Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَثْؤُورٌ

Root: ثأر

Full Definition

مَثْؤُورٌ and مَثْؤُورٌ بِهِ [Revenged, or avenged, by the retaliation of his slaughter; by the slaughter of his slayer: and also slain in blood-revenge, or in retaliation for the blood of a relation of the slayer]: these two expressions [thus] apply to one's enemy as well as to one's relation.
2 Also, the latter, [simply,] Slain.


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