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دِثَارٌ دثار Any garment, (S, M, * A, Mgh, Msb, K,) such as a كِسَآء &c., which a man throws upon himself (Mgh, Msb) over the شِعَار [or garment that is next the body]: (S, M, A, Msb, K:) or one with which a person envelopes himself entirely: (M:) or a garment which one wears for warmth above the شعار: (T, TA:) pl. دُثُرٌ. (Mgh.) ― -b2- It is said in a trad. respecting the Assistants (الانصار) [of Mohammad], أَنْتُمُ ا@لشِّعَارُ وَا@لنَّاسُ ا@لدِّثَارُ, meaning (assumed tropical:) Ye are the persons of distinction, and the [other] people are the vulgar. (TA.) [See also شِعَارٌ.] ― -b3- أَبُو دِثَارٍ and بَيْتُ أَبِى دِثَارٍ The thin curtain (كِلَّة) by which one protects himself from gnats, or musquitoes; the musquito-curtain: [see an ex. in the first paragraph of art. بعض:], or ابو دثار is an appellation of the gnat, or musquito; because it is concealed in the daytime; or because a دثار is wanted to protect one from its annoyance. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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