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ثَرْوَةٌ ثر ثروه ثروة Many, or a great number, (S, M, K,) of men; and of cattle, or other property: (M, K:) or much, or a great quantity, or property; (Mgh, Msb;) as also ↓ ثَرَآءٌ : (S, M, * Mgh:) and فَرْوَةٌ signifies the same as ثَرْوَةٌ; the ف being a substitute for the ث. (M.) One says, إِِنَّهُ لَذُو ثَرْوَةٍ ↓ وَذُو ثَرَآءٍ , (ISk, S,) or وَثَرْوَةٍ ↓ إِِنَّهُ لَذُو ثَرَآءٍ , (T,) Verily he possesses a number [of men] and much property. (ISk, T, S.) Accord. to IAar, one says ثَوْرَةٌ مِنْ رِجَالٍ and ثَرْوَةٌ, meaning A great number of men: but only ثَرْوَةٌ مِنْ مَالٍ. (TA.) ― -b2- Also The night of the conjunction of the moon and الثُّرَيَّا [or the Pleiades]. (M, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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