ذَرْءٌ
Root: ذرأ
Full Definition
2 [And used in the sense of the pass. part. n. of that verb; and alike as sing. and pl. because originally an Verbal.Noun] ذَرْءُ النَّارِ, [for ذَرْءٌ لِلنَّارِ,] related as occurring in a trad. of 'Omar, means Created [i. e. destined] for the fire [of Hell]: but as some relate it, the phrase is ذَرْوُ النَّارِ, meaning [either “ the children of the fire, ” agreeably with what next follows, or] “ to be scattered in the fire. ”
3 Also The number of [ones] offspring: one says, أَنْمَىٱللّٰهُ ذَرْأَكَ May God increase [the number of] thine offspring; as also ذَرْوَكَ.
def.2 Somewhat; as in the saying, بَلَغَنِى ذَرْءٌ مِنْ خَبَرٍ [Somewhat of news, or information, reached me, or came to my knowledge]: or ذَرْءٌ مِنْ خَيْرٍ [somewhat of good]: thus ذرء is written by IAth: in some copies of the K, ذُرْءٌ, with damm: or ذَرْءٌ here means a little; and ذَرْوٌ is a dial. var. thereof. (M in art. ذرو.) Also A little of what is said.
def.3 A thing intervening as a separation or an obstacle: so in the saying, مَا بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَهُ ذَرْءٌ [There is not anything intervening &c. between us and him, or it].
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