اِثَّأَرَ
Root: ثأر
Form: 8
Full Definition
اِثَّأَرَVIII
originally اِثْتَأَرَ
He obtained his bloodrevenge, or retaliation; syn. أَدْرَك ثَأْرَهُ; مِنْهُ
from him; as also
: and اِثَّأَرَ مِنْهُ
he slew the slayer of his relation. Lebeed says,
2 See also 1.
[And the old she-camels, if they seek to obtain benefit from a worn rotten bone of me after death, I used to retaliate upon them by anticipation]: i. e., I used to slaughter [some of] them for guests, and so I have retaliated upon them during my life for their nibbling my rotten bonesوَالنِّيبُ إِنْ تَعْرُ مِنِّى رِمَّةً خَلَقًا * بَعْدَ المَمَاتِ فَإِنِّى كُنْتُ أَثَّئِرُ *
2 See also 1.
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