [And I said to him, O wolf, hast thou a desire for a brother who will share without choice of the best things for himself in preference to thee, and without niggardness?]. (M, TA.) See also أُــثْرَــةٌ.

أُــثْرَــى: see أَــثَرَــةٌ, in two places.

أَثِيرٌ: see أَــثَرَــةٌ. b2: [That makes a large footprint, or the like.] You say, دَابَّةٌ أَثِيَرةٌ A beast that makes a large footprint upon the ground with its hoof, (Az, S, M, K,) or with its soft foot, such as that of the camel. (Az, S.) b3: A man possessing power and authority; honoured: pl. أُــثَرَــآءُ: fem. أَثِيرَةٌ. (M.) b4: فُلَانٌ أَثِيرِى Such a one is my particular friend: (S, K:) or is the person whom I prefer. (A.) فُلَانٌ أَثِيرٌعِنْدَ فُلَانٍSuch a one is a favourite with such a one. (T.) b5: آثِرَ ذِى أَثِيرٍ, and أَوَّلَ ذِى أَثِيرٍ, &c.: see آثِرٌ. b6: شَىْءٌ كَثِيرٌ أَثِيرٌ [A thing very abundant, copious, or numerous]: اثيرis here an imitative sequent, (S, K, *) like بَثِيرٌ. (S.) A2: الأَثِيرُ ὁ αἰθήρ, The ether;] the ninth, which is the greatest, sphere, which rules over [all] the other spheres: [said to be] so called because it affects the others (يُؤَــثِرُ فِى غَيْرِهِ). (MF.) [It is also called فَلَكُ الأَطْلَسِ, and فَلَكُ العَرْشِ; and is said to be next above that called فَلَكُ الكُرْسِىِّ.]

أَثَارَةٌ: see أَــثَرٌ. You say, سَمِنَتِ الإبِلُ عَلَى أَثَارَةٍ, (S, M, *) or على أَثَارَةٍ مِنْ شَحْمٍ, (A,) The camels acquired fat, upon, or after, remains of fat. (S, M, * A.) And غَضِبَ عَلَي أَثَارَةٍ قِبْلَ ذَاكَ He became angry the more, having been angry before that. (Lh, M.) And أَغْضَبَنِي فُلَانٌ عَلَى أَثَارَةِ غَضَبٍ Such a one angered me when anger yet remained in me. (A.) And أَثَارَةٌ مِنْ عِلْمٍ, and ↓ أَــثَرَــةٌ, (T, S, M, K,) and ↓ أُــثْرَــةٌ, (M, K,) or ↓ أَــثْرَــةٌ, (T,) the first of which is the most approved, (M,) and is [originally] an inf. n., [see أَــثَرَ الآحَدِيثَ,] (T,) signify A remain, or relic, of knowledge, (Zj, T, S, M, K, and Jel in xlvi. 3 of the Kur,) transmitted, or handed down, (K, Jel,) from the former generations: (Jel:) or what is transmitted, or handed down, of knowledge: (Zj, M:) or somewhat transmitted from the writings of the former generations: (TA:) by the knowledge spoken of [in the Kur ubi suprà] is meant that of writing, which was given to certain of the prophets. (I'Ab.) آثِرٌ One who relates, or recites, a tradition, narrative, or story, or traditions, &c., as received, or heard, from another, or others; a narrator thereof. (T, S, * L.) The saying of 'Omar, on his being forbidden by Mohammad to swear by his father, مَا حَلَفْتُ بِهِ ذَاكِراً وَلَا آثِرًــا, means I did not swear by him uttering (the oath) as proceeding in the first instance from myself, nor repeating (it) as heard from another particular person. (A'Obeyd, T, S, TA.) b2: أَفْعَلُ هذَا آثِرًــا مَّا, (IAar, T, S, K,) and آثِرًــاwithout ما, (IAar, T,) and ↓ آثِرَ ذِى أَثِيرٍ, (S, K,) mean I will do this the first of every thing. (S, K. *) And in like manner, after لَقِيتُهُ[I met him, or it], one says, آثِرًــا مَّا, [and ↓ آثِرَ ذِى أَثِيرٍ,] and ↓ أَوَّلَ ذِى أَثِيرٍ, (M, K,) and آثِرَ ذَاتِ يَدِى, (M,) or ذَاتِ يَدَيْنِ, (K,) and ذِى يَدَيْنِ, (IAar, M, K,) and ↓ أَثِيرَةَ ذِى أَثِيرٍ, and ↓ ذِى أثِيرَيْنِ ↓ إُــثْرَــةَ, (K,) and ↓ آثِرَ ذِى أَثِيرَيْنِ, (M, as from Lh,) or ↓ ذِى أَثِيرَيْنِ ↓ أَــثَرَ, (K,) and ↓ ذِى أَثِيرَيْنِ, ↓ إِــثْرَ and مَّا ↓ إِــثْرَــةً : (Lh, M, K:) or, as some say, ↓ الأَثِيرُsignifies the daybreak, or down; and ↓ ذُو أَثِيرٍ, the time thereof. (M, TA.) Fr says that اِبْدَأْ بِهذَا آثِرًــا مَّا, and ↓ آثِرَ ذِى أَثِيرٍ, and ↓ أَثِيرَ ذِى أَثِيرٍ, signify Begin thou with this first of every thing. (TA.) One says also, اِفْعَلْهُ, آثِرًــا مَّا, (T, M, TA,) and مَّا ↓ إِــثْرًــا, (M, TA,) meaning Do thou it [at least], if thou do nothing else: (T, M, TA:) or, as some say, do thou it in preference to another thing, or to other things: ماbeing redundant, but [in this case] not to be omitted, because [it is a corroborative, and] the meaning of the phrase is, do thou it by choice, or preference, and with care. (M, TA.) Mbr says that the phrase خُذْ هذَا آثِرًــا مَّاmeans Take thou this in preference; i. e., I give it thee in preference; as though one desired to take, of another, one thing, and had another thing offered to him for sale: and ماis here redundant. (T, TA.) تَأْثُورٌ: see آُــثْرَــةٌ.

تُؤْثُورٌ: see آثْرَــةٌ, in two places: and see مِئْــثَرَــةٌ, in two places.

مَأثُرَــةٌ (T, S, M, K, &c.) and مَأْــثَرَــةٌ (S, M, K) and ↓ أُــثْرَــةٌ(M, K) A generous quality or action; (Az, S;) so called because related, or handed down, by generation from generation: (S:) or a generous quality that is inherited by generation from generation: (M, K:) a generous quality, or action, related, or handed down by tradition from one's ancestors: (A:) a cause of glorying: (Az:) and precedence in أُــثْرَــةٌ[or grounds of pretension to respect, &c.]: pl. of the first and second, حَسَب. (Az, T.) مِئْــثَرَــةٌand ↓ تُؤْثُورٌ An iron instrument (S, M, K) with which the bottom of a camel's foot is marked, in order that his footprints upon the ground may be known: (M:) or, with which the inner [i. e. under] part of a camel's foot is scraped, in order that his footprints may be traced: (S, K:) or ↓ تؤثورhas a different meaning, explained above, voce أُــثْرَــةٌ. (M.) The مِيــثَرَــةof a horse's saddle is without hemz. (S.) مَأْثُورٌ A camel having a mark made upon the bottom of his foot with the iron instrument called مِئْــثَرَــة, in order that his footprints upon the ground may be known: (T:) or having the inner [i. e. under] part of his foot scraped with that instrument, in order that his footprints may be traced. (S.) b2: A sword having in its مَتْن[or broad side; or the middle of the broad side, of the blade,] diversified wavy marks, streaks, or grain, or lustre or glitter: (M, K: [in some copies of the latter of which, instead of أَــثْرٌ, I find أَــثَرٌ:]) or having its متنof female, or soft, iron, and its edge of male iron, or steel: (K:) or that is said to be of the fabric of the jinn, or genii; (S, M, K*) and not from الأَــثْر, as signifying الفِرِنْد: (S, M:) so says As: (S:) [ISd says,] مأثورis in my opinion a pass. part. n. that has no verb: (M:) or it signifies an ancient sword, which has passed by inheritance from great man to great man. (A.) b3: A tradition, narrative, or story, handed down from one to another, from generation to generation. (T, S, A.)

