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Form 1عَثَرَ8 senses · 1 main
muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـِيَفْعِلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarعِثَارٌ عُثُورٌ عَثْرٌ

Core sense — he stumbled, or tripped; he came to know it by chance; he liedgenerated

1.1he stumbled, or tripped, on his garment—عَثَرَ فِى ثَوْبِهِ

Muḍāriʿ عَثُرَ and عَثِرَ; also عَثِرَ, and عَثُرَ, and عَثِيرٌ.

Said of a man and of a horse: he stumbled, or tripped [the most usual meaning]; or he fell on his face; syn. كَبَا, which has both of these meanings; as also تعثّر; or simply he fell, syn. سَقَطَ.

Of a man one says عَثَرَ, maṣdar عُثُورٌ or عَثْرَةٌ (perhaps a miscopying of عَثْرٌ); and of a horse عَثَرَ, maṣdar عِثَارٌ, فِعَالٌ being a measure of maṣdars of verbs that signify various faults of horses and the like.

he went out stumbling, or tripping, on his skirts—خَرَجَ يَتَعَثَّرُ فِى أَذْيَالِهِ
his horse stumbled, or tripped, with him, and he fell—عَثَرَ بِهِ فَرَسُهُ فَسَقَطَ
the swift and excellent horse sometimes stumbles, or trips—الجَوَادُ قَدْ يَعْثُرُ

A proverb, applied to a person seen to have committed a slip that is not in his nature.

1.1.1figurative · مجازhe stumbled, or tripped, in his speech—عَثَرَ فِى كَلَامِهِ
he stumbled, or tripped, in his speech—تعثّر
his tongue halted, faltered, or hesitated—تعثّر لِسَانُهُ
1.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe lied—عَثَرَ

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such a one is occupied in falsehood and truth—فُلَانٌ فِى العَثْرِ وَالبَائِنِ
1.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredhe stumbled on it; he came to know it, or to see it, by chance, without seeking it—عَثَرَ عَلَيْهِ

Muḍāriʿ عَثُرَ and عَثِرَ (the latter written wrongly in the CK as عَثُور).

عَثَرَ بِهِ has the same meaning, and so does أَعْثَرَ; but according to the usage of the Qur'ān one says أَعْثَرْتُ غَيْرِى, so in the Kitáb el-Abniyeh of IKtt.

he came to know the man's secret by chance—عَثَرَ عَلَى سِرِّ الرَّجُلِ
but if it becomes known, or seen, that they two have done what entails sin—فَإِنْ عُثِرَ عَلَى أَنَّهُمَا ٱسْتَحَقَّا إِثْمًا
he (a man) entered suddenly, or unexpectedly, upon an affair that another had not so entered upon—عَثَرَ

Qur'ān 5:106; and deserved its being said of them that they were sinners.

. So explained by Lth.

1.1.4figurative · مجازhis fortune, or good fortune, fell—عَثَرَ جَدُّهُ

Muḍāriʿ عَثُرَ and عَثِرَ; syn. تَعِسَ. He is likened to one who has stumbled, or tripped, or fallen on his face.

1.1.5the vein pulsed—عَثَرَ العِرْقُ

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1.1.6

عَثَرَ بِهِ: see form 4.

1.1.7figurative · مجازtime, or fortune, destroyed them, or caused them to be overcome—عَثَرَ بِهِمْ الزَّمَانُ
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
5:107
فَإِنْ عُثِرَ عَلَىٰٓ أَنَّهُمَا ٱسْتَحَقَّآ إِثْمًا فَـَٔاخَرَانِ يَقُومَانِ مَقَامَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَوْلَيَـٰنِ فَيُقْسِمَانِ بِٱللَّهِ لَشَهَـٰدَتُنَآ أَحَقُّ مِن شَهَـٰدَتِهِمَا وَمَا ٱعْتَدَيْنَآ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

But if it gets known that these two were guilty of the sin (of perjury), let two others stand forth in their places,- nearest in kin from among those who claim a lawful right: let them swear by Allah: "We affirm that our witness is truer than that of those two, and that we have not trespassed (beyond the truth): if we did, behold! the wrong be upon us!"

