ثو
أ
4 أَثَأْتُهُ بِسَهْمٍ, (
S in art. ثأ, [incorrectly there mentioned, as is said by
IB and others and in the
K,] and
K in the present art. and in art. اثأ,)
inf. n. إِثَآءَةٌ, (
S,) I shot him, or shot at him, with an arrow; (
S,
K;) so says
AA, and
Ks says the like; (
S;) as also أَثَوْتُهُ, and,
accord. to
As, أَثَيْتُهُ, (
TA in art. ثأ,) which is a strange word. (
TA in the present art.) It is mentioned in the present art. by
Sgh; (
K in art. اثأ;) and this is its proper place; (
TA in the present art.;) the verb,
accord. to him, being like أَقَامَ: (
TA in art. اثأ:) A 'Obeyd has mentioned it in art. اثأ, (
K in that art.,) as also
Az; holding the verb to be like صَنَعَ; and so
IKtt and
IKoot assert it to be. (
TA.) ثَآءٌ The name of the letter ث,
q. v.; as also ثَا:
pl. [of the former,] ثَآءَاتٌ; and [of the latter,] أَثْوَآءٌ and أَثْيَآءٌ. (
TA in باب الالف الليّنة.)
A2: It also stands for ثَنَآءٌ, and ثَوَابٌ, and the like. (Idem
ubi suprà.)
A3: Also The best of anything; as, for instance, of wheat, and of flesh-meat, and of sugar. (
Kh,
TA ubi suprà.) ثَائِىٌّ and ثَاوِىٌّ rel. ns. of ثَآءٌ and ثَا, the names of the letter ث; as also ثَيَوِىٌّ. (
TA ubi suprà.)