دِثَارٌ
Root: دثر
Full Definition
دِثَارٌ
Any garment, such as a
كِسَآء
&c., which a man throws upon himself over the
شِعَار [or garment that is next the body]: or one with which a person envelopes himself entirely: or a garment which one wears for warmth above the
شعار: pl. دُثُرٌ.
2 It is said in a trad. respecting the Assistants (الانصار) [of Mohammad], أَنْتُمُ ٱلشِّعَارُ وَٱلنَّاسُ ٱلدِّثَارُ, meaning
3 أَبُو دِثَارٍ and بَيْتُ أَبِى دِثَارٍ The thin curtain (كِلَّة) by which one protects himself from gnats, or musquitoes; the musquito-curtain: [see an ex. in the first paragraph of art. بعض:], or ابو دثار is an appellation of the gnat, or musquito; because it is concealed in the daytime; or because a دثار is wanted to protect one from its annoyance.
2 It is said in a trad. respecting the Assistants (الانصار) [of Mohammad], أَنْتُمُ ٱلشِّعَارُ وَٱلنَّاسُ ٱلدِّثَارُ, meaning
3 أَبُو دِثَارٍ and بَيْتُ أَبِى دِثَارٍ The thin curtain (كِلَّة) by which one protects himself from gnats, or musquitoes; the musquito-curtain: [see an ex. in the first paragraph of art. بعض:], or ابو دثار is an appellation of the gnat, or musquito; because it is concealed in the daytime; or because a دثار is wanted to protect one from its annoyance.
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