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, aor. عَثُرَ (S, A, Mgh, O, Msb, K) and عَثِرَ ; (A, Msb, K;) and عَثِرَ , aor. عَثَرَ ; and عَثُرَ , aor. عَثُرَ ; (A, K;) inf. n. عِثَارٌ (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K) and عَثْرٌ and عَثِيرٌ ; (K;) said of a man and of a horse, (S, Msb,) He stumbled, or tripped; [the most usual meaning;] or he fell upon his face; syn. كَبَا [which has both of these meanings]; as also تعثّر : (A, K:) or [simply] he fell; syn. سَقَطَ : (Mgh:) or one says of a man, (Msb on the authority of the Mukhtasar el-'Eyn, and TA on the authority of the T,) عَثَرَ , (Msb, TA,) inf. n. عُثُورٌ , (Msb,) or عَثْرَةٌ ; (TA; [perhaps a mistranscription for عَثْرٌ ;]) and of a horse, عَثَرَ , inf. n. عِثَارٌ ; (Msb, TA;) فِعَالٌ being a measure of inf. ns. of verbs signifying various faults of horses and the like. (TA.) You say, عَثَرَ فِى ثَوْبِهِ [He stumbled, or tripped, upon his garment]. (S, O, Msb.) And خَرَجَ يَتَعَثَّرُ فِى أَذْيَالِهِ [He went forth stumbling, or tripping, upon his skirts]. (A.) And عَثَرَ بِهِ فَرَسُهُ فَسَقَطَ [His horse stumbled, or tripped, with him, and he fell]. (S, O.) And it is said in a prov., الجَوَادُ قَدْ يَعْثُرُ [The swift and excellent horse sometimes stumbles, or trips]: applied to a person by whom a slip that is not of his nature is seen to have been committed. (O.) [Hence,] عَثَرَ فِى كَلَامِهِ and تعثّر [He stumbled, or tripped, in his speech]. (A.) And تعثّر لِسَانُهُ His tongue halted, faltered, or hesitated. (S, O, TA.) And [hence, app.,] عَثَرَ , (Kr, K, TA,) inf. n. عَثْرٌ , (Kr, O, TA,) He lied. (Kr, O, K, TA.) One says, فُلَانٌ فِى العَثْرِ وَالبَائِنِ , meaning [Such a one is occupied] in truth and falsehood [or rather in falsehood and truth]. (O, TA.) And عَثَرَ عَلَيْهِ , (S, A, Mgh, O, Msb,) aor. عَثُرَ (S, O, Msb) and عَثِرَ , (TA,) inf. n. عَثْرٌ and عُثُورٌ , (O, Msb, K, [the latter erroneously written in the CK عَثُور ,]) [He stumbled on it; lighted on it by chance;] he got, or obtained, knowledge of it; or sight and knowledge of it; became acquainted with it; knew it; or saw it; (S, A, Mgh, O, Msb, K, * TA;) accidentally, or without seeking; (TA;) [and so عَثَرَ بِهِ ; (see an ex. voce أَشْرَسُ ;)] and أَعْثَرَ signifies the same; but accord. to the usage of the Kur-án, you say أَعْثَرْتُ غَيْرِى : so in the Kitáb el-Abniyeh of IKtt. (TA. [See 4.]) You say, عَثَرَ عَلَى سِرِّ الرَّجُلِ He obtained knowledge of, or became acquainted with, the secret of the man [accidentally]. (TA.) [Hence,] فَإِنْ عُثِرَ عَلَى أَنَّهُمَا ٱسْتَحَقَّا إِثْمًا , in the Kur [v. 106], means But if it become known, or seen, (Ksh, Mgh, O, Bd, Jel,) that they two have done what has necessitated sin, (Ksh, Bd, Jel,) and deserved its being said of them that they were sinners. (Ksh.) And عَثَرَ , aor. عَثُرَ , inf. n. عُثُورٌ , as expl. by Lth, means He (a man) entered suddenly, or unexpectedly, upon an affair upon which another had not so entered. (TA.) عَثَرَ جَدُّهُ , (K, TA,) aor. عَثُرَ and عَثِرَ , (TA,) means His fortune, or good fortune, fell; syn. تَعِسَ ; (K, TA;) as being likened to one who has stumbled, or tripped, or fallen upon his face. (TA.) عَثَرَ العِرْقُ , (Lh, K,) inf. n. عَثْرٌ , (Lh, TA,) The vein pulsed. (Lh, K, TA.) عَثَرَ بِهِ : see 4. [Hence,] عَثَرَ بِهِمْ الزَّمَانُ Time, or fortune, destroyed them: (TA:) or caused them to be overcome. (O.)
Form 2عَثَّرَ1 sense

