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آثِرٌ

Root: اثر

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آثِرٌ One who relates, or recites, a tradition, narrative, or story, or traditions, &c., as received, or heard, from another, or others; a narrator thereof. The saying of 'Omar, on his being forbidden by Mohammad to swear by his father, مَا حَلَفْتُ بِهِ ذَاكِراً وَلَا آثِرًا, means I did not swear by him uttering as proceeding in the first instance from myself, nor repeating as heard from another particular person.
2 أَفْعَلُ هذَا آثِرًا مَّا, and آثِرًاwithout ما, and آثِرَ ذِى , mean I will do this the first of every thing. And in like manner, after لَقِيتُهُ[I met him, or it], one says, آثِرًا مَّا, [and آثِرَ ذِى ,] and أَوَّلَ ذِى , and آثِرَ ذَاتِ يَدِى, or ذَاتِ يَدَيْنِ, and ذِى يَدَيْنِ, and أَثِيرَةَ ذِى , and ذِى , and آثِرَ ذِى , or ذِى , and ذِى , and مَّا: or, as some say, signifies the daybreak, or down; and ذُو , the time thereof. Fr says that اِبْدَأْ بِهذَا آثِرًا مَّا, and آثِرَ ذِى , and أَثِيرَ ذِى , signify Begin thou with this first of every thing. One says also, اِفْعَلْهُ, آثِرًا مَّا, and مَّا, meaning Do thou it [at least], if thou do nothing else: or, as some say, do thou it in preference to another thing, or to other things: ماbeing redundant, but [in this case] not to be omitted, because [it is a corroborative, and] the meaning of the phrase is, do thou it by choice, or preference, and with care. Mbr says that the phrase خُذْ هذَا آثِرًا مَّاmeans Take thou this in preference; i. e., I give it thee in preference; as though one desired to take, of another, one thing, and had another thing offered to him for sale: and ماis here redundant.
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