أَــثر
: (} الأَــثَرُ، محرَّكَةً: بَقِيَّةُ الشيْءِ. ج {آثَارٌ} وأُثُورٌ) ، الأَخيرُ بالضَّمِّ. وَقَالَ بعضُهم: الأَــثَرُ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ رَسْمِ الشَّيْءِ. . (و) الأَــثَرُ: (الخَبَرُ) ، وجَمْعُه الآثارُ.
وفلانٌ مِن حَمَلَةِ {الآثَارِ. وَقد فَرقَ بَينهمَا أَئمَّةُ الحديثِ، فَقَالُوا: الخَبَرُ: مَا كَانَ عَن النَّبِيِّ صلَّى اللهُ عليْه وسلَّم،} والأَــثَرُ: مَا يُرْوَى عَن الصَّحَابَة. وَهُوَ الَّذِي نَقَلَه ابنُ الصَّلاحِ وغيرُه عَن فُقَهاءِ خُراسانَ، كَمَا قَالَه شيخُنا.
(الحُسَيْنُ بنُ عبدِ المَلِكِ) الخَلَّالُ ثِقةٌ مشهورٌ تُوِفِّيَ سنَةَ 532 هـ، (وعبدُ الكريمِ بنُ منصورٍ) العُمَرِيُّ المَوْصِلِيّ، عَن أَصحاب الأُرمويّ، نَقله السَّمْعَانِيُّ، مَاتَ سنة 490 هـ، ( {الأَــثَرِــيّانِ: مُحَدِّثَانِ) .
وممَّن اشْتَهَر بِهِ أَيضاً: أَبو بكر سعيدُ بنُ عبدِ اللهِ بنِ عليَ الطُّوسِيُّ، وُلِدَ سنة 413 هـ بنَيْسَابُورَ، ومحمّدُ بنُ هياج بن مبادر} - الآثاريُّ الأَنصاريُّ التَّاجِر، من أَهل دِمشقَ، وَرَدَ بغدَادَ، وبابا جَعْفَرُ بنُ محمّدِ بنِ حُسَيْنٍ {- الأَــثَرِــيُّ، رَوَى عَن أَبي بكرٍ الخَزَرِيِّ.
(و) يُقَال: (خَرَجَ) فلانٌ (فِي} إِــثْرِــهِ) ، بكسرٍ فسكونٍ، (وأَــثَرِــهِ) ، مُحَرِكةً وَالثَّانِي أَفصحُ، كَمَا صَرَّحَ بِهِ غيرُ واحدٍ، مَعَ تَأَمُّلٍ فِيهِ، وأَوردهما ثعلبٌّ فِيمَا يُقَال بلُغَتَيْن من فَصِيحِه، وصَوَّبَ شيخُنا تقديمَ الثّانِي على الأَوّل. وَلَيْسَ فِي كلامِ المصنِّف مَا يدلُّ على ضَبْطِه قَالَ: فإِن جَرَيْنَا على اصطلاحِه فِي الإِطلاق كَانَ الأَوْلُ مَفْتُوحًا، وَالثَّانِي مُحْتَملاً لوجوهٍ، أَظهرُها الكَسْرُ والفَتْحُ، وَلَا قائلَ بِهِ، إِنما يُعْرَفُ فِيهِ التَّحْرِيكُ، وَهُوَ أَفصحُ اللُّغَتَيْن وَبِه وَرَدَ القرآنُ: (بَعْدَه) . هاكذا فَسَّرَه ابنُ سِيدَه والزَّمَخْشَرِيُّ. ووقَعَ فِي شُرُوح الفَصيح بَدَلَه: عَقِبَه.
وَقَالَ صاحِبُ الواعِي: الأَــثَرُ مُحرَّك هُوَ مَا {يُؤَــثِّرُــه الرَّجُلُ بِقَدَمِه فِي الأَرض، وَكَذَا كلُّ شيْء} مُؤَــثَّرٌ {أَــثَرٌ، يُقَال: جئتُكَ على أَــثَر فلانٍ، كأَنَّكَ جئتَه تَطَأُ} أَــثَرَــه.
قَالَ: وكذالك! الإِــثْرُ، ساكنُ الثّاني مكسورُ الهمزةِ، فإِن فتحتَ الهمزةَ فتحتَ الثّاءَ، تَقول: جئتُكَ على أَــثَره وإِــثْرِــه، وَالْجمع آثارٌ.
( {وائْتَــثَرَــه: تَبعَ أَــثَرَــه) ، وَفِي بعض الأُصول: تَتَبَّعَ أَــثَرَــه. وَهُوَ عَن الفارسيِّ.
(} وأَــثَّر فِيهِ {تَأْثِيراً: تَرَكَ فِيهِ أَــثَراً) .
} والتَّأْثِيرُ: إِبقاءُ الأَــثَرِ فِي الشَّيْءِ.
( {والآثارُ: الأَعْلَامُ) ، واحِدُه الأَــثَرُ.
(} والأَــثْرُ) ، بفتحٍ فسكونٍ: (فِرِنْدُ السَّيْفِ) ورَوْنَقُه، (ويُكْسَرُ) ، وبضَمَّتَيْن على فُعُل، وَهُوَ واحدٌ لَيْسَ بجَمْعٍ، ( {كالأَثِير. ج} أُثُورٌ) ، بالضمِّ. قَالَ عَبِيدُ بنُ الأَبرَصِ:
ونحنُ صَبَحُنَا عامِراً يومَ أَقْبَلُوا
سُيُوفاً عليهنَّ {الأُثُورُ بَواتِكَا
وأَنشدَ الأَزهريُّ:
كأَنَّهُمْ أَسْيُفٌ بِيضٌ يَمانِيَةٌ
عَضْبٌ مَضَارِبُهَا باقٍ بهَا} الأُــثُرُ
{وأَــثْرُ السَّيْفِ: تَسَلْسُلُه ودِيبَاجَتُه، فأَمَّا مَا أَنشدَه ابنُ الأَعرابيِّ من قَوْله:
فإِنِّي إِنْ أَقَعْ بكَ لَا أُهَلِّكْ
كوَقعِ السَّيْفِ ذِي} الأَــثَرِ الفِرِنْدِ
قَالَ ثعلبٌ: إِنّمَا أَرادَ ذِي الأَــثْر، فحَرَّكَه للضَّرورة. قَالَ ابْن سِيدَه: وَلَا ضَرورةَ هُنَا عِنْدِي؛ لأَنّه لَو قَالَ: (ذِي الأَــثْر) فسَكَّنه على أَصلِه لصار (مُفَاَعلَتُنْ) إِلى (مَفَاعِيلُنْ) : وهاذا لَا يكْسِر البَيْتَ لاكن الشّاعر إِنما أَرادَ تَوْفِيَةَ الجزْءِ، فحَرَّك لذالك، ومثلُه كثيرٌ، وأَبْدَلَ الْفِرِنْدَ من الأَــثَر.
وَفِي الصّحاح: قَالَ يَعْقُوب: لَا يَعرفُ الأَصمعيُّ الأَــثْرَ إِلّا بِالْفَتْح، قَالَ: وأَنشدَنِي عِيسَى بنُ عُمَر لخُفَافِ بنِ نَدْبَةَ:
جَلَاها الصَّيْقَلُونَ فأَخْلَصُوها
خِفَافاً كلُّها يَتْقِي! بأَــثْرِ
أَي كلُّها يستقبُلكَ بفرِنْدِه. ويَتْقِي، مخفَّف مِن يَتَّقِي، أَي إِذا نَظَر النّاظرُ إِليها اتَّصلَ شُعَاعُها بعينِه فَلم يَتمَكَّن من النَّظَرِ إِليها.
ورَوَى الإِيادِيُّ عَن أَبي الهَيْثَمِ أَنْه كَانَ يَقُول: {الإِــثْرُ بكَسْر الهَمْزةِ لخُلَاصَةِ السَّمْنِ، وأَمّا فِرِنْدُ السَّيْفِ فكلُّهُم يَقُول:} أُــثْر.
وَعَن ابْن بُزُرْج: وَقَالُوا: {أُــثْرُ السَّيْفِ، مضمومٌ: جُرْحُه،} وأَــثْرُــه، مفتوحٌ: رَوْنَقُه الّذِي فِيهِ.
قلتُ: وزَعم بعضٌ أَن الضَّمَّ أَفصحُ فِيهِ وأَعرَفُ.
وَفِي شَرْح الفَصِيح لِابْنِ التَّيّانِيِّ: أثْرُ السَّيفِ مثالُ صَقْر، {وأُــثُرُــه، مِثَال طُنُبٍ: فِرِنْدُه.
وَقد ظهرَ بِمَا أَوردنا من النُّصُوص أَنّ الكسْرَ مسموعٌ فِيهِ، وأَرودَه ابْن سِيدَه وغيرُه، فَلَا يُعَرَّجُ على قَول شيخِنَا: إِنه لَا قائلَ بِهِ من أَئِمَّة اللغةِ وأَهلِ العربيّة. فَهُوَ سَهْوٌ ظاهرٌ، نَعم،} الأُــثْر بضمَ، على مَا أَوردَه الجوهَرِيُّ وغيرُه، وَكَذَا {الأُــثُر، بضمَّتَيْن على مَا أَسْلَفْنَا، مسْتَدْرَكٌ عَلَيْهِ، وَقد أُغْفِلَ شيخُنا عَن الثّانية.
} والأَثِيرُ، كأَمِيرِ الَّذِي ذكرَه المصنِّفُ أَغفلَه أَئِمَّةُ الغَرِيب.
وحَكَى اللَّبْلِيُّ فِي شرح الفَصِيح: {لأُــثْرَــةُ اللسَّيفِ بِمَعْنى} الأَــثْر، جمعُه أُــثَر كغُرَفٍ، وَهُوَ مُستدَركٌ على المصنِّف.
(و) الأَــثْرُ: (نَقْلُ الحديثِ) عَن القَوم (ورِوايتُه، {كالأَثَارةِ) بِالْفَتْح، (} والأُــثْرَــةِ، بالضّمِّ) ، وهاذه عَن اللِّحْيَانِّي.
وَفِي الْمُحكم أَــثَرَ الحديثَ عَن القومِ ( {يَأْــثِرُــه) ، أَي من حدِّ ضَرَبَ، (} ويَأْــثُره) أَي من حدِّ نَصَرَ: أَنْبأَهم بِمَا سُبِقُوا فِيهِ من الأَــثَر، وَقيل: حَدَّثَ بِهِ عَنْهُم فِي {آثَارهم. قَالَ: والصحيحُ عِنْدِي أَنَّ} الأُــثْرَــةَ الاسمُ، وَهِي المَأْــثَرَــةُ والمَأْــثُرَــةُ.
وَفِي حَدِيث عليَ فِي دَعَائِه على الخَوَارج: (وَلَا بَقِيَ مِنْكُم {آثِرٌ) ، أَي مُخْبِرٌ يَرْوِي الحَدِيث.
وَفِي قولِ أبي سُفيانَ فِي حديثِ قَيْصَرَ: (لَوْلَا أَنْ} تَأْــثُرُــوا عنِّي الكذبَ) ، أَي تَرْوُون وتحكُون.
وَفِي حَدِيث عُمَرَ رضيَ اللهُ عَنهُ: (فَمَا حَلَفتُ بِهِ ذَاكِرًا وَلَا {آثِراً) ، يريدُ مُخْبِراً عَن غيرِه أَنَّه حَلَفَ بِهِ، أَي مَا حلفْتُ بِهِ مُبتدئِاً مِن نفسِي، ولَا رَوَيْتُ عَن أَحدٍ أَنّه حَلَف بهَا.
وَمن هاذا قيل: حديثٌ} مَأْثُورٌ، أَي يُخْبِرُ الناسُ بِهِ بعضُهم بَعْضًا، أَي يَنقلُه خَلَفٌ عَن سَلَفٍ، يُقَال مِنْهُ: {أَــثَرْــتُ الحديثَ فَهُوَ مَأْثُور، وأَنا آثِرٌ، وَقَالَ الأَعْشَى:
إِنَّ الَّذِي فِيهِ تَمَارَيْتُمَا
بُيِّنَ للسّامِعِ} والآثِرِ.
(و) الأَــثْر: (إِكْثَارُ الفَحْلِ مِن ضِرَاب النّاقَة) وَقد أَــثَر يَأْــثُر، مِن حَدِّ نَصَرَ.
(و) الأُــثْر، بالضّمِّ: أَــثَرُ الجِرَاحِ يَبقَى بعد البُرْءِ. ومثلُه فِي الصِّحَاح. وَفِي التَّهْذِيب: أُــثْرُ الجُرْحِ: {أَــثَرُــه يَبقَى بعد مَا يَبْرَأُ. وَقَالَ الأَصمعيُّ: الأُــثْرُ بالضّمّ من الجُرْحِ وغيرِه فِي الجَسَد يَبْرَأُ ويبقَى} أَــثَرُــه. وَقَالَ شَمِرٌ: يُقَال فِي هاذا: أَــثْرٌ وأُــثْرٌ، والجمعُ {آثارٌ، ووجهُه} إِثَارٌ، بِكَسْر الأَلفِ، قَالَ: وَلَو قلتَ أُثُورٌ، كنتَ مُصِيباً.