Core sense — he caused him to stumble, or tripgenerated

2.1

See form 4, in three places.

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see the next paragraph, in three places.
Form 4اعثرهُ5 senses · 2 main

Core sense — he caused him to stumble, or fall; he made him light on it by chancegenerated

4.1he caused him to stumble, or trip, or to fall on his face; or simply, to fall—عثّرهُ

Said of God; and so عَثَرَ بِهِ (see form 1, last sentence, and see also عَاثُورٌ, first sentence).

IAar cites as an example: [And I went forth, made to stumble, or trip, on the fore parts of my jubbeh: but for the sense of shame, I would have made it fly, in running]

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فَخَرَجْتُ أُعْثَرُ فِى مَقَادِمِ جُبَّتِىلَوْلَا الحَيَآءُ أَطَرْتُهُ إِحْضَارَا

. According to one account, however, the verb in this verse is أَعْثُرُ.

اعثرهُ ٱللّٰهُ has the same meaning as أَتْعَسَهُ [for whose various explanations see the article on تعس].

4.1.1figurative · مجازhe spoke against him to the Sultán, seeking to bring about his destruction through him—اعثر بِهِ عِنْدَ السُّلْطَانِ

Also said as عثّرهُ عِنْدَهُ.

4.1.2figurative · مجازhe made him light on it by chance; he made him come to know it, or to see it, without seeking it—اعثرهُ عَلَيْهِ
and so we caused them to be lighted upon—أَعْثَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ

Qur'ān 18:20; in it غَيْرَهُمْ, the object, is left out.

he guided him, or showed him the way, to his companions—اعثرهُ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ
4.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredhe (that is, God) made his fortune, or good fortune, fall—اعثر جَدَّهُ

Also عثّرهُ.

4.2

See also form 1, latter half.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4
18:21
وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَعْثَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَأَنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَآ إِذْ يَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ ۖ فَقَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ عَلَيْهِم بُنْيَـٰنًا ۖ رَّبُّهُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ ۚ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِم مَّسْجِدًا

Thus did We make their case known to the people, that they might know that the promise of Allah is true, and that there can be no doubt about the Hour of Judgment. Behold, they dispute among themselves as to their affair. (Some) said, "Construct a building over them": Their Lord knows best about them: those who prevailed over their affair said, "Let us surely build a place of worship over them."

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He caused him to stumble, or trip; or to fall upon his face; [or simply, to fall;] as also عثّرهُ ; (K, TA;) [and so عَثَرَ بِهِ ; (see 1, last sentence, and see also عَاثُورٌ , first sentence;)] said of God. (TA.) IAar cites as an ex., 1 [And I went forth, made to stumble, or trip, upon the fore parts of my jubbeh: but for the sense of shame, I had made it to fly, in running]: accord. to one relation, however, the verb in question, in this verse, is أَعْثُرُ . (TA.) And اعثرهُ ٱللّٰهُ is syn. with أَتْعَسَهُ [of which see various explanations in art. تعس ]. (TA.) فَخَرَجْتُ أُعْثَرُ فِى مَقَادِمِ جُبَّتِى | لَوْلَا الحَيَآءُ أَطَرْتُهُ إِحْضَارَا [Hence,] اعثر بِهِ عِنْدَ السُّلْطَانِ , (K,) or عثّرهُ عِنْدَهُ , (A,) He impugned his character to the Sultán, (A, O, K,) and sought to make him fall into destruction by means of the latter. (A.) And اعثرهُ عَلَيْهِ [He made him to stumble upon it, or to light on it by chance; or] he made him to get, or obtain, knowledge of it, or sight and knowledge of it; to become acquainted with it; to know it; or to see it; (S, A, O, Msb, K; *) accidentally, or without seeking. (B, TA.) Hence the phrase in the Kur [xviii. 20] أَعْثَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ ; (S, Ta;) in which غَيْرَهُمْ , the objective complement, is suppressed. (TA.) And اعثرهُ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ He guided him, or showed him the way, to his companions. (A.) اعثر جَدَّهُ , and عثّرهُ , He [i. e. God] made his fortune, or good fortune, to fall. (K. [See عَثَرَ جَدُّهُ .]) See also 1, latter half.
Form 5تَعَثَّرَ1 sense

