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دَثْرٌ

Root: دثر

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دَثْرٌ Much property or wealth; or many camels or the like: or much, or many, of any thing or things: [the sing. and dual and pl. are alike; as in the case of its syn. دِبْرٌ or دَبْرٌ:] you say, [using it as an epithet,] مَالٌ دَبْرٌ, and مَالَانِ دَثْرٌ, and أَمْوَالِ دَثْرٌ: [but sometimes دُثُورٌ is used as its pl.; for] you say أَهْلُ دَثْرٍ and أَهْلُ دُثُورٍ: you also say مَالٌ دِثْرٌ : and the expression عَسْكَرٌ دَثَرٌ , meaning a numerous army, occurs thus written: an instance is found in a verse of Imra-el-Keys, where it is thus for the sake of the metre.
2 Also Abundance of herbage, and the like; or abundant herbage, and the like.
3 See also دَاثِرٌ.
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