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مَأثُرَةٌ

Root: اثر

Full Definition

مَأثُرَةٌ and مَأْثَرَةٌ and أُثْرَةٌ A generous quality or action; so called because related, or handed down, by generation from generation: or a generous quality that is inherited by generation from generation: a generous quality, or action, related, or handed down by tradition from one's ancestors: a cause of glorying: and precedence in أُثْرَةٌ[or grounds of pretension to respect, &c.]: pl. of the first and second, حَسَب.


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