Core sense — he stumbled, or trippedgenerated

5.1

See form 1, in four places.

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see 1, in four places.
Form Q. Q. 1عَثْيَرَ القَوْمُ2 senses

Core sense — they raised the dust with the tips of their toes in walkinggenerated

Q. Q. 1.1

From عِثْيَرٌ: the people, or party, raised the dust, or earth, or the bits of dry clay or compact earth (termed عِثْيَر) with the tips of their toes, in walking.

Q. Q. 1.2he saw, or beheld, the birds—عَيْثَرَ الطَّيْرَ

A poet says: [that is, You saw your birds; &c.: I wish you would augur from them, and take warning]

shāhid
لَقَدْ عَيْثَرْتَ طَيْرَكَ لَوْ تَعِيفُ

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From عَيْثَرٌ. Or: he saw that the birds ran; or he saw the birds running, and augured from them. But this addition, فزجرها, is evidently taken from an explanation of the words that follow.

I saw, or beheld, the thing, and individuated it—عَيْثَرْتُ الشَّىْءَ
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[from عِثْيَرٌ ] The people, or party, raised the dust, or earth, or bits of dry clay or compact earth, (termed عِثْيَر ,) with the extremities of their toes, in walking. (Kh, Har p. 488.) عَيْثَرَ الطَّيْرَ [from عَيْثَرٌ ] He saw, or beheld, the birds: or he saw that the birds ran: (O:) or he saw the birds running, and augured from them ( فَزَجَرَهَا ). (K. [But this addition, فزجرها , is evidently taken from an explanation of the words here following.]) A poet says, 1 [i. e. Thou sawest, or beheldest, thy birds; &c.: would that thou wouldst augur from them, and take warning]. (O.) And you say, عَيْثَرْتُ الشَّىْءَ I saw, or beheld, the thing; (L, TA;) and individuated it. (TA.) لَقَدْ عَيْثَرْتَ طَيْرَكَ لَوْ تَعِيفُ

Derived nouns 14

Nounعَثْرٌ1 sense

Core sense — watered by the rain alone, said of palm-trees or seed-producegenerated

1

See عَثَرِىٌّ.

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: see عَثَرِىٌّ .
Nounعُثْرٌ2 senses

Core sense — a lie, or falsehood; the eaglegenerated

1

A lie, or falsehood; and عَثَرٌ means the same.

2

Also the eagle. In the K this meaning is wrongly given, in the article on عبر, to عُبْرٌ.

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A lie; or falsehood; (K;) as also عَثَرٌ . (IAar, K.) Also The Eagle: (K:) a meaning also assigned in the K, in art. عبر , but erroneously, to عُبْرٌ . (TA.)
Nounعَثَرٌ1 sense

Core sense — a lie, or falsehoodgenerated

1

See the entry just before this one.

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: see the next preceding paragraph.
Nounعَثْرَةٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a stumble, or trip; a slip, or fault; war against unbelieversgenerated

1

A stumble, or trip, in walking or going along; plural عَثَرَاتٌ.

1.1figurative · مجازmay God cancel your slip, lapse, or fault—أَقَالَ ٱللّٰهُ عَثْرَتَكَ
there is no one to be called forbearing except one who has committed a slip—لَا حَلِيمَ إِلَّا ذُو عَثْرَةٍ

From a tradition: that is, he is admonished by it, and comes to distinguish the occasions of error so as to avoid them [and to make allowance for others who have done the like].

on this sense And so, a slip, lapse, fault, wrong action, or mistake; so called as being a fall into sin or crime.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferreddo not begin with them by war—لَا تَبْدَأْهُمْ بِالعَثْرَةِ

From a tradition: the meaning is, invite them first to El-Islám or to the payment of the poll-tax, and if they do not agree, then resort to war.

