Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَثِيرٌ

Root: اثر

Full Definition

أَثِيرٌ : see أَثَرَةٌ.
2 [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, or with its soft foot, such as that of the camel.
3 A man possessing power and authority; honoured: pl. أُثَرَآءُ: fem. أَثِيرَةٌ.
4 فُلَانٌ أَثِيرِى Such a one is my particular friend: or is the person whom I prefer. فُلَانٌ أَثِيرٌعِنْدَ فُلَانٍ Such a one is a favourite with such a one.
5 آثِرَ ذِى أَثِيرٍ, and أَوَّلَ ذِى أَثِيرٍ, &c.: see آثِرٌ.
6 شَىْءٌ كَثِيرٌ أَثِيرٌ[A thing very abundant, copious, or numerous]: اثيرis here an imitative sequent, like بَثِيرٌ.

def.2 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 (يُؤَثِرُ فِى غَيْرِهِ). [It is also called فَلَكُ الأَطْلَسِ, and فَلَكُ العَرْشِ; and is said to be next above that called فَلَكُ الكُرْسِىِّ.]


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