عَتِيرَةٌ
Root: عتر
Full Definition
عَتِيرَةٌ
A sheep, or goat, which they used to slaughter, in [the month of] Rejeb, to their gods, or to their idols; i. q.
رَجَبِيَّةٌ, i. e. a victim which was sacrificed in Rejeb, as a propitiation, in the Time of Ignorance, and also by the Muslims in the beginning of El-Islám; but the custom was afterwards abolished; as also
عِتْرٌ ; which likewise signifies any slaughtered animal; and so does
عَاتِرَةٌ ; this being like رَاضِيَةٌ, in the phrase عِيشَةٌ رَاضِيَةٌ, for مَرْضِيَّةٌ; or it may be a possessive epithet [meaning ذَاتُ عَتْرٍ]: the pl. of عَتِيرَةٌ is عَتَائِرُ.
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