And war, or fighting, against unbelievers or others; so called because war is an occasion of frequent stumbling, or tripping.

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A stumble, or trip, (Msb, TA,) in walking, or going along: pl. عَثَرَاتٌ . (TA.) And [hence,] A slip, lapse, fault, wrong action, or mistake; (S, O, Msb, TA;) so called as being a fall into sin or crime. (Msb.) One says, أَقَالَ ٱللّٰهُ عَثْرَتَكَ [May God cancel thy slip, lapse, fault, &c.]. (A.) And it is said in a trad., لَا حَلِيمَ إِلَّا ذُو عَثْرَةٍ i. e. There is no one to be characterized as of a forbearing disposition except he be one who has committed a slip, and becomes admonished thereby, distinguishing the occasions of error so as to avoid them [and to make allowance for others who have done the like]. (TA.) And War, or fight, against unbelievers or others; because war, or fight, is an occasion of frequent stumbling, or tripping: so in a trad., in which it is said, لَا تَبْدَأْهُمْ بِالعَثْرَةِ [Begin not ye with them by war]; meaning invite ye them first to El-Islám or to the payment of the poll-tax; and if they assent not, then have recourse to war. (TA.)
Nounعَثِرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — high land without herbage, covered with dustgenerated

1

Land without herbage, being high and overspread with عِثْيَر, that is, dust.

Said to occur in a tradition as the name of a particular land.

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Land ( أَرْض ) without herbage, being high, and overspread with عِثْيَر , i. e. dust: (O, TA:) and said to occur in a trad. as the name of a particular land. (O, K, * TA.)
Nounعَثَرِىٌّ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — watered by the rain alone, said of palm-trees; a man who occupies himself with nothinggenerated

1

The same as عِذْىٌ, as some say: such as is watered by the rain alone, of palm-trees or of seed-produce; or such as is watered by water running over the surface of the ground, of palm-trees; or seed-produce watered by torrents and by rain, the water being made to flow to it in channels. عَثْرٌ means the same.

Or, according to IAth, palm-trees that drink with their roots from the rain-water that collects in a part hollowed out in the ground.

The first term is said to be applied in this way because what is so called is as though it stumbled upon water without any labour of its owner, being regarded as an irregular relative noun from العَثْرُ. But Abu-l-'Abbás [that is, Th] says that, applied in this way, it has teshdeed on the ث [that is, عَثَّرِىٌّ], though not in the sense that follows.

1.1figurative · مجازsuch a one came unoccupied—جَآءَ فُلَانٌ عَثَرِيًّا

Also a man who does not busy himself in seeking the things of the present world nor those of the world to come; it occurs in a tradition in which such a man is said to be the most hateful of mankind to God.

In this sense sometimes written with teshdeed on the ث, and so it is according to Sh and IAar; but the correct form is without teshdeed. Some say it is from عَثَرِىٌّ applied to palm-trees.

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i. q. عِذْىٌ , (Az, S, O, Msb, TA,) as some say; (Msb;) i. e., (Az, S, O, TA,) Such as is watered by the rain (Az, S, K, TA) alone, (S,) of palm-trees, (Az, O, TA,) or of seed-produce: (S:) or such as is watered by water running upon the surface of the ground, (O, Msb,) of palmtrees: (Msb:) or seed-produce that is watered by torrents and by rain, the water being made to flow thereto in channels: (TA:) and عَثْرٌ signifies the same: (K, TA:) 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: (TA:) 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 : (O, * TA:) 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. (TA.) Also A man who does not occupy himself in seeking the things of the present world nor those of the world to come: (O, K, TA:) occurring in a trad., in which such is said to be the most hateful of mankind to God: (O, TA:) in this sense, sometimes written with teshdeed to the ث , (K, TA,) and thus it is accord. to Sh (O, TA) and IAar; (TA;) but correctly without teshdeed: (Th, K, TA:) and said by some to be from عَثَرِىٌّ applied to palm-trees. (O, * TA.) One says also, جَآءَ فُلَانٌ عَثَرِيًّا , meaning Such a one came unoccupied. (O, TA.)
Nounعَثَارٌ2 senses

Core sense — a thing by which one is made to stumble and fallgenerated

1

Or عِثَارٌ: see عَاثُورٌ, in six places.

