عَثَرِىٌّ

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عَثَرِىٌّ i. q. عِذْىٌ, as some say; i. e., Such as is watered by the rain alone, of palm-trees, or of seed-produce: or such as is watered by water running upon the surface of the ground, of palmtrees: or seed-produce that is watered by torrents and by rain, the water being made to flow thereto in channels: and عَثْرٌ signifies the same: or, accord. to IAth, palm-trees (نَخِيل) that imbibe with their roots of the rain-water that collects in a part hollowed out in the ground: the former term is said to be thus applied because what is so called is as though it stumbled upon water without any labour of its owner; regarding it as an irregular rel. n. from العَثْرُ: but Abu-l-'Abbás [i. e. Th] says that, thus applied, it is with teshdeed to the ث [i. e. عَثَّرِىٌّ], though not in the sense here following.
2 Also A man who does not occupy himself in seeking the things of the present world nor those of the world to come: occurring in a trad., in which such is said to be the most hateful of mankind to God: in this sense, sometimes written with teshdeed to the ث, and thus it is accord. to Sh and IAar; but correctly without teshdeed: and said by some to be from عَثَرِىٌّ applied to palm-trees. One says also, جَآءَ فُلَانٌ عَثَرِيًّا, meaning Such a one came unoccupied.

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