(و) فِي المُحكم: {الأُــثْر: (ماءُ الوجهِ ورَوْنَقُه، و) قد (تُضَمُّ ثاؤُهما) ، مثل عُسْرٍ وعُسُر، ورَوَى الوَجْهَيْن شَمِرٌ، والجمعُ آثارٌ. وأَنشدَ ابنُ سِيدَه:
عَضْبٌ مَضَارِبُهَا باقٍ بهَا} الأُــثُرُ
وأَوردَه الجوهريُّ هاكذا: (بيضٌ مضاربُهَا) قَالَ: وَفِي النَّاس مَن يَحْمِلُ هاذا على الفِرِنْد. (و) الأُــثْر: (سِمَةٌ فِي بَاطِن خُفِّ البعيرِ يُقْتَفَى بهَا أَــثَرُــه) ، والجمعُ أُثُور.
وَقد {أَــثَرَــه} يَأْــثُره {أَــثْراً،} وأَــثَّره: حَزَّه.
(و) رَوَى الإِياديُّ عَن أَبي الهَيْثم أَنه كَانَ يَقُول: الإِــثْرُ (بِالْكَسْرِ: خُلاصةُ السَّمْنِ) إِذا سُلِيءَ، وَهُوَ الخِلاصُ، وَقيل: هُوَ اللَّبَنُ إِذا فارَقَه السَّمْنُ. (و) قد (يُضَمُّ) ، وهاذا قد أَنْكَره غيرُ واحدٍ من الأَئِمَّة، وَقَالُوا: إِن المضمومَ فِرِنْدُ السَّيْفِ.
(و) {الأَــثُرُ، بِضَم الثّاءِ (كعَجُزٍ، و) الأَــثِرُ ك (كَتِفٍ: رجلٌ} يَستأْــثِرُ على أَصحابِه) فِي القَسْم، (أَي يَختارُ لنفْسه أَشياءَ حَسنةً) ، وَفِي الصّحاح: أَي يحتاجُ لنَفسِهِ أَفعالاً وأَخلاقاً حَسَنَة.
(والاسمُ {الأَــثَرَــةُ، محرّكةً، والأُــثْرَــةُ، بالضّمّ، و) } الإِــثْرَــة، (بِالْكَسْرِ، و) {الأُــثْرَــى، (كالحُسْنَى) ، كِلَاهُمَا عَن الصَّغَانِّي.
(و) قد (} أَــثِرَ على أَصحابه، كفَرِحَ) ، إِذا (فَعَلَ ذالك) .
وَيُقَال: فلانٌ ذُو {أُــثْرَــةٍ، بالضمّ، إِذا كَانَ خاصًّا.
وَيُقَال: قد أَخَذَه بِلَا} أَــثَرَــةٍ، وَبلا {إِــثْرَــةٍ، وَبلا} استئثارٍ، أَي لم يَستأْــثِر على غيرِه وَلم يَأْخُذ الأَجْوَدَ.
وجمْعُ {الإِــثْرَــة، بِالْكَسْرِ،} إِــثَرٌ. قَالَ الحُطَيئةُ يمدحُ عُمَرَ رضيَ اللهُ عَنهُ:
مَا {آثَرُــوكَ بهَا إِذْ قَدَّمُوكَ لَهَا
لاكنْ لأَنْفسِهِمْ كانتْ بكَ} الإِــثَرُ
أَي الخِيَرَةُ {والإِيثارُ.
وَفِي الحَدِيث: (لما ذُكِرَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ بالخلافةِ فَقَالَ: أَخْشَى حَفْدَه} وأَــثَرَــتَه) ، أَي! إِيثارَه، وَهِي {الإِــثْرَــةُ، وكذالك} الأُــثْرَــةُ {والأَــثْرَــةُ} والأُــثْرَــى قَالَ:
فقلتُ لَهُ يَا ذئْبُ هَل لكَ فِي أَخٍ
يُوَاسى بِلَا أُــثْرَــى عليكَ وَلَا بُخْلِ
( {والأُــثْرَــةُ، بالضّمِّ: المَكْرُمةُ) ؛ لأَنها} تُؤْــثَرُ، أَي تُذْكَر، ويَأْــثُرها قَرْنٌ عَن قَرْنٍ يتحدَّثُون بهَا. وَفِي المُحكَم: المَكْرُمةُ (المُتَوارَثَة، {كالمَأْــثَرَــةِ) ، بِفَتْح الثاءِ (} والمَأْــثُرَــةِ) بضمهَا، ومثلُه من الكلامِ المَيْسَرَة والمَيْسُرة، ممّا فِيهِ الوَجْهَانِ، وَهِي نَحْو ثَلَاثِينَ كلمة جَمَعَها الصّغانيّ فِي ح ب ر.
وَقَالَ أَبو زيد: مَأْــثُرَــةٌ ومآثِرُ، وَهِي القدَمُ فِي الحَسَب. {ومآثِرُ العَرَب: مَكارمُها ومَفاخرُها الَّتِي} تُؤْــثَرُ عَنْهَا، أَي تُذْكَرُ وتُرْوَى. ومثلُه فِي الأَساس.
(و) {الأُــثْرَــةُ: (البَقِيَّةُ من العِلْم} تُؤْــثَرُ) ، أَي تُرْوَى وتُذْكَر، ( {كالأَــثَرَــةِ) محرَّكَةً، (} والأَثارةِ) ، كسَحَابةٍ. وَقد قُرِىءَ بهَا، والأَخيرةُ أَعْلَى.
وَقَالَ الزَّجّاج: {أَثَارةٌ فِي معنَى عَلامة، ويجوزُ أَن يكونَ على معنى بَقِيَّة من عِلْمٍ، ويجوزُ أَن يكونَ على مَا} يُؤْــثَرُ من العِلْم. وَيُقَال: أَوْ شَيْءٌ {مَأْثُورٌ من كُتُب الأَوَّلِين، فمَن قرأَ: (أَثَارَة) فَهُوَ المصدرُ، مثل السَّمَاحة، ومَن قرأَ: (} أَــثَرةٍ) فإِنه بناهُ على الأَــثَر مثْل قَتَرَةٍ، ومَن قَرأَ: ( {أَــثْرة) فكأَنه أَراد مثلَ الخَطْفَةِ والرجْفة.
(و) } الأَــثْرَــة، بالضّمّ: (الجَدْبُ، والحالُ غيرُ المَرْضِيَّة) ، قَالَ الشَّاعِر:
إِذا خافَ مِن أَيْدِي الحَوَادث {أُــثْرَــةُ
كَفَاهُ حِمارٌ مِن غِنى مَقَيَّدُ
وَمِنْه قولُ النّبيِّ صلَّى الله عليْه وسلّم: (إِنّكم سَتَلْقَوْنَ بَعْدِي} أُــثْرَــةً فاصْبِرُوا حتَّى تَلْقَوْنِي على الحَوْضِ) . ( {وآثَره: أَكرَمه) ، وَمِنْه: رجلٌ} أَثِيرٌ، أَي مَكِينٌ مُكْرَمٌ. وَالْجمع {أُــثَراءُ والأُنْثَى} أَثِيرَةٌ.
( {والأَثِيرَةُ: الدّابَّةُ العظيمةُ الأَــثَرِ فِي الأَرضُ بحافِرِا) وخُفَّيْهَا، بَيِّنةُ} الإِثارةِ.
(و) عَن ابْن الأَعرابيّ: (فَعَلَ) هاذا (آثِراً مّا، {وآثِرَ ذِي أَثِيرٍ) ، كلاها على صِيغَةِ اسمِ الْفَاعِل، وكذالك آثِراً، بِلَا (مَا) . وَقَالَ عُرْوَةُ بنُ الوَرْد:
فقالُوا مَا تُرِيدُ فقلتُ أَلْهُو
إِلى الإِصْباحِ آثِرَ ذِي أَثِيرِ
هاكَذَا أَنشده الجوهريُّ. قَالَ الصّغَانيُّ: والروايةُ: (وقالتْ) ، يَعْنِي امرأَتَه أُمَّ وَهْبٍ واسْمُها سَلْمَى.
(و) يُقَال: لَقِيتُه (أَوَّلَ ذِي أَثِيرٍ،} وأَثِيرَةَ ذِي أَثِيرٍ) ، نَقله الصَّغانيّ.) ، {وأُــثْرَــة ذِي أَثِيرٍ، بالضّمِّ) وضَبَطَه الصّاغانيُّ بالكَسْر.
وَقيل: الأَثِيرُ: الصُّبْحُ، وذُو أَثِيرٍ: وَقْتُه.
(و) حَكَى اللِّحْيَانيّ: (إِــثْرَ ذِي} أَثِيرَيْن، بالكَسْر. ويُحرَّك) ، {وإِــثْرَــةً مّا.
(و) عَن ابْن الأَعرابيّ: ولَقِيتُه (آثِرَ ذاتِ يَدَيْنِ، وذِي يَدَيْنِ، أَي أَوَّلَ كلِّ شَيْءٍ) .
قَالَ الفَرّاءُ: ابْدَأْ بهاذا آثِراً مّا،} وآثِرَ ذِي أَثِيرٍ، {وأَثِيرَ ذِي أَثِيرٍ، أَي ابدَأْ بِهِ أَوَّلَ كلِّ شيءٍ.
ويُقَال: افْعَلْه} آثِراً مّا، {وأَــثِراً مّا، أَي إِن كنتَ لَا تفعلُ غيرَه فافْعَلْه.
وقيلَ: افْعَلْهُ} مُؤْــثِراً لَهُ على غيرِه، و (مَا) زائدةٌ، وَهِي لازمةٌ لَا يجوزُ حذفُها؛ لأَنّ مَعْنَاهُ افعلْه آثِراً مُخْتَارًا لَهُ مَعْنِيًّ بِهِ، مِن قَوْلك: {آثَرتُ أَن أَفعلَ كَذَا وَكَذَا، وَقَالَ المبرِّد: فِي قولِهم: خُذْ هاذا آثِراً مّا، قَالَ: كَأَنّه يريدُ أَن يأْخذَ مِنْهُ وَاحِدًا وَهُوَ يُسَامُ على آخَرَ، فَيَقُول: خُذْ هاذا الواحِدَ آثِراً، أَي قد} آثرتُكَ بِهِ، و (مَا) فِيهِ حَشْوٌ.
(و) يُقَال: (سَيفٌ مأْثورٌ: فِي مَتْنِه أَــثَرٌ) ، وَقَالَ صاحبُ الواعِي: سَيفٌ {مَأْثُورً، أُخِذَ من الأَــثَر، كأَنّ وَشْيَهُ أَــثَّرَ فِيهِ، (أَو مَتْنُه حَدِيدٌ أَنِيثٌ، وشَفْرَتهُ حَدِيدٌ ذَكَرٌ) ، نَقَلَ القَوْلَيْن الصَّغَانيُّ. (أَو هُوَ الَّذِي) يُقَال إِنه (يَعْمَلُه الجِنُّ) ، وَلَيْسَ من الأَــثْرِ الَّذِي هُوَ الفِرِنْد. قَالَ ابنُ مُقْبِلٍ:
إِنِّي أُقَيِّدُ} بالمَأْثُورِ راحِلَتِي
وَلَا أُبالِي وَلَو كُنَّا على سَفَرِ
قَالَ ابنُ سِيدَه: وَعَدَني أَنّ! الْمَأْثُورَ مَفْعُولٌ لَا فِعْلَ لَهُ، كَمَا ذهَب إِليه أَبو عليّ فِي المَفْؤُود الَّذِي هُوَ الجَبان.
(وأَــثِرَ يَفْعَلُ كَذَا، كفَرِحَ: طَفِقَ) ، وذالك إهذا أَبْصَرَ الشَّيءَ وضَرِيَ بمعرفتِه وحَذِقه، وكذالك طَبِنَ (وَطَبِقَ ودَبِقَ ولَفِقَ) وفَطِنَ، كَذَا فِي نَوادِر الأَعرابِ.
وَقَالَ ابْن شُمَيل: إِن أَــثِرْــتَ أَن تَأْتِيَنَا فأْتِنَا يومَ كَذَا وَكَذَا، أَي إِن كَانَ لَا بُدَّ أَن تَأْتِيَنَا فأْتِنَا يومَ كَذَا وَكَذَا.
ويُقَال: قد أَــثِرَ أَن يَفْعَلَ ذالك الأَمْرَ، أَي فَرَغَ لَهُ. (و) أَــثِرَ (على الأَمرِ: عَزَمَ) ، قَالَ أَبو زيد: قد أَــثِرْــتُ أَن أَقولَ ذالك: أَي عَزَمْتُ. (و) أَــثِرَ (لَهُ: تَفَرَّغَ) ، وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ: يُقَال: لقد أَــثِرْــتُ أَن أَفْعَلَ كَذَا وكذَا، وَهُوَ هَمٌّ فِي عَزْمٍ.
