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رِثَّةٌ ذ (T, S, M, Mgh, K) and ↓ رَثٌّ (T, M, K) The paltry, mean, or vile, chattels, or articles of furniture, (T, S, M, A, K,) of the house or tent, (S, M, A, K,) consisting of old and worn-out garments or pieces of cloth: (S, M:) or such are termed رِثَّةُ المُتَاعِ: (Mgh:) the pl. of رِثَّةٌ is رِثَثٌ (T, S, K) and رِثَاثٌ: (S, K:) it is a subst. from رَثَّ signifying “ it was, or became, old, and worn out, ” and “ mean, or bad; ” said of anything, but mostly of what is worn as clothing, or spread as furniture, and of a rope: (M:) [i. e. it means any such thing that is old, and worn out, and mean, or bad:] see also رَثٌّ. ― -b2- Hence, (T, A, Mgh,) رِثَّةٌ signifies (tropical:) The weak of mankind; (T, S, M, A, Mgh, K;) [the old, and worn-out, thereof;] and the refuse, or lowest or basest or meanest sort, thereof: (S, M:) as being likened to the chattels, or articles of furniture, thus termed. (A, Mgh.) ― -b3- Also (assumed tropical:) A foolish, or stupid, woman; one who is unsound, or deficient, in intellect or understanding. (S, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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