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ذَرْوٌ

Root: ذرو

Full Definition

ذَرْوٌ A portion (طَرَفٌ) not completed, of a saying; as in the phrase, بَلَغَنِى عَنْهُ ذَرْوٌ مِنْ قَوْلٍ [An uncompleted portion of a saying was related to me from him]: or a little; a dial. var. of ذَرْءٌ [q. v.].

def.2 Also, and ذَرًى , i. q. ذُرِّيَّةٌ , [respecting the derivation of which there are different opinions, explained in art. ذرأ,] i. e. Created beings: [or children, or offspring: (see art ذرأ:)] or ذَرْوٌ and ذَرًى signify the number of the ذُرِّيَّة. One says, أَنْمَى ٱللّٰهُ ذَرْأَكَ and ذَرْوَكَ, meaning May God increase [the number of] thine offspring.
2 And ذَرْوُالنَّارِ occurs in a trad., as some relate it, instead of ذَرْءُ النَّارِ, as others relate it; meaning [either The children of the fire of Hell, agreeably with what next precedes, or] to be scattered in the fire. (S and TA in art. ذرأ.)

def.3 Also, ذَرْوٌ, The curved extremity of a bow.
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