2

And for عِثَارٌ see also عِثْيَرٌ.

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or عِثَارٌ : see عَاثُورٌ , in six places: and for عِثَارٌ see also عِثْيَرٌ .
Nounعَثُورٌ1 sense

Core sense — that stumbles, or trips, and falls much or oftengenerated

1

[Having a habit of stumbling or tripping, or of falling:] that stumbles, or trips, and falls, much or often.

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[Having a habit of stumbling or tripping, or of falling:] that stumbles, or trips, and falls, much or often. (Har p. 296.)
Nounعِثْيَرٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — dust, or rising dust; a faint trace or markgenerated

1

Not عَثْيَرٌ, for there is no word in the language of the measure فَعْيَلٌ with fet-h on the ف except ضَهْيَدٌ, meaning “hardy, strong, or robust,” and this is [said to be] forged [but see ضهيد].

Dust; syn. غُبَارٌ, or عَجَاجٌ and تُرَابٌ, and this is how عِثْيَرَاتٌ is explained by Sb; or dust rising or spreading; as also عِثْيَرَةٌ. عِثَارٌ means the same.

1.1I saw no trace of him—لَهُ أَثَرًا وَلَا عَيْثَرًا مَا رَأَيْتُ

And clay, or earth, or dust, or bits of clay or compact earth, which one turns over with the tips of the feet or of the toes in walking, no other mark of the foot being seen; and a faint trace or mark, said to be fainter than what is termed أَثَرٌ; and so عَيْثَرٌ, with the ى put before [the ث] and with fet-h on the ع, in both of these senses [misunderstood by SM as meaning “and with fet-h on the ع in both words,” that is, in عثير and عيثر]. Or عَيْثَرٌ means a faint trace or mark.

nor any faint trace—وَلَا عِثْيَرًا

Yaakoob mentions this saying.

Or ولا عِثْيَرًا means: nor any clay, or earth, and the like, turned over by the tips of his feet; and ولا عَيْثَرًا is said to mean: nor any bodily form.

he is not known to be on foot by any foot-mark appearing—مَا لَهُ أَثَرٌ وَلَا عِثْيَرٌ
nor to be a horseman by his horse's raising the dust—ولا عَيْثَرٌ

on this sense [See also Har p. 488.]

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, (S, O, K,) 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, (MA, O, K,) syn. غُبَارٌ , (O,) or عَجَاجٌ , and تُرَابٌ , (K,) and thus عِثْيَرَاتٌ is expl. by Sb; (TA;) or dust rising or spreading; (S, MA; *) as also عِثْيَرَةٌ ; (TA;) and عِثَارٌ signifies the same. (MA.) And Clay, or earth, (K, TA,) or dust, or bits of clay or compact earth, (TA,) which one turns over (K, TA) with the extremities of the feet (K) or of the toes, in walking, or going along, no other mark of the foot being seen: (TA:) and an obscure trace or mark, (K, TA,) said to be more obscure than such as is termed أَثَرٌ : (TA:) 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 ]: (K:) or عَيْثَرٌ signifies an obscure trace or mark: (S:) and Yaakoob mentions the saying لَهُ أَثَرًا وَلَا عَيْثَرًا مَا رَأَيْتُ and وَلَا عِثْيَرًا [app. meaning I saw not any trace of him nor any obscure trace]: (S, O:) or ولا عِثْيَرًا means, nor clay, or earth, &c., turned over by the extremities of his feet: (TA:) and it is said that ولا عَيْثَرًا means, nor bodily form. (O.) 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. (TA.) [See also Har p. 488.]
Nounعِثْيَرَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — dust; a land in which there is much dustgenerated

1

And its plural عِثْيَرَاتٌ: see عِثْيَرٌ.