(وآثَرَ: اخْتارَ) وفَضَّلَ، وقَدَّمَ، وَفِي التَّنْزِيل: {تَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ آثَرَــكَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا} (يُوسُف: 91) قَالَ الأَصمعي: آثرتُكَ إِيثاراً، أَي فَضَّلْتُكَ.
(و) آثَرَ (كَذَا بِكَذَا: أَتْبَعَه إِيّاه) ، وَمِنْه قولُ مُتَمِّمِ بِن نُوَيرةَ يَصفُ الغَيثَ:
{فآثَرَ سَيْلَ الوادِيَيْنِ بدِيمَةٍ
تُرَشِّحُ وَسْمِيًّا مِن النَّبْتِ خِرْوَعَا
أَي أَتْبَعَ مَطراً تقدَّم بدِيمَةٍ بعدَه.
(} والتُّؤْثُورُ) وَفِي بعض الأُصُول التؤْرُورُ، أَي على تُفْعُول بالضّمّ: (حَدِيدَةٌ يُسْحَى بهَا باطِنُ خُفِّ البعيرِ، ليُقْتَصَّ أَــثَرُــه) فِي الأَرض ويُعْرَفَ، ( {كالمِئْــثَرةِ) .
ورأَيت} أُــثْرَــته، أَي مَوْضِعَ {أَــثَرِــه من الأَرض.
وَقيل:} الأُــثْرَــةُ {والتُّؤْثُورُ} والتَّأْثُورُ، كلُّها علاماتٌ تَجعلُهَا الأَعرابُ فِي باطنِ خُفِّ البَعيرِ، وَقد تَقدَّم فِي كَلَام المصنِّف.
(و) {التُّؤْثُورُ: (الْجِلْوَازُ) ، كالتُّؤْرُورِ واليُؤْرُورِ، بالياءِ التَّحْتِيَّة، كَمَا سيأْتي فِي أَرّ، عَن أَبي عليّ.
(} واستأْــثرَ بالشيْءِ: استبدَّ بِهِ) وانفردَ. (و) {استأْــثرَ بالشيْءِ على غيرِه: (خَصَّ بِهِ نفْسَه) ، قَالَ الأَعشى:
استَأْــثَرَ اللهُ بالوفاءِ وبال
عَدْله ووَلَّى المَلامَةَ الرَّجُلَا
وَفِي حَدِيث عُمَرَ: (فوَاللَّه مَا} أَستْأثِرُ بهَا عَلَيْكُم، وَلَا آخذُها دُونَكم) .
(و) استأْــثَرَ (اللهُ تَعَالَى) فلَانا، و (بفلانٍ، إِذا ماتَ) وَهُوَ مِمَّنْ يُرْجَى لَهُ الجَنَّةُ (ورُجِيَ لَهُ الغُفْرَانُ) .
(وَذُو الآثارِ) : لَقَبُ (الأُسوَد) بن يَعْفُرَ (النَّهْشَلِيّ) ، وإِنا لُقِّب بِهِ (لأَنَّه) كَانَ (إِذا هَجَا قَوماً تَرَكَ فيهم آثاراً) يُعْرَفون بهَا، (أَو) لأَنّ (شِعْره فِي الأَشعار {كآثارِ الأَسدِ فِي آثارِ السِّباع) لَا يَخْفَى.
(و) يُقَال: (فلانٌ} - أَثِيرِي، أَي مِن خُلَصَائِي) . وَفِي بعض الأُصول: أَي خُلْصانِي. وفلانٌ أَثِيرٌ عِنْد فلانٍ وَذُو أُــثْرةٍ، إِذا كَانَ خاصًّا.
ورجلٌ أَثِيرٌ: مَكِينٌ مُكْرَمٌ.
وَفِي الأَساس: وَهُوَ {- أثِيرِي، أَي الَّذِي أُوثِرُــه وأُقَدِّمُه.
(و) شيْءً (كَثِيرٌ أَثِيرٌ، إِتباعٌ) لَهُ، مثلُ بَثِير.
(و) } أُثَيْرٌ (كزُبَيْرٍ ابنُ عَمْرٍ والسَّكُونِيُّ الطَّبِيبُ) الكُوفيُّ، وإِليه نُسِبتْ صحراءُ أُثَيْرٍ بالكُوفة.
(ومُغِيرَةُ بنُ جَمِيلِ بنِ {أُثَيْر، شَيخٌ لأَبِي سَعِيدٍ) عبدِ الله بن سَعِيدٍ (الأَشَجِّ) الكوفيّ أَحد الأَئمّة: قَالَ ابْن القرابِ مَاتَ سنة 357 هـ.
وجوادُ بنُ أُثَيْرِ بنِ جَوادٍ الحَضْرميّ، وَغَيرهم.
(وقَولُ عليَ رَضِيَّ اللهُ عَنهُ: (ولستُ} بمَأْثُورٍ فِي دِينِي)) ، أَي لستُ ممَّن {يُؤْــثَرُ عنِّي شَرٌّ وتُهمَة فِي دِينِي. فيكونُ قد وَضَعَ} الْمَأْثُورَ مَوضِعَ المأْثُورِ عَنهُ. وَقد تقدَّم (فِي أَب ر) ومَرّ الكلامُ هُنَاكَ.
وَمِمَّا يُستدرَكُ عَلَيْهِ:
الأَــثَرُ، بالتَّحْرِيك: مَا بَقِيَ من رَسْمِ الشَّيْءِ، والجَمْعُ الآثارُ.
{والأَــثَرُ، أَيضا: مُقَابِلُ العَيْنِ، وَمَعْنَاهُ العَلَامةُ. وَمن أَمثالهم: (لَا أَــثَرَ بعد العَيْنِ) . وسَمَّى شيخُنَا كتابَه: (إِقرار العَيْنِ ببقاءِ الأَــثَرِ بعدَ ذَهابِ العَيْنِ) .
} والمَأْثُور: أَحدُ سُيُوفِ النَّبيِّ صلَّى اللهُ عيْه وسلَّم. كَمَا ذَكَره أَهْل السِّيَرِ.
وحَكَى اللِّحْيَانيُّ عَن الكِسائيِّ: مَا يُدْرَى لَهُ أَينَ أَــثَرٌ، وَلَا يُدْرَى لَهُ مَا أَــثَرٌ، أَي مَا يُدْرَى أَين أَصْلُه وَمَا أَصْلُه.
{والإِثْارُ، ككِتَاب: شِبْهُ الشِّمَالِ يُشَدُّ على ضَرْعِ العَنْزِ شِبْهُ كِيسٍ لئلَّا تُعَانَ.
وَفِي الحَدِيث: (مَنْ سَرَّه أَن يَبْسُطَ اللهُ لَهُ فِي رِزْقه وَيَنْسَأَ فِي أَــثَرِــه فلْيَصِلْ رَحمَه) .} الأَــثَرُ الأَجَلُ، سُمِّيَ بِهِ لأَنه يَتْبَعُ العُمرَ، قَالَ زُهَيْر:
والمرءُ مَا عاشَ مَمْدُودٌ لَهُ أَمَلٌ
لَا يَنْتَهِي العمْرُ حتَّى يَنْتَهي الأَــثَرُ
وأَصلُه مِن {أَــثَّرَ مَشْيُه فِي الأَرض، فإِنَّ مَن ماتَ لَا يَبْقَى لَهُ أَــثَرٌ، وَلَا يُرَى لأَقدامِه فِي الأَرض أَــثَرٌ. وَمِنْه قولُه للَّذِي مَرَّ بَين يَدَيْه وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي: (قَطَعَ صَلاتَنا قَطَعَ اللهُ} أَــثَرَــه) ، دُعَاءٌ عَلَيْهِ بالزَّمَانَة؛ لأَنه إِذا زَمِنَ انقطعَ مَشْيُه فانقطعَ أَــثَرُــه.
وأَمّا {مِيــثَرةُ السَّرْجِ غيرُ مَهمُوزةٍ.
وقولُه عَزّ وجَلّ: {وَنَكْتُبُ مَاَ قَدَّمُواْ وَ} آثَارَهُمْ} (يللهس: 12) ، أَي نكتُب مَا أَسْلَفُوا مِن أَعمالِهم.
وَفِي اللِّسَان: وسَمِنَت الإِبلُ والنّاقةُ على أَثَارةٍ. أَي على عَتِيقِ شَحْمٍ كَانَ قبلَ ذالك، قَالَ الشَّمّاخُ:
وذاتِ {أَثَارةٍ أَكَلتْ عَلَيْهِ
نَبَاتاً فِي أَكِمَّتِه قَفَارَا
قَالَ أَبو مَنْصُور: ويُحْتَملُ أَن يكونَ قولُه تَعَالَى: {أَوْ أَثَارَةٍ مّنْ عِلْمٍ} (الْأَحْقَاف: 4) مهن هاذا؛ لأَنها سَمِنَت على بَقِيَّةِ شَحْمٍ كَانَت عَلَيْهَا، فكأَنَّها حَمَلَتْ شَحْماً على بَقِيَّةِ شَحْمِها.
وَفِي الأَساس: وَمِنْه: أَغضَبَني فلانٌ عَن أثارةِ غَضَبٍ، أَي كَانَ قبل ذالك. وَفِي المُحْكَم والتَّهْذِيب: وغَضِبَ على أَثَارةٍ قبْلَ ذالك، أَي قد كَانَ قبْلَ ذالِكَ مِنْهُ غَضَبٌ، ثمَّ ازْدادَ بعد ذالك غَضَباً. هاذه عَن اللِّحْيَانِّي.
وَقَالَ ابنُ عَبَّاس: {أَو} أَثارةٍ مِنْ عِلْمٍ} ، إِنّه عِلْمُ الخَطِّ الَّذِي كَانَ أُوتِيَ بعض الأَنبياءِ.
وأَــثْرُ السَّيْفِ: دِيباجَتُه وتَسَلْسُلُه. وَيُقَال: أَــثَّرَ بوَجْهِه وبِجَبِينِه السُّجُودُ. وأَــثَّرَ فِيهِ السَّيْفُ والضَّرْبَةُ. وَفِي الأَمثال: يُقال للكاذب: (لَا يَصْدُقُ {أَــثَرُــه) ، أَي} أَــثَرُ رجْلِه.
وَيُقَال: افعَلْه {إِــثْرَــةَ ذِي} أَثِيرٍ بِالْكَسْرِ وأَــثْرَ ذِي أَثِيرٍ، بِالْفَتْح. لغتانِ فِي: آثِر ذِي أَثِيرٍ، بالمدّ، نقلَه الصّاغانيُّ.
وَقَالَ الفَرّاءُ: افْعَلْ هاذه {أَــثَراً مّا محرَّكةً مِثل قَوْلك:} آثِراً مّا.
واستدرك شيخُنا.
الأَثِيرُ: كأَمِيرٍ وَهُوَ الفَلَكُ التّاسِعُ الأَعْظَمُ الحاكمُ على كلِّ الأَفلاكِ؛ لأَنّهُ {يُؤَــثِّرُ فِي غَيره.
وأَبناءُ الأَثِيرِ: الأَئِمَّةُ المَشَاهِيرُ، الأَخوةُ الثلاثةُ: عِزُّ الدِّين عليُّ بنُ محمّدِ بنِ عبدِ الكريمِ بنِ عبد الواحدِ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ الجَزَرِيُّ، اللُّغَوِيُّ، المحدِّثُ، لَهُ التاريخُ والأَنسابُ، ومعرفةُ الصَّحابةِ، وغيرُها، وأَخُوه مَجْدُ الدِّينِ أَبو السَّعَاداتِ، لَهُ جامعُ الأُصولِ، والنِّهَايَةُ، وغيرُهما، ذَكَرهما الذَّهَبِيُّ فِي التَّذْكرة، وأَخُوهما الثّالثُ ضِياءُ الدِّين أَبو الفَتْحِ نَصْرُ اللهِ، لَهُ المَثَلُ السّائرُ، وغيرُه، ذَكَره مَعَ أَخَويْه ابنُ خلِّكانَ فِي الوَفَيات. قَالَ شيخُنا: ومِن لَطائفِ مَا قِيلَ فيهم:
وبَنُو الأَثِيرِ ثلاثةٌ
قد حازَ كلٌّ مُفْتَخَرْ
فمُؤَرِّخٌ جَمَع العُلُو
مَعَ وآخَرٌ وَلِيَ الوَزَرْ
ومُحَدِّثٌ كَتَب الحَدِي
ثَ لَهُ النِّهَايةُ فِي الأَــثَرْ
قَالَ: والوَزِيرُ هُوَ صاحبُ (المَثَلِ السّائِرِ) . وَمَا أَلْطَفَ التَّوْريَةَ فِي النِّهَاية.
وصحراءُ} أُثَيْرٍ، كزُبَيْرٍ: بالكُوفة حيثُ حَرَقَ أَميرُ الْمُؤمنِينَ عليٌّ رضيَ اللهُ عَنهُ النَّفَرَ الغَالِين فِيهِ.

