عِثْيَرٌ
Root: عثر
Full Definition
عِثْيَرٌ
, not عَثْيَرٌ, for there is not in the language any word of the measure فَعْيَلٌ, with fet-h to the ف, except ضَهْيَدٌ, meaning “ hardy, strong, or robust, ” and this is [said to be] forged, (S, O, [but see ضهيد,]) Dust, syn. غُبَارٌ, or عَجَاجٌ, and تُرَابٌ, and thus
is expl. by Sb; or dust rising or spreading; as also
عِثْيَرَةٌ ; and
عِثَارٌ signifies the same.
2 And Clay, or earth, or dust, or bits of clay or compact earth, which one turns over with the extremities of the feet or of the toes, in walking, or going along, no other mark of the foot being seen: and an obscure trace or mark, said to be more obscure than such as is termed أَثَرٌ: and so عَيْثَرٌ , with the ى put before [the ث] and with fet-h to the ع in both [of these senses: misunderstood by SM as meaning “ and with fet-h to the ع in both words, ” i. e. in عثير and عيثر]: or عَيْثَرٌ signifies an obscure trace or mark: and Yaakoob mentions the saying لَهُ أَثَرًا وَلَا مَا رَأَيْتُ and وَلَا عِثْيَرًا [app. meaning I saw not any trace of him nor any obscure trace]: or ولا عِثْيَرًا means, nor clay, or earth, &c., turned over by the extremities of his feet: and it is said that ولا means, nor bodily form. And [it is said that] مَا لَهُ أَثَرٌ وَلَا عِثْيَرٌ and ولا عَيْثَرٌ means He is not known to be a pedestrian by the appearing of his foot-mark, nor to be a horseman by his horse's raising the dust. [See also Har p. 488.]
2 And Clay, or earth, or dust, or bits of clay or compact earth, which one turns over with the extremities of the feet or of the toes, in walking, or going along, no other mark of the foot being seen: and an obscure trace or mark, said to be more obscure than such as is termed أَثَرٌ: and so عَيْثَرٌ , with the ى put before [the ث] and with fet-h to the ع in both [of these senses: misunderstood by SM as meaning “ and with fet-h to the ع in both words, ” i. e. in عثير and عيثر]: or عَيْثَرٌ signifies an obscure trace or mark: and Yaakoob mentions the saying لَهُ أَثَرًا وَلَا مَا رَأَيْتُ and وَلَا عِثْيَرًا [app. meaning I saw not any trace of him nor any obscure trace]: or ولا عِثْيَرًا means, nor clay, or earth, &c., turned over by the extremities of his feet: and it is said that ولا means, nor bodily form. And [it is said that] مَا لَهُ أَثَرٌ وَلَا عِثْيَرٌ and ولا عَيْثَرٌ means He is not known to be a pedestrian by the appearing of his foot-mark, nor to be a horseman by his horse's raising the dust. [See also Har p. 488.]
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