1.1a land in which there is much dust—أَرْضٌ عِثْيَرَةٌ
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, and its pl. عِثْيَرَاتٌ : see عِثْيَرٌ . One says also أَرْضٌ عِثْيَرَةٌ , meaning A land in which is much dust. (TA.)
Nounعَاثِرٌ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — stumbling, or tripping; a liargenerated

1

Stumbling, or tripping; &c.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

And a liar.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredfortune, or good fortune, in a falling state—جَدٌّ عَاثِرٌ

See form 1, near the end. Plural عَوَاثِرُ.

1.3

Or it may be the plural of عَاثِرٌ, meaning the snare of a hunter.

1.4figurative · مجاز — inferred

Or it may be the plural of عَاثِرَةٌ, meaning an accident that destroys, or causes to be overcome, the one it befalls.

1.5

Or it may be the plural of عَاثُورٌ [q. v.], the ى being left out by poetic licence in a verse in which it occurs.

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[Stumbling, or tripping; &c. And] A liar. (TA.) And one says also جَدٌّ عَاثِرٌ [Fortune, or good fortune, in a falling state: (see 1, near the end:)] pl. عَوَاثِرُ : (TA:) or this may be pl of عَاثِرٌ signifying The snare of a sportsman: or it may be pl. of عَاثِرَةٌ signifying An accident that destroys, or causes to be overcome, him whom it befalls: (O:) or it may be pl. of عَاثُورٌ [q. v.], the ى being suppressed, (O, TA,) by poetic license, in a verse in which it occurs. (TA.)
Nounعَيْثَرٌ1 sense

Core sense — the substance of a thing; its bodily formgenerated

1

The substance of a thing; its bodily, or corporeal, form; syn. عَيْنٌ and شَخْصٌ.

In this sense the TA says it is written wrongly in all the copies of the K as عَثْيَر, with the ث before the ى; but I find it written عَيْثَر in my manuscript copy of the K and also in the CK.

See also عِثْيَرٌ, in five places.

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The substance of a thing; its bodily, or corporeal, form; syn. عَيْنٌ and شَخْصٌ . (T, O, L, K, TA. [In this sense, it is said in the TA to be erroneously written in all the copies of the K عَثْيَر , with the ث before the ى ; but I find it written عَيْثَر in my MS. copy of the K and also in the CK.]) See also عِثْيَرٌ , in five places.
Nounعَاثِرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a hunter's snare; an accident that destroys the one it befallsgenerated

1

See عَاثِرٌ.

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: see عَاثِرٌ .
Nounعَاثُورٌ7 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a pit dug as a trap; a cause of destruction; difficulty, or distressgenerated

1

A pit dug for a lion or other animal, so that it may fall into it and be taken; this is the primary meaning. Or a thing that is prepared for one to fall into.

Or, as also عثار [that is, عَثَارٌ or عِثَارٌ (see what follows)], a thing by which one is made to stumble and fall; explained by مَا عُثِرَ بِهِ.

The plural is عَوَاثِيرُ, from which, perhaps, comes عَوَاثِرُ, by suppression of the ى. [See عَاثرٌ.]

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe fell into a cause, or place, of destruction or of death—وَقَعَ فِى عَاثُورٍ

A place of destruction; or a cause, or place, of destruction or of death; applied to a land.

such a one keeps his companion from the causes, or places, of destruction or of death—فُلَانٌ يَقِى صَاحِبَهُ العَوَاثِرَ
the tribe of Kureysh are people of fidelity: whoever seeks causes of destruction for them, may God lay him prostrate on his nose—إِنَّ قُرَيْشًا أَهْلُ أَمَانَةٍ مَنْ بَغَاهَا العَوَاثِيرَ كَبَّهُ ٱللّٰهُ لِمَنْخِرَيْهِ

From a tradition; according to one account, عَوَاثِرَ.