نــثر

1 نَــثَرَ, aor. ـُ (S, M, A, Msb, K,) and نَــثِرَ, (M, Msb, K,) inf. n. نَــثْرٌ (S, M, A, Msb, K) and نِثَارٌ, (M, K,) or the latter is a simple subst., (S, A, Msb,) He scattered a thing, sprinkled it, strewed it, dispersed it, or threw it dispersedly, (Lth, T, M, A, Msb, K, TA,) with his hand; (Lth, T;) as, for instance, grain, (Lth, T,) and fruit and the like, (Msb,) walnuts and almonds and sugar, (Lth, T,) and pearls, &c.; (A;) as also ↓ نــثّر, (M, K,) inf. n. تَنْثِيرٌ; (TA;) [or the latter is with teshdeed to denote muchness, or frequency, or repetition, of the action; or its application to many objects: see مَنْثُورٌ.] b2: نَــثَرَــتِ النَّخْلَةُ (tropical:) The palm-tree [scattered or] shook off its unripe dates. (A.) b3: وَجَأَهُ فَنَــثَرَ أَمْعَآءَهُ (tropical:) He smote him with a knife and scattered his intestines]. (M, A.) b4: لَأَنْــثُرَــنَّكَ نَــثْرَ الكَرِشِ (tropical:) [I will assuredly scatter thine intestines like as one scatters the contents of the stomach of a ruminant beast]: said in threatening. (A.) b5: نَــثَرَ وَلَدًا (tropical:) He (a man, M) had many children born to him. (M, K, TA.) And نَــثَرَــتِ المَرْأَةُ بَطْنَهَا, (T, A, Mgh TA,) and ذَا بَطْنِهَا, (T, Mgh, TA,) and كَرِشَهَا, (A, in art. كرش,) (tropical:) The woman brought forth many children; (T, A, in art. كرش;) scattered children; للزَّوْجِ to the husband. (Mgh.) b6: نَتَرَ الكَلَامَ (tropical:) He spoke, or talked, much. (M, K, TA.) b7: نَــثَرَ قِرَاءَتَهُ (tropical:) He hastened, or was quick, in his reading, or reciting. (A.) b8: نَــثَرَ, aor. ـِ inf. n. نَثِيرٌ, (tropical:) He (a beast of carriage, M, K, and a camel, M, and an ass, T) sneezed [app. so as to scatter the moisture in his nostrils]: (T, M, K, TA:) or did with his nose what is like sneezing: (T:) he (an ass, and a sheep or goat) sneezed, and expelled what annoyed or hurt him, from his nose: (A:) or نَــثَرَــتْ she (a ewe or goat) ejected from her nose what annoyed or hurt her. (S.) And نَــثَرَ, (Fr, T, IAth, Mgh, Msb,) aor. ـِ (T, IAth,) inf. n. نَــثْرٌ (T, Mgh) [and app. نَثِيرٌ, as above], (tropical:) He [a man] blew his nose; ejected the mucus from his nose; syn. امْتَخَطَ; (IAth;) as also ↓ استنــثر: (S, K, art. مخط:) and he ejected what was in his nose, of mucus, and of that which annoyed or hurt him, in performing the ablution termed وُضُوْء; (Sgh, TA;) as also ↓ أَنْــثَرَ, accord. to some: (TA:) or ↓ أَنْــثَرَ signifies he ejected what was in his nose; or he emitted his breath from his nose; or he introduced the water into his nose; as also ↓ انتــثر and ↓ استنــثر: (K:) but this last explanation is outweighed in authority; the form ↓ انــثر is disallowed by the leading lexicologists; and the author of the K, in respect of this form, follows Sgh, without due consideration: (TA:) [accord. to the more approved opinion,) نَــثَرَ signifies he scattered what was in his nose by the breath; as also ↓ انتــثر and ↓ استنــثر: (S:) or, as some of the learned say, he snuffed up water, and then ejected what was in it, of anything annoying or hurting, or of mucus; as also ↓ استنــثر: (IAar, T, Mgh:) or ↓ استنــثر (T, M, IAth, K) and ↓ انتــثر, (K,) he snuffed up water, and then ejected it (T, M, IAth, K) by the breath of the nose: (T, M, K:) accord. to some, نَــثَرَ and ↓ استنــثر signify he (a person performing وُضُوْء) snuffed up water: but others say that the latter signifies he ejected what was in his nose, of mucus &c.; agreeably with a trad. to be cited below: (Msb:) IAar says, that ↓ استنــثر signifies he snuffed up water, and put in motion the نَــثْرَــة, or end of the nose, in purification: (T [in the Mgh, this explanation is ascribed to Fr:]) and Fr, that نَــثَرَ and ↓ انتــثر and ↓ استنــثر signify he put in motion the نَــثْرَــة, in purification. (T.) It is said of Mohammad, كَانَ يَسْتَنْشِقُ ثَلَاثًا فِى كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ يَسْتَنْــثِرُ [He used to snuff up water three times, every time ejecting it; &c.] and this indicates that ↓ استنــثر differs from استنشق. (T, Mgh, Msb.) And it is said in a trad., إِذَا اسْتَنْشَقْتَ فَانْــثُرْ, (S, Msb,) and فَانْــثِرْ, with the conjunctive ا, and with damm and kesr to the ث, (Msb,) When thou snuffest up water, scatter what is in thy nose by the breath; (S;) or eject what is in thy nose, of mucus, &c.: (Msb:) or, as A'Obeyd relates it, ↓ فَأَنْــثِرْ; inf. n. إِنْثَارٌ: (Msb:) or, as he relates it إِذَا تَوَضَّاتَ فَأَنْــثِرْ, with the disjunctive ا; and he does not explain it; but the lexicologists do not allow ↓ أَنْــثَرَ, from الإِنْثَارُ; one only says, نَــثَرَ and ↓ انتــثر and ↓ استنــثر. (T.) No instance of ↓ استنــثر used transitively has been heard, except in a trad. of El-Hasan Ibn-'Alee, أَنْفَهُ ↓ اِسْتَنْــثَرَ [He ejected the contents of his nose; or he blew his nose]; as though the root [نَــثَرَ] were regarded in it, or as though it were made to import the meaning of نَقَّى. (Mgh.) 2 نَــثَّرَ see 1, first signification.3 نَاْــثَرَ [ناثرهُ He contended with him in scattering, strewing, or dispersing, a thing or things. and hence,] b2: رَأَيْتُهُ يُنَاثِرُــهُ الدُّرَّ [lit., I saw him contending with him in scattering pearls: meaning,] (tropical:) I saw him holding a disputation, or colloquy, with him, in beautiful, or elegant, language. (A.) 4 انــثر as syn. with نَــثَرَ and استنــثر and انتــثر: see 1, latter half, A2: انــثرهُ (tropical:) He made his nose to bleed; syn. أَرْعَفَهُ. (S, A, K.) You say, طَعَنَهُ فَأَنْــثَرَــهُ (tropical:) [He pierced him and made his nose to bleed]: (S:) and ضَرَبَهُ فَأَنْــثَرَــهُ [He smote him and made his nose to bleed]. (A.) b2: (tropical:) He threw him down upon his نَــثْرَــة, (M, A, TA,) i. e., (TA,) [upon the end of his nose: or] upon his خَيْشُوم. (K, TA.) You say, طَعَنَهُ فَأَنْــثَرَــهُ عَنْ فَرَسِه (tropical:) [He pierced him and threw him down upon the end of his nose from his horse]. (M, A. *) 5 تَنَــثَّرَ see 8.6 تَنَاْــثَرَ see 8.8 انتــثر (S, M, A, Msb, K) and ↓ نتاثر (S, M, A, K) and ↓ تنــثّر (M, K) It became scattered, strewn, dispersed, or thrown dispersedly: (S, * M, A, Msb, K:) [or the second more properly signifies it became scattered, &c., by degrees, gradually, or part after part; resembling تَسَاقَطَ

&c.: and the third, being quasi-pass. of 2, denotes muchness, or frequency, or repetition, of the action; or its application to many things.] Yousay, انتــثرت الكَوَاكِبُ (assumed tropical:) The stars became dispersed: or became scattered like grain. (TA.) And انتــثروا and ↓ تنــثّروا (tropical:) [They (meaning men) became as though they were scattered by the hand]. (A.) [And الشَّعَرُ ↓ تناثر, and الوَرَقُ, (assumed tropical:) The hair, and the leaves, fell off, and became scattered, by degrees.] And القَوْمُ ↓ تناثر (tropical:) The people fell sick and died [one after another]: (M, K: *) or you say مَوْتًا ↓ مَرِضُوا فَتَنَاثَرُــوا [they fell sick and became separated by death, one after another]. (A.) A2: See also 1, latter half, throughout.10 إِسْتَنْــثَرَ see 1, latter half, throughout.

نَــثْرٌ (tropical:) [Prose: so accord. to general usage: and] rhyming prose: contr. of نَظْمٌ: so called as being likened to [scattered pearls, or] scattered grain. (TA.) نَــثَرٌ: see نُثَارٌ: and نِثَارٌ: and مُنْتَــثِرٌ.

A2: (tropical:) Loquacity, (M, TA,) and the divulging of secrets. (TA.) نَــثِرٌ (tropical:) Loquacious; one who talks much: as also ↓ مِنْــثَرٌ (M, K) and ↓ نَيْــثُرَــانٌ: (Sgh, K:) or vainly or frivolously loquacious, and a divulger of secrets: (A:) fem. نَــثِرَــةٌ only. (M.) نَــثْرَــةٌ [A single act of scattering, strewing, dispersing, or throwing dispersedly, with the hand. And hence,] b2: (tropical:) A sneeze: (K:) or the like thereof; peculiar to a beast of carriage (S) [or other beast, and a fish, as appears from what here follows.] It is said in a trad. (A, TA) of Kaab, (TA,) الجَرَادُ نَــثْرَــةُ حُوتٍ (A, TA) (tropical:) The locust is [produced by] the sneeze of a fish: or, as in a trad. of I'Ab, نَــثْرَــةُ الحُوتِ the sneeze of the fish. (TA.) [From this it is inferred that the locust is, like fish, lawful to be captured by one in a state of إِحْرَام.]

A2: (tropical:) The end of the nose: (IAar, T:) or i. q., خَيْشُومٌ: (A:) or the خيشوم with what is next to it: (M, K:) and (M, A; but in the K, or) the interstice that is between the two mustaches, (S, M, A, K,) against the partition between the two nostrils: (S, M, K:) so [in a man and] in the lion: (S, M:) or the nose or the lion. (M.) b2: Hence, (T, &c.,) النَّــثْرَــةُ, (T, S, M, K,) and نَــثْرَــةُ الأَسَدِ, (T, A,) (tropical:) Two stars, between which is the space of a span, (شبْرٌ, [said in several law-books to be the twelfth part of a رُمْح, and therefore twenty-two minutes and a half, accord. to modern usage; but there is reason to believe that ancient usage differed from the modern with respect to both these measures, and was not precise nor uniform;]) and in [or between] which is a particle (لَطْخٌ) of white, as though it were a portion of cloud; it is the nose of Leo, [which the Arabs extended far beyond the limits which it has upon our globes, (see الذِّرَاعُ,)] (S, K,) and is a Mansion of the Moon: (S:) [app. the Aselli; Asellus Boreus and Asellus Australis; two small stars in Cancer, between which is a little cloud or nebula, called Præsepe: (see Pliny, l. xviii. c. 35:)] a certain star or asterism, which is of the stars or asterisms of Leo, and which is a Mansion of the Moon: (M:) [app. meaning the same, or Præsepe:] or a certain star in the sky, as though it were a particle (لَطْخ) of cloud, over against two small stars, in the science of astronomy pertaining to the sign of Cancer [though accord. to the Arabs belonging to Leo]: (T:) [app. Præsepe; the two small stars adjacent to it being the Aselli:] a certain star, as though it were a particle (لَطْخٌ) of cloud; so called because it appears as though the lion had ejected if from his nose: (A:) [app. meaning the same:] in the Megista [of Ptolemy] it is mentioned by the name of the manger [i. e., Præsepe], and the name of the two small [for المنيرة in my copy of Kzw, I read الصفيرة,] stars is the two asses [i. e., the Aselli]: (Kzw, Description of Cancer:) or the nose and nostrils of the lion, consisting of three obscure stars, near together: الطَّرْفُ is [before them, and is] the two eyes of the lion, consisting of two stars, before which is الجَبْهَةُ, consisting of four stars: (AHeyth:) [app. meaning the Aselli together with Præsepe:] three stars, near together; the nose of the lion; [app. meaning the same;] which compose the Eighth Mansion of the Moon: (Kzw, Description of the Mansions of the Moon:) [these descriptions apply to this Mansion of the Moon accord. to those who make النَّوْء to signify “ the heliacal rising: ” see مَنَازِلُ القَمَرِ, in art. نزل:] or the bright star [app. meaning b] in Cancer: (Kzw, Description of Cancer:) [this agrees with the place of the Eighth Mansion of the Moon accord. to those who make النَّوْء to signify “ the anti-heliacal setting: ” see again مَنَازِلُ القَمَر.] The Arabs say إِذَا طَلَعَتِ النَّــثْرَــةُ قَنَأَتِ البُسْرَةُ, meaning, When النــثرة rises [heliacally], the unripe date begins to have its redness intermixed with blackness: its rising is very soon after that of الشِّعْرَى [or Sirius: about the epoch of the Flight, it rose heliacally, in central Arabia, on the 17th of July, O. S.; and Sirius, on the 13th of the same month]. (M.) نُثَارٌ What becomes scattered, strewn, or dispersed, of, or from, a thing; (S, Msb;) as also ↓ نُثَارَةٌ, (M, K,) and ↓ نَــثَرٌ, (K, [but see مُنْتَــثِرٌ,]) and, as some say, ↓ نِثَارٌ: (Msb:) so the ↓ نُثَارَة of wheat, and of barley, and the like: (Lh, M:) or نُثَارٌ signifies the crumbs of bread, and of everything, that become scattered around the table: (T:) or the crumbs of the table that become scattered around: as also ↓ نُثَارَةٌ: (A:) or this last, what becomes scattered from the table, and is eaten in the hope of obtaining a recompense [for preventing its being thrown away or trodden under foot]. (Lh, M, K. *) نِثَارٌ, with kesr, a subst. from نَــثَرَ, (S, A, Msb,) signifying The act of scattering, strewing, dispersing, or throwing dispersedly, [anything,] (Lth, T, A, Msb,) [and particularly fruits and the like, such as] walnuts and almonds and sugar [and money, &c., on festive occasions,] and grain. (Lth, T.) You say شَهِدْتُ نِثَارَ فُلَانٍ I was present at, or I witnessed, such a one's scattering (Lth, T, A) of fruits, &c. (Lth, T.) And كُنَّا فِى نِثَارِهِ We were at his scattering. (A.) b2: Also, What is scattered, strewn, dispersed, or thrown dispersedly, (A, Msb, TA,) of such things as sugar and fruits and the like, (A, TA,) [and money, &c., on festive occasions;] a subst., (A, TA,) in the sense of مَنْثُورٌ, (A, Msb, TA,) like كِتَابٌ in the sense of مَكْتُوبٌ; (Msb;) as also ↓ نَــثَرٌ. (A, TA.) [See also مُنْتَــثَرٌ.] You say أَصَنْتُ مِنَ النِّثَارِ I obtained [somewhat] of the scattered [sugar or fruits &c.]. (Msb.) and مَا أَصَبْنَا مِنْ نَــثَرِ فُلَانٍ شَيْئًا We did not obtain aught of such a one's scattered things, such as sugar and fruit. (TA.) b3: Accord. to some, i. q. نُثَارٌ in the first of the senses explained above. (Msb.) نَثُورٌ (tropical:) A female, (S, K,) or woman, (M,) having numerous offspring: (S, M, A, K:) and so a male, (M,) or man. (TA.) b2: (tropical:) A ewe, or she-goat, (TA,) having a wide orifice to the teat: (K, TA:) as though she scattered the milk. (TA.) b3: See also نَاثِرٌ.

