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1 دَثَرَ دثار دثر , (T, S, M, K, &c.,) aor. دَثُرَ , (M, Msb,) inf. n. دُثُورٌ, (T, S, M, K, &c.,) said of a trace, or mark, of a house; or of what remains, cleaving to the ground, marking the place of a house; (S, Msb, K, TA;) or of a place of abode, (T, A,) &c.; (T;) or of a thing; (M;) It became covered with sand and dust blown over it by the wind: this is the primary signification: (TA:) or it became effaced, or obliterated, (T, S, M, A, K, TA,) by the blowing of the winds over it; (TA;) as also ↓ تداثر , (S,) or ↓ اندثر : (M, K:) and it became old; (M, K;) as also ↓ اندثر , (M,) or ↓ تداثر . (K.) By one of the poets it is metaphorically said of a man's reputation, meaning (tropical:) It became worn out of regard