1.2figurative · مجازI experienced difficulty, or distress, from him, or from it—لَقِيتُ مِنْهُ عَاثُورًا

And so, difficulty, or distress; as also عَاثُورُ شَرٍّ; and evil, like عَاذُورٌ, which is a dialectal variant of it, or a mispronunciation; as also عَثَارٌ, or عِثَارٌ (so in other copies of the K and in the TA, where it is said to be with kesr, and I think this the more probably correct, being originally a maṣdar). Fr says that عِثَارُ شَرٍّ means the same as عَاثُورُ شَرٍّ.

I experienced difficulty, or distress, from him, or from it—عِثَارًا
they fell into difficulty, or distress—وَقَعُوا فِى عَاثُورِ شَرٍّ
they fell into difficulty, or distress—عَافُورِ شَرٍّ

Or: they fell into a confusion of evil and difficulty or distress.

Yaakoob holds that the ف in عَافُور is a substitute for the ث in عَاثُور; but Az remarks that this is not necessarily so, since the meaning of difficulty is implied in the root عفر.

1.3

It is also said to mean a kind of snare made of bark.

1.4

And a channel that is dug in order to irrigate with it a palm-tree of the kind termed بَعْلٌ.

1.5

And a well.

2

It may also be used as an adjective [apparently meaning perilous, or destructive].

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A pit dug for a lion or other [animal], (S, A, O,) that he may fall into it, (A,) in order that he may be taken: (S, O:) this is the primary signification: (A:) or a thing that is prepared for one to fall into it: (K:) or, as also عثار [i. e. عَثَارٌ or عِثَارٌ (see what follows)], a thing by which one is made to stumble and fall; expl. by مَا عُثِرَ بِهِ : (TA:) the pl. is عَوَاثِيرُ ; whence, perhaps, عَوَاثِرُ , by suppression of the ى . (O, TA. [See عَاثرٌ .]) [Hence,] A place of perdition: (TA voce حَاجُورٌ :) or a cause, or place, of perdition or of death: (A, K:) applied to a land. (K.) You say, وَقَعَ فِى عَاثُورٍ He fell into a cause, or place, of perdition or of death. (A, TA.) And فُلَانٌ يَقِى صَاحِبَهُ العَوَاثِرَ [Such a one preserves his companion from the causes, or places, of perdition or of death]. (A.) And it is said in a trad., إِنَّ قُرَيْشًا أَهْلُ أَمَانَةٍ مَنْ بَغَاهَا العَوَاثِيرَ كَبَّهُ ٱللّٰهُ لِمَنْخِرَيْهِ [Verily the tribe of Kureysh are people of fidelity: whoso seeks for them the causes, or places, of perdition or of death, may God lay him prostrate upon his nostrils]: or, accord. to one relation, عَوَاثِرَ . (O, TA.) And [hence,] Difficulty, or distress; as also عَاثُورُ شَرٍّ : (S, O:) and evil; (K, TA;) like عَاذُورٌ , which is a dial. var. thereof, or an instance of mispronunciation; (S and O in art. عذر ;) as also عَثَارٌ , (accord. to some copies of the K,) or عِثَارٌ : (thus in other copies of the K and in the TA [in the latter of which it is said to be with kesr; and this I think to be the more probably correct; originally an inf. n.]:) and عِثَارُ شَرٍّ is said by Fr to signify the same as عَاثُورُ شَرٍّ . (TA.) You say, لَقِيتُ مِنْهُ عَاثُورًا , (As, S, O, TA,) and عِثَارًا , (TA,) I experienced from him, or it, difficulty, or distress. (As, S, O, TA.) And وَقَعُوا فِى عَاثُورِ شَرٍّ , (As, S, O, TA,) and عَافُورِ شَرٍّ , (S, O,) They fell into difficulty, or distress: (As, S, O:) or into a confusion of evil and difficulty or distress. (TA.) It is the opinion of Yaakoob that the ف in عَافُور is a substitute for the ث in عَاثُور : but Az observes that this is not necessarily the case, as the meaning of difficulty is implied in the root عفر . (TA.) It is said to signify also A kind of snare ( مِصْيَدَة ) made of bark. (O.) And A channel that is dug for the purpose of irrigating thereby a palm-tree such as is termed بَعْلٌ . (O.) And A well. (K.) And it may also be used as an epithet [app. meaning Perilous, or destructive]. (ISd, TA.)