نَثِيرٌ: see مَنْثُورٌ.

نُثَارَةٌ: see نُثَارٌ, in three places.

نَاثِرٌ (A) and ↓ مِنْثَارٌ (A, K) (tropical:) A palm-tree (نَخْلَةٌ) that shakes off its unripe dates: (A:) or of which the unripe dates become scattered. (K.) b2: and the former, (tropical:) A sheep or goat that coughs, so that something becomes scattered from its nose; as also نَافِرٌ: (As, S:) or a sheep or goat that ejects from its nose what resembles worms; as also ↓ نَثُورٌ: (M, K:) or that sneezes, and ejects from its nose what annoys or hurts it, resembling worms. (TA.) نَيْــثُرَــانٌ: see نَــثِرٌ.

مِنْــثَرٌ: see نَــثِرٌ.

دُرٌّ مُنَــثَّرٌ Pearls scattered, or strewn, much. (S, TA.) See مَنْثُورٌ.

مِنْثَارٌ: see نَاثِرٌ.

دُرٌّ مَنْثُورٌ, and ↓ نَثِيرٌ, Pearls scattered, strewn, dispersed, or thrown dispersedly, with the hand. (A, * TA.) See also مُنْتَــثِرٌ, and مُنَــثَّرٌ. You say ↓ كَأَنَّ لَفْظَهُ الدُّرُّ النَّثِيرُ [As though his speech were scattered pearls]. (A.) b2: لَهُ كَرِشٌ مَنْثُورَةٌ (tropical:) He has [numerous] young children. (A, art. كرش.) b3: Also مَنْثُورٌ A kind of sweet-smelling flower; (TA;) [the gilliflower: so called in the present day: see also خِيرِىٌّ.] b4: See also خَشْخَاشٌ.

مُنْتَــثِرٌ In a scattered or strewn state; in a state of dispersion; (M;) as also ↓ مُتَنَاثِرٌ, (TA,) and ↓ نَــثَرٌ, which last is applied to a thing and to things. (M.) See also نِثَارٌ, and نُثَارٌ, and مَنْثُورٌ.

You say ↓ دُرٌّ مُتَنَاثِرٌ [Pearls in a scattered state]. (TA.) مُتَنَاثِرٌ: see مُنْتَــثِرٌ.

ثرو

1 ثَرَــا القَوْمُ, (As, S, M, K,) aor. ـُ (As, S;) and ثَرِــىَ; (T, TT;) inf. n. ثَرًــا; (M;) The people, or company of men, became many, much, or great in number or quantity; and increased: (As, T, S, M, K:) and in like manner, المَالُ, (As, S, M, K,) i. e., the cattle, or other property, became many, much, or great in number or quantity. (As, S, M.) b2: ثَرِــىَ, (T, M, K,) aor. ـَ inf. n. ثَرْــىٌ [or ثَرًــا?] and ثَرَــآءٌ, (T, TA,) He (a man, T, K) was, or became, abundant in cattle, or other property; (T, M, K;) as also ↓ اثرى, (T, S, M, Mgh, K,) and أَفْرَى: (M:) or ↓ اثرى signifies he was, or became, in a state of competence or sufficiency, in no need, or rich; syn. استغنى: (Msb:) or it signifies more than استغنى: (T:) and ثَرِــيتُ بِكَ, I became, or have become, abundant [in property] by means of thee: (T, S:) and ثَرِــيتُ بِفُلَانٍ I became in no need of other men by means of such a one. (T, S, M.) A poet says, (S,) namely, ElKumeyt, praising the Benoo-Umeiyeh, لَكُمْ مَسْجِدَا اللّٰهِ المَزُورَانِ وَالحَصَى

وَأَقْتَرَا ↓ لَكُمْ قِبْصُهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَــثْرَــى

[Ye have the two visited mosques of Mekkeh and El-Medeeneh, and ye have the number of the pebbles of such as are between him who is wealthy and him who is poor]: he means, مِنْ بَيْنِ مَنْ

أَــثْرَــى وَمَنْ أَقْتَرَ; i.e., مِنْ بَيْنِ مُــثْرٍ وَمُقْتِرٍ. (S.) b3: ثَرِــيتُ بِكَ, (T,) or بِهِ, inf. n. ثَرًــا, (M,) also signifies I rejoiced (T, M) in thee, (T,) or in him, or it: (M:) and ثَرِــىَ بِذٰلِكَ, aor. ـَ He rejoiced in, or by reason of, that. (ISk, S.) A2: ثَرَــوْنَاهُمْ We were, or became, more than they: (AA, S, M:) or more in cattle, or other property. (K.) b2: ثَرَــا القَوْمَ He (God) made the people, or company of men, to be many, or numerous; multiplied them. (AA, T, S.) 4 أَــثْرَــوَ see 1, in three places.

A2: لَا يُــثْرِــينَا العَدُوُّ The enemy will not say much respecting us. (M, TA.) ثَرًــا; dual ثَرَــوَانِ: see ثَرًــى, in art. ثرى.

ثَرٍ: see ثَرِــىٌّ. b2: أَنَا ثَرٍ بِهِ I am in no need of other men by means of him; (T, S, M;) as also ↓ ثَرِــىٌّ. (M.) A2: See also art. ثرى.

ثَرْــوَةٌ Many, or a great number, (S, M, K,) of men; and of cattle, or other property: (M, K:) or much, or a great quantity, or property; (Mgh, Msb;) as also ↓ ثَرَــآءٌ: (S, M, * Mgh:) and فَرْوَةٌ signifies the same as ثَرْــوَةٌ; the ف being a substitute for the ث. (M.) One says, إِنَّهُ لَذُو ثَرْــوَةٍ

↓ وَذُو ثَرَــآءٍ, (ISk, S,) or وَــثَرْــوَةٍ ↓ إِنَّهُ لَذُو ثَرَــآءٍ, (T,) Verily he possesses a number [of men] and much property. (ISk, T, S.) Accord. to IAar, one says ثَوْرَةٌ مِنْ رِجَالٍ and ثَرْــوَةٌ, meaning A great number of men: but only ثَرْــوَةٌ مِنْ مَالٍ. (TA.) b2: Also The night of the conjunction of the moon and الــثُّرَــيَّا [or the Pleiades]. (M, K.) ثَرْــوَانُ, fem. ثَرْــوَى: see ثَرِــىٌّ.

ثَرَــآءٌ: see ثَرْــوَةٌ, in three places. b2: Also A state of competence or sufficiency; or richness. (Msb.) ثَرِــىٌّ Many, or numerous; [applied to a company of men;] and so ثَرِــيَّةٌ applied to spears (رِمَاحٌ): (TA:) also many, or much, cattle, or other property; (S, M, K, TA;) and so ↓ ثَرٍ. (T, TA.) b2: Also A man possessing many, or much, cattle, or other property; and so ↓ أَــثْرَــى; (M, K;) and ↓ مُــثْرٍ: (T:) so too ↓ ثَرْــوَانُ; (T, S, Mgh;) or abounding (M, K, TA) in cattle, or other property: (TA:) and [its fem.] ↓ ثَرْــوَى, applied to a woman, (T, S, M, K,) likewise signifies possessing many, or much, cattle, or other property: (T, S, K:) the dim. of this last is ↓ ثُرَــيَّا. (T, S, M, K.) b3: See also ثَرٍ.

A2: And see art. ثرى.

ثُرَــيَّا: see ثَرِــىٌّ. b2: الــثُّرَــيَّا [The Pleiades; the Third Mansion of the Moon: it is believed to be the most beneficial, in its influences on the weather, of all the Mansions of the Moon, on account of the period of its auroral setting, which, in central Arabia, about the commencement of the era of the Flight, began on the 12th of Nov., O. S.: (see مَنَازِلُ القَمَرِ, in art. نزل; and see also نَوْءٌ:) hence what is said of it in Job xxxviii. 31; and hence, as being the most excellent of all asterisms, it is called by the Arabs]

النَّجْمُ [the Asterism]: (S, K:) the former appellation is given to it because it comprises, in appearance, many stars in a small space; (M, K; *) for it is said that amid its conspicuous stars are many obscure stars; (IAth, TA;) the number altogether being said to be four and twenty, agreeably with an assertion of the Prophet: some say that it is so called because of the abundance [of the rain] of its نَوٌء [here meaning auroral setting]: (TA:) the word is thus applied only in the dim. form, which is used in this instance to denote magnification. (M, TA.) b3: [ثُرَــيَّا also signifies (tropical:) A cluster of lamps, generally resting in holes in the bottom of a lantern: see an engraving in my “Modern Egyptians,” ch. vi.] The ثُرَــيَّا of lamps is so called as being likened to the asterism above mentioned. (M.) أَــثْرَــى: see ثَرِــىُّ: A2: and see also art. ثرى.

مُــثْرٍ: see ثَرِــىُّ: A2: and see also art. ثرى.

مُــثْرَــاةٌ A cause of multiplying, or rendering abundant; syn. مَكْــثَرَــةٌ: so in the saying, هٰذَا مَــثْرَــاةٌ لِلْمَالِ [This is a cause of multiplying, or rendering abundant, cattle, or other property]. (S, K.) أَنَا مَــثْرِــىُّ بِهِ I am rejoiced in him. (ISk, TA in art. ثرى.) A2: See also art. ثرى.

ثر

ى1 ثَرِــيَتِ الأَرْضُ, aor. ـَ inf. n. ثَرٌــى, The earth, or land, became moist and soft, after drought and dryness: (M, K:) or became watered by rain that penetrated to its moistness. (Msb.) A2: See also the same form of the verb in the first paragraph of art. ثرو, in six places.2 ثرّــى, (T, S, M, K,) inf. n. تَــثْرِــيَةٌ, (S, K,) He moistened (T, S, M, K) a place, (T,) or earth, or the ground, or dust, (M, K,) and سَوِيق [or meal of parched barley or wheat], (S, TA,) and any other thing: (TA:) he sprinkled a place: (S, K:) he poured water upon, and then stirred about, and mixed up, [the preparation of milk termed] أَقِط, (M, K,) and سَوِيق. (M.) A2: He made his hands to cleave to the ground (T, K) between the two prostrations in prayer, not separating them therefrom until he performed the second prostration. (T.) 4 اثرى It (rain) moistened the earth. (S.) b2: أَــثْرَــتِ الأَرْضُ The land, or earth, had much moisture; became abundant in moisture: (S, M, Msb, K:) or it became compact with moisture. (AHn, M.) [See also مُــثْرٍ.]

