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عَذِرَةٌ ذ Human dung or ordure; (S, * O, * Msb, K, TA;) as also ↓ عَاذِرٌ (IAar, IDrd, O, L, K, TA) and ↓ عَاذِرَةٌ : (O, K:) pl. of the first [which is the most common] عَذِرَاتٌ, (Msb,) and of ↓ the second عُذَرٌ. (IAar, TA.) ― -b2- And hence, (S, O, Msb,) (tropical:) The court, or yard, (فِنَآء,) of a house: (S, O, Msb, K, TA:) so called because the human ordure (العَذِرَة) used to be cast in it: (S, O, Msb:) or, accord. to As, this is the primary signification; what is before mentioned being so termed because cast in the فناء; like as it is termed غَائِط because cast in the عائط, which means “ a depressed piece of ground; ” (Har p. 403;) [and] thus says A 'Obeyd: pl. as above: (O, TA:) and مَعَاذِرُ [pl. of ↓ مَعْذَرٌ which lit. signifies a place of human dung or ordure] is syn. with عَذِرَاتٌ as meaning أَفْنِيَةٌ [pl. of فِنَآءٌ]. (Ham p. 677, q. v.) It is related of 'Alee that he reproved some persons, and said, مَا لَكُمْ لَا تُنَظِّفُونَ عَذِرَاتِكُمْ (A, * O, TA) i. e. (tropical:) [What aileth you that ye will not cleanse] the courts, or yards, of your houses? (TA.) And in a trad. (O, TA) of the Prophet (O) it is said, اليَهُودُ أَنْتَنُ خَلْقِ ا@للّٰهِ عَذِرَةً, (A, O, TA,) which may mean (tropical:) [The Jews are the most stinking of God's creatures] in respect of the court, or yard, of the house: or in respect of ordure. (TA.) And it is said in a prov., إِِنَّهُ لَبَرِىْءُ العَذِرَةِ, a phrase like بَرِىْءُ السَّاحَةِ (tropical:) [lit. Verily he is clear in respect of the court, or yard, of the house; app. meaning, clear of disgrace]. (TA.) ― -b3- Also (assumed tropical:) A place where people sit (K, TA) in the court, or yard, of the house. (TA.) ― -b4- And (assumed tropical:) The worst of what come forth from wheat or corn (طَعَام), (Lh, O, K, TA,) and is thrown away, (Lh, TA,) when it is cleared; (O;) as also عَذِبَةٌ. (Lh, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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