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2 أرّث ذ , (M, A,) inf. n. تَأْرِيثٌ, (T, S, K,) He kindled, or lighted, a fire; or made it to burn, burn up, burn brightly or fiercely, blaze, or flame; (T, S, M, A, K;) as also ↓ أَرَثَ , aor. اَرُثَ , (T, K,) inf. n. أَرْثٌ; (K; in a copy of the A إِِرْثٌ;) but this [says SM] no leading lexicographer has mentioned, nor have I found any example of it. (TA.) [See also وَرَّثَ.] ― -b2- [Hence,] تأريث also signifies (tropical:) The exciting discord, dissension, disorder, strife, quarrelling, or animosity, between a people. (S, K.) You say, أرَث بَيْنَ القَوْمِ, (M, A,) and أرّث بَيْنَهُمُ الشَّرَّ وَالحَرْبَ, (T, TA,) (tropical:) He excited discord, dissension, disorder, strife, quarrelling, or animosity, between, or among, the people, or company of men; (T, M, A;) kindled the fire of discord, dissension, &c., [or evil, and war,] between them, or among them. (T, * TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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