ثَرًــى Moisture; humidity; (S, M, K;) of the earth: (S, Msb:) and moist earth; (S, M, Msb, K;) تُرَاب that is not moist is not called ثَرًــى; (Msb;) or such as, when moistened, does not become cohesive mud or clay; (M, K;) as also ↓ ثَرْــيَآءُ [an epithet used as a subst.]: (AO, T, * K, TA: [in the CK, erroneously, ثَرَــياء:]) and the earth;; (M, K) مَا تَحْتَ الــثَّرَــي, in the Kur [xx. 5], being explained as meaning what is beneath the earth: (M:) الــثَّرَــى and * أَــثْرَــى both signify the earth; and the latter, being thus used as a proper name, is imperfectly decl.: (Ham p. 351:) dual ثَرَــيَانِ (S, M, K) and ثَرَــوَانِ: (Lh, M, K: [but the sing. of the latter should be written ثَرًــا:]) pl. أَــثْرَــآْ. (M, K.) اِلْتَقَى الــثَّرَــيَانِ [The two moistures met, or have met,] is said when the rain has sunk into the ground so that it has met the moisture of the earth. (S, M, K.) Accord. to IAar, it was also said by a man, (M,) or by an Arab of the desert, (K,) who, (M, K,) being naked, (K,) clad himself with a fur-garment, (M, K,) without a shirt; (M;) meaning the hair of the pubes and the soft hair of the fur-garment. (M, K.) And the Arabs say, شَهْرٌ ثَرَــى وَشَهْرٌ تَرَى وَشَهْرٌ مَرْعَى وَشَهْرٌ اسْتَوَى, meaning A month [of moisture] in which the rain begins, and sinks into the ground, and moistens and softens the earth; for شَهْرٌ ذُو ثَرًــى: and a month in which thou seest the heads of the herbage grown forth; for شَهْرٌ تَرَى فِيهِ رُؤُوسَ النَّبَاتِ: and a month in which the herbage is tall enough to be pastured upon by the cattle: (As, S, * M:) and a month in which it is full-grown and erect. (As, M.) One says also, بَدَا ثَرَــى المَآءِ مِنَ الفَرَسِ, meaning The sweat of the horse appeared. (S, * M.) And إِنِّى لَأَرَي ثَرَــى الغَضَبِ فِى وَجْهِ فُلَانٍ, meaning (assumed tropical:) Verily I see the effect of anger in the face of such a one. (T.) And هُوَابْنُ ثَرَــاهَا (assumed tropical:) He is the knowing with respect to it. (T in art. بنى.) b2: [Hence, as being likened to moist earth,] i. q. خَيْرٌ (assumed tropical:) [Good; anything good; &c.]. (M, K. [For خَيْر, Golius appears to have found, in a copy of the K, حَيْز; and this, which he has rendered “Terræ tractus,” he has given as a signification, not of ثَرًــى, but of ثَرَــآءٌ, which, like ثَرًــى, he also explains as meaning “ terra. ” ]) So in the saying, فُلَانٌ قَرِيبُ الــثَّرَــى [app. meaning (assumed tropical:) Such a one is a person from whom good is easy of attainment: or it may mean, a person from whom good seems to be easy of attainment: in either case likened to land of which the moist earth is near the surface: that the phrase may have the latter meaning appears from what here follows]. (M.) You say, إِنَّ فُلَانًا لَقَرِيبُ الــثَّرِــى بَعِيدُ النَّبَطِ, meaning (assumed tropical:) Verily such a one is a person who promises but who does not fulfil. (IAar, T.) b3: [Hence also, (assumed tropical:) Fresh and vigorous friendship.] You say, لَمْ يَبْبَسِ الــثَّرَــى بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُ (assumed tropical:) [The fresh and vigorous friendship between me and him has not withered]: whence the phrase, مَا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَ فُلَانٍ

* مُــثْرٍ (assumed tropical:) [That friendship which is between me and such a one is fresh and vigorous]; i. e., it has not ceased, or become severed. (S, * M.) Jereer says, فَلَا تُوبِسُوا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمُ الــثَّرَــى

↓ فَإِنَّ الَّذَي بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمُ مُــثْرِــى

[And wither not the fresh and vigorous friendship between me and you; for that which is between me and you is fresh and vigorous]. (S, M.) ثَرٍ, fem. ثَرِــيَةٌ, Moist; humid.] You say أَرْضٌ ثَرِــيَةٌ, (M, Msb,) like عَمِيَةٌ, (Msb,) or ↓ ثَرِــيَّةٌ, like غَنِيَّةٌ, (K, [but this is anomalous, as part. n. of ثَرِــيَت,]) and ↓ ثَرْــيَآءُ, (Msb, K,) Earth, or land, that has become moist and soft, after drought and dryness: (M, K:) or watered by rain that has penetrated to its moistness: (Msb:) or the last, land of just, or moderate, moisture: (AHn, M:) or moist land; (T, S, M;) and so the first. (M.) And ↓ مَكَانٌ ثَرْــيَانُ A place of which the earth has in it moisture. (TA.) And ↓ يَوْمٌ ثَرِــىٌّ A humid day. (TA.) A2: See also art. ثرو.

ثَرِــىٌّ, fem. ثَرِــيَّةٌ: see ثَرٍ, in two places: A2: and see also art. ثرو.

ثَرْــيَآءُ: see ثَرٍ: b2: and see also ثَرًــى.

ثَرْــيَانُ: see ثَرٍ.

ثُرَــيَّا: see art. ثرو.

أَــثْرَــى: see ثَرًــى: A2: and see also art. ثرو.

مُــثْرٍ, fem. مُــثْرِــيَةٌ, part. n. of 4, q. v.] أَرْضٌ مُــثْرِــيَةٌ [is explained as meaning] Land of which the earth has not become dry. (T, TA.) b2: See also ثَرًــى, last two sentences.

A2: And see art. ثرو.

مَــثْرِــىُّ a pass. part. n. having no verb; used as an intensive epithet in the phrase ثَرًــى مَــثْرِــىٌّ [Very moist earth]. (M.) A2: See also art. ثرو.

عــثر

1 عَــثَرَ, aor. ـُ (S, A, Mgh, O, Msb, K) and عَــثِرَ; (A, Msb, K;) and عَــثِرَ, aor. ـَ and عَــثُرَ, aor. ـُ (A, K;) inf. n. عِثَارٌ (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K) and عَــثْرٌ and عَثِيرٌ; (K;) said of a man and of a horse, (S, Msb,) He stumbled, or tripped; [the most usual meaning;] or he fell upon his face; syn. كَبَا [which has both of these meanings]; as also ↓ تعــثّر: (A, K:) or [simply] he fell; syn. سَقَطَ: (Mgh:) or one says of a man, (Msb on the authority of the Mukhtasar el-'Eyn, and TA on the authority of the T,) عَــثَرَ, (Msb, TA,) inf. n. عُثُورٌ, (Msb,) or عَــثْرَــةٌ; (TA; [perhaps a mistranscription for عَــثْرٌ;]) and of a horse, عَــثَرَ, inf. n. عِثَارٌ; (Msb, TA;) فِعَالٌ being a measure of inf. ns. of verbs signifying various faults of horses and the like. (TA.) You say, عَــثَرَ فِى ثَوْبِهِ [He stumbled, or tripped, upon his garment]. (S, O, Msb.) And فِى أَذْيَالِهِ ↓ خَرَجَ يَتَعَــثَّرُ [He went forth stumbling, or tripping, upon his skirts]. (A.) And عَــثَرَ بِهِ فَرَسُهُ فَسَقَطَ [His horse stumbled, or tripped, with him, and he fell]. (S, O.) and it is said in a prov., الجَوَادُ قَدْ يَعْــثُرُ [The swift and excellent horse sometimes stumbles, or trips]: applied to a person by whom a slip that is not of his nature is seen to have been committed. (O.) b2: [Hence,] عَــثَرَ فِى كَلَامِهِ and ↓ تعــثّر (tropical:) [He stumbled, or tripped, in his speech]. (A.) and لِسَانُهُ ↓ تعــثّر (tropical:) His tongue halted, faltered, or hesitated. (S, O, TA.) b3: And [hence, app.,] عَــثَرَ, (Kr, K, TA,) inf. n. عَــثْرٌ, (Kr, O, TA,) (assumed tropical:) He lied. (Kr, O, K, TA.) One says, فُلَانٌ فِى العَــثْرِ وَالبَائِنِ, meaning (assumed tropical:) [Such a one is occupied] in truth and falsehood [or rather in falsehood and truth]. (O, TA.) b4: And عَــثَرَ عَلَيْهِ, (S, A, Mgh, O, Msb,) aor. ـُ (S, O, Msb) and عَــثِرَ, (TA,) inf. n. عَــثْرٌ and عُثُورٌ, (O, Msb, K, [the latter erroneously written in the CK عَثُور,]) (tropical:) [He stumbled on it; lighted on it by chance;] he got, or obtained, knowledge of it; or sight and knowledge of it; became acquainted with it; knew it; or saw it; (S, A, Mgh, O, Msb, K, * TA;) accidentally, or without seeking; (TA;) [and so عَــثَرَ بِهِ; (see an ex. voce أَشْرَسُ;)] and ↓ أَعْــثَرَ signifies the same; but accord. to the usage of the Kur-án, you say أَعْــثَرْــتُ غَيْرِى: so in the Kitáb el-Abniyeh of IKtt. (TA. [See 4.]) You say, عَــثَرَ عَلَى سِرِّ الرَّجُلِ (tropical:) He obtained knowledge of, or became acquainted with, the secret of the man [accidentally]. (TA.) [Hence,] فَإِنْ عُــثِرَ عَلَى أَنَّهُمَا اسْتَحَقَّا إِثْمًا, in the Kur [v. 106], means (tropical:) But if it become known, or seen, (Ksh, Mgh, O, Bd, Jel,) that they two have done what has necessitated sin, (Ksh, Bd, Jel,) and deserved its being said of them that they were sinners. (Ksh.) And عَــثَرَ, aor. ـُ inf. n. عُثُورٌ, as expl. by Lth, means (assumed tropical:) He (a man) entered suddenly, or unexpectedly, upon an affair upon which another had not so entered. (TA.) b5: عَــثَرَ جَدُّهُ, (K, TA,) aor. ـُ and عَــثِرَ, (TA,) means (tropical:) His fortune, or good fortune, fell; syn. تَعِسَ; (K, TA;) as being likened to one who has stumbled, or tripped, or fallen upon his face. (TA.) b6: عَــثَرَ العِرْقُ, (Lh, K,) inf. n. عَــثْرٌ, (Lh, TA,) The vein pulsed. (Lh, K, TA.) b7: عَــثَرَ بِهِ: see 4. b8: [Hence,] عَــثَرَ بِهِمْ الزَّمَانُ (tropical:) Time, or fortune, destroyed them: (TA:) or caused them to be overcome. (O.) 2 عَــثَّرَ see the next paragraph, in three places.4 اعــثرهُ He caused him to stumble, or trip; or to fall upon his face; [or simply, to fall;] as also ↓ عــثّرهُ; (K, TA;) [and so بِهِ ↓ عَــثَرَ; (see 1, last sentence, and see also عَاثُورٌ, first sentence;)] said of God. (TA.) IAar cites as an ex., فَخَرَجْتُ أُعْــثَرُ فِى مَقَادِمِ جُبَّتِى

