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1 رَثَيْتُ المَيِّتَ ذ , (S, M, Msb, K,) aor. أَرْثِيهِ, (Msb,) inf. n. مَرْثِيَةٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and مَرْثَاةٌ and رِثَايَةٌ and رِثَآءٌ and رَثْىٌ; (M, K;) and رَثَوْتُهُ; (S, M in art. رثو, * and K;) I wept for, or over, [or bewailed,] the dead man, and [eulogized him, or] enumerated his good qualities or actions; (S, K;) as also ↓ رَثَّيْتُيهُ , inf. n. تَرْثِيَةٌ; and ↓ تَرَثَّيْتُهُ : (K:) and also I composed verses on the dead man; (S, K;) [composed an elegy, a dirge, or an epicedium, on him;] eulogized him in verse: (TA:) or I eulogized the dead man, and wept for him or over him; as also ↓ رَثَّيْتُهُ : (M:) or, accord. to Lth, رَثَى فُلَانًا, aor. يَرْثِيهِ, inf. n. رَثْىٌ and مَرْثِيَةٌ, signifies he wept for, or over, such a one after his death; and ↓ رثّاهُ , inf. n. ترْثِيَةٌ, he eulogized him after his death: (T:) or رَثَيْتُ المَيِّتَ and لَهُ ↓ تَرَثَّيْتُ signify I felt, or expressed, pity, or compassion, for the dead man. (Msb. [See also رَثَى لَهُ, in what follows.]) You say also, رَثَتِ المَرْأَةُ زَوْجَهَا, (IAar, T,) or بَعْلَهَا, (M,) aor. تَرْثِيهِ (IAar, T, M) and تَرْثُوهُ, (IAar, T, and M in art. رثو,) inf. n. رِثَايَةٌ [&c.]; (T;) and رَثِيَتْهُ, aor. تَرْثَاهُ, inf. n. رثَايَةٌ [&c.]; (Lh, M;) and ↓ تَرَثَّتْهُ ; (M;) [The woman wept for, or over, her husband, &c, he being dead:] and ISk mentions an Arab woman's saying رَثَأْتُ زَوْجِى بِأَبْيَاتٍ; pronouncing the verb with ' (S. [See 1 (last sentence) in art. رثأ.]) And you say, رَثَى لَهُ He was, or became, tender, pitiful, or compassionate, towards him. (S, M, K.) And مَا يَرْثِى فُلَانٌ لِى Such a one does not lament, complain, or express pain or grief, for me; nor does he care for me: and إِِنِّى لَا أَرْثِى لَهُ [Verily I do not lament, &c., for him], inf. n. مَرْثَاةٌ and رَثْىٌ. (T.) ― -b2- رَثَيْتُ عَنْهُ حَدِيثًا, (AA, Lh, T, S, M, K,) aor. أَرْثِى, inf. n. رِثَايَةٌ, (AA, T, S, K,) I mentioned a story, or tradition, received from him: (AA, T, S, K:) and (K) I retained in my memory a story, or tradition, received from him: (Lh, M, K:) but the phrase that is well known is نَثَيْتُ عَنْهُ خَبَرًا, meaning “ I bore information, or tidings, from him: ” (M:) and رَثَوْتُ عَنْهُ حَدِيثًا also has the second of these meanings; (M and K * in art. رثو;) or the first of them: (K in that art.:) but the phrase that is well known is نَثَوْتُ عَنْهُ خَبَرًا: (M in that art.:) accord. to E-'Okeylee, you say, رَثَوْنَا بَيْنَنَا حَدِيثًا and رَثَيْنَاهُ [i. e. We mentioned among us a story, or tradition]; and تَنَاثَيْنَاهُ means the like thereof. (T.) -A2- رَثِىَ, (IAar, M, K, [and accord. to the TA, رُثِىَ, but it appears from the context that this is taken from a copy of the M, and is wrong,]) inf. n. رَثْىٌ, by rule رَثًى, (IAar, M,) He was, or became, affected with what is termed رَثْيَةٌ, (IAar, M, K,) in all the senses of this word. (K.) -A3- [A meaning assigned to رَثَا by Golius belongs to رَثَأَ, q. v.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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