اِرْتَثَثْنَا

Root: رث

Form: 8

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اِرْتَثَثْنَاVIII We collected, or bought, the paltry, mean, or vile, chattels, or articles of furniture, of the people, or party, consisting of old and worn-out garments or pieces of cloth.
2 [Hence,] اُرْتُثَّ He was carried off from the field of battle wounded so as to be rendered weak, retaining remains of life: from رِثَّةٌ as meaning the “ weak ” of mankind, who are likened to the paltry, mean, or vile, chattels, or articles of furniture, termed رِثَّةٌ: or he, being smitten in battle, and wounded so as to be rendered weak, was carried off, retaining remains of life, and then died: or he was carried off from the field of battle retaining remains of life; because, in that case, he is weak, or is thrown down like the chattels, or articles of furniture, termed رِثَّةٌ. And مَرَّبَيْنَهُمْ فَٱرْتَثَّهُمْ [He passed amid them, and carried them off from the field of battle wounded so as to be rendered weak, but retaining remains of life].
3 [Hence also,] اِرْتَثَّ He slaughtered a she-camel belonging to him, or a sheep or goat, or the like, by reason of [its] emaciation.

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