لَوْلَا الحَيَآءُ أَطَرْتُهُ إِحْضَارَا [And I went forth, made to stumble, or trip, upon the fore parts of my jubbeh: but for the sense of shame, I had made it to fly, in running]: accord. to one relation, however, the verb in question, in this verse, is أَعْــثُرُ. (TA.) And اعــثرهُ اللّٰهُ is syn. with أَتْعَسَهُ [of which see various explanations in art. تعس]. (TA.) b2: [Hence,] اعــثر بِهِ عِنْدَ السُّلْطَانِ, (K,) or عِنْدَهُ ↓ عــثّرهُ, (A,) (tropical:) He impugned his character to the Sultán, (A, O, K,) and sought to make him fall into destruction by means of the latter. (A.) b3: And اعــثرهُ عَلَيْهِ (tropical:) [He made him to stumble upon it, or to light on it by chance; or] he made him to get, or obtain, knowledge of it, or sight and knowledge of it; to become acquainted with it; to know it; or to see it; (S, A, O, Msb, K; *) accidentally, or without seeking. (B, TA.) Hence the phrase in the Kur [xviii. 20] أَعْــثَرْــنَا عَلَيْهِمْ; (S, Ta;) in which غَيْرَهُمْ, the objective complement, is suppressed. (TA.) And اعــثرهُ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ (tropical:) He guided him, or showed him the way, to his companions. (A.) b4: اعــثر جَدَّهُ, and ↓ عــثّرهُ, (assumed tropical:) He [i. e. God] made his fortune, or good fortune, to fall. (K. [See عَــثَرَ جَدُّهُ.]) A2: See also 1, latter half.5 تَعَــثَّرَ see 1, in four places. Q. Q. 1 عَثْيَرَ القَوْمُ [from عِثْيَرٌ] The people, or party, raised the dust, or earth, or bits of dry clay or compact earth, (termed عِثْيَر,) with the extremities of their toes, in walking. (Kh, Har p. 488.) A2: عَيْــثَرَ الطَّيْرَ [from عَيْــثَرٌ] He saw, or beheld, the birds: or he saw that the birds ran: (O:) or he saw the birds running, and augured from them (فَزَجَرَهَا). (K. [But this addition, فزجرها, is evidently taken from an explanation of the words here following.]) A poet says, لَقَدْ عَيْــثَرْــتَ طَيْرَكَ لَوْ تَعِيفُ [i. e. Thou sawest, or beheldest, thy birds; &c.: would that thou wouldst augur from them, and take warning]. (O.) And you say, عَيْــثَرْــتُ الشَّىْءَ I saw, or beheld, the thing; (L, TA;) and individuated it. (TA.) عَــثْرٌ: see عَــثَرِــىٌّ.

عُــثْرٌ A lie; or falsehood; (K;) as also ↓ عَــثَرٌ. (IAar, K.) A2: Also The Eagle: (K:) a meaning also assigned in the K, in art. عبر, but erroneously, to عُبْرٌ. (TA.) عَــثَرٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.

عَــثْرَــةٌ A stumble, or trip, (Msb, TA,) in walking, or going along: pl. عَــثَرَــاتٌ. (TA.) b2: and [hence,] (tropical:) A slip, lapse, fault, wrong action, or mistake; (S, O, Msb, TA;) so called as being a fall into sin or crime. (Msb.) One says, أَقَالَ اللّٰهُ عَــثْرَــتَكَ (tropical:) [May God cancel thy slip, lapse, fault, &c.]. (A.) And it is said in a trad., لَا حَلِيمَ إِلَّا ذُو عَــثْرَــةٍ i. e. (tropical:) There is no one to be characterized as of a forbearing disposition except he be one who has committed a slip, and becomes admonished thereby, distinguishing the occasions of error so as to avoid them [and to make allowance for others who have done the like]. (TA.) b3: And (assumed tropical:) War, or fight, against unbelievers or others; because war, or fight, is an occasion of frequent stumbling, or tripping: so in a trad., in which it is said, لَا تَبْدَأْهُمْ بِالعَــثْرَــةِ (assumed tropical:) [Begin not ye with them by war]; meaning invite ye them first to El-Islám or to the payment of the poll-tax; and if they assent not, then have recourse to war. (TA.) عَــثِرَــةٌ Land (أَرْض) without herbage, being high, and overspread with عِثْيَر, i. e. dust: (O, TA:) and said to occur in a trad. as the name of a particular land. (O, K, * TA.) عَــثَرِــىٌّ i. q. عِذْىٌ, (Az, S, O, Msb, TA,) as some say; (Msb;) i. e., (Az, S, O, TA,) Such as is watered by the rain (Az, S, K, TA) alone, (S,) of palm-trees, (Az, O, TA,) or of seed-produce: (S:) or such as is watered by water running upon the surface of the ground, (O, Msb,) of palmtrees: (Msb:) or seed-produce that is watered by torrents and by rain, the water being made to flow thereto in channels: (TA:) and ↓ عَــثْرٌ signifies the same: (K, TA:) or, accord. to IAth, palm-trees (نَخِيل) that imbibe with their roots of the rain-water that collects in a part hollowed out in the ground: (TA:) the former term is said to be thus applied because what is so called is as though it stumbled upon water without any labour of its owner; regarding it as an irregular rel. n. from العَــثْرُ: (O, * TA:) but Abu-l-'Abbás [i. e. Th] says that, thus applied, it is with teshdeed to the ث [i. e. عَــثَّرِــىٌّ], though not in the sense here following. (TA.) b2: Also (tropical:) A man who does not occupy himself in seeking the things of the present world nor those of the world to come: (O, K, TA:) occurring in a trad., in which such is said to be the most hateful of mankind to God: (O, TA:) in this sense, sometimes written with teshdeed to the ث, (K, TA,) and thus it is accord. to Sh (O, TA) and IAar; (TA;) but correctly without teshdeed: (Th, K, TA:) and said by some to be from عَــثَرِــىٌّ applied to palm-trees. (O, * TA.) One says also, جَآءَ فُلَانٌ عَــثَرِــيًّا, meaning (tropical:) Such a one came unoccupied. (O, TA.) عَثَارٌ or عِثَارٌ: see عَاثُورٌ, in six places: A2: and for عِثَارٌ see also عِثْيَرٌ.

عَثُورٌ [Having a habit of stumbling or tripping, or of falling:] that stumbles, or trips, and falls, much or often. (Har p. 296.) عِثْيَرٌ, (S, O, K,) not عَثْيَرٌ, for there is not in the language any word of the measure فَعْيَلٌ, with fet-h to the ف, except ضَهْيَدٌ, meaning “ hardy, strong, or robust,” and this is [said to be] forged, (S, O, [but see ضهيد,]) Dust, (MA, O, K,) syn. غُبَارٌ, (O,) or عَجَاجٌ, and تُرَابٌ, (K,) and thus ↓ عِثْيَرَاتٌ is expl. by Sb; (TA;) or dust rising or spreading; (S, MA; *) as also ↓ عِثْيَرَةٌ; (TA;) and ↓ عِثَارٌ signifies the same. (MA.) b2: and Clay, or earth, (K, TA,) or dust, or bits of clay or compact earth, (TA,) which one turns over (K, TA) with the extremities of the feet (K) or of the toes, in walking, or going along, no other mark of the foot being seen: (TA:) and an obscure trace or mark, (K, TA,) said to be more obscure than such as is termed أَــثَرٌ: (TA:) and so ↓ عَيْــثَرٌ, with the ى put before [the ث] and with fet-h to the ع in both [of these senses: misunderstood by SM as meaning “ and with fet-h to the ع in both words,” i. e. in عثير and عيــثر]: (K:) or ↓ عَيْــثَرٌ signifies an obscure trace or mark: (S:) and Yaakoob mentions the saying مَا رَأَيْتُ

↓ لَهُ أَــثَرًــا وَلَا عَيْــثَرًــا and وَلَا عِثْيَرًا [app. meaning I saw not any trace of him nor any obscure trace]: (S, O:) or ولا عِثْيَرًا means, nor clay, or earth, &c., turned over by the extremities of his feet: (TA:) and it is said that ↓ ولا عَيْــثَرًــا means, nor bodily form. (O.) And [it is said that] مَا لَهُ أَــثَرٌ وَلَا عِثْيَرٌ and ↓ ولا عَيْــثَرٌ means He is not known to be a pedestrian by the appearing of his foot-mark, nor to be a horseman by his horse's raising the dust. (TA.) [See also Har p. 488.]

عِثْيَرَةٌ, and its pl. عِثْيَرَاتٌ: see عِثْيَرٌ. b2: One says also أَرْضٌ عِثْيَرَةٌ, meaning A land in which is much dust. (TA.) عَاثِرٌ [Stumbling, or tripping; &c. b2: And] (assumed tropical:) A liar. (TA.) b3: And one says also جَدٌّ عَاثِرٌ (assumed tropical:) [Fortune, or good fortune, in a falling state: (see 1, near the end:)] pl. عَوَاثِرُ: (TA:) b4: or this may be pl of عَاثِرٌ signifying The snare of a sportsman: b5: or it may be pl. of ↓ عَاثِرَــةٌ signifying (assumed tropical:) An accident that destroys, or causes to be overcome, him whom it befalls: (O:) b6: or it may be pl. of عَاثُورٌ [q. v.], the ى being suppressed, (O, TA,) by poetic license, in a verse in which it occurs. (TA.) عَيْــثَرٌ The substance of a thing; its bodily, or corporeal, form; syn. عَيْنٌ and شَخْصٌ. (T, O, L, K, TA. [In this sense, it is said in the TA to be erroneously written in all the copies of the K عَثْيَر, with the ث before the ى; but I find it written عَيْــثَر in my MS. copy of the K and also in the CK.]) See also عِثْيَرٌ, in five places.

عَاثِرَــةٌ: see عَاثِرٌ.

عَاثُورٌ A pit dug for a lion or other [animal], (S, A, O,) that he may fall into it, (A,) in order that he may be taken: (S, O:) this is the primary signification: (A:) or a thing that is prepared for one to fall into it: (K:) or, as also عثار [i. e. ↓ عَثَارٌ or ↓ عِثَارٌ (see what follows)], a thing by which one is made to stumble and fall; expl. by بِهِ ↓ مَا عُــثِرَ: (TA:) the pl. is عَوَاثِيرُ; whence, perhaps, عَوَاثِرُ, by suppression of the ى. (O, TA. [See عَاثرٌ.]) b2: [Hence,] (assumed tropical:) A place of perdition: (TA voce حَاجُورٌ:) or (tropical:) a cause, or place, of perdition or of death: (A, K:) applied to a land. (K.) You say, وَقَعَ فِى عَاثُورٍ (tropical:) He fell into a cause, or place, of perdition or of death. (A, TA.) And فُلَانٌ يَقِى صَاحِبَهُ العَوَاثِرَ (tropical:) [Such a one preserves his companion from the causes, or places, of perdition or of death]. (A.) And it is said in a trad., إِنَّ قُرَيْشًا أَهْلُ أَمَانَةٍ مَنْ بَغَاهَا العَوَاثِيرَ كَبَّهُ اللّٰهُ لِمَنْخِرَيْهِ (assumed tropical:) [Verily the tribe of Kureysh are people of fidelity: whoso seeks for them the causes, or places, of perdition or of death, may God lay him prostrate upon his nostrils]: or, accord. to one relation, عَوَاثِرَ. (O, TA.) b3: And [hence,] (tropical:) Difficulty, or distress; as also عَاثُورُ شَرٍّ: (S, O:) and evil; (K, TA;) like عَاذُورٌ, which is a dial. var. thereof, or an instance of mispronunciation; (S and O in art. عذر;) as also ↓ عَثَارٌ, (accord. to some copies of the K,) or ↓ عِثَارٌ: (thus in other copies of the K and in the TA [in the latter of which it is said to be with kesr; and this I think to be the more probably correct; originally an inf. n.]:) and شَرٍّ ↓ عِثَارُ is said by Fr to signify the same as عَاثُورُ شَرٍّ. (TA.) You say, لَقِيتُ مِنْهُ عَاثُورًا, (As, S, O, TA,) and ↓ عِثَارًا, (TA,) (tropical:) I experienced from him, or it, difficulty, or distress. (As, S, O, TA.) And وَقَعُوا فِى عَاثُورِ شَرٍّ, (As, S, O, TA,) and عَافُورِ شَرٍّ, (S, O,) (tropical:) They fell into difficulty, or distress: (As, S, O:) or into a confusion of evil and difficulty or distress. (TA.) It is the opinion of Yaakoob that the ف in عَافُور is a substitute for the ث in عَاثُور: but Az observes that this is not necessarily the case, as the meaning of difficulty is implied in the root عفر. (TA.) b4: It is said to signify also A kind of snare (مِصْيَدَة) made of bark. (O.) b5: And A channel that is dug for the purpose of irrigating thereby a palm-tree such as is termed بَعْلٌ. (O.) b6: And A well. (K.) A2: And it may also be used as an epithet [app. meaning Perilous, or destructive]. (ISd, TA.)