مَأْثُورٌ
Root: اثر
Full Definition
2 A sword having in its مَتْن[or broad side; or the middle of the broad side, of the blade,] diversified wavy marks, streaks, or grain, or lustre or glitter: (M, K: [in some copies of the latter of which, instead of أَثْرٌ, I find أَثَرٌ:]) or having its متن of female, or soft, iron, and its edge of male iron, or steel: or that is said to be of the fabric of the jinn, or genii; and not from الأَثْر, as signifying الفِرِنْد: so says As: [ISd says,] مأثورis in my opinion a pass. part. n. that has no verb: or it signifies an ancient sword, which has passed by inheritance from great man to great man.
3 A tradition, narrative, or story, handed down from one to another, from generation to generation.
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