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دثّرهُ

Root: دثر

Form: 2

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دثّرهُII , Verbal.Noun تَدْثِيرٌ, He covered him with a دِثَار, or with something by which he should be rendered warm. It is said that Mohammad, when a revelation came down to him, used to say, دَثِّرُونِى دَثِّرُونِى Cover ye me with something whereby I may become warm. Cover ye me &c.
2 دُثِّرَ عَلَى القَتِيلِ Large masses of stone were compactly put together, one upon another, over the slain person.
3 And دَثَّرَ, Verbal.Noun as above, It put to rights, or adjusted, its nest; put it into a right, or proper, state.
4 See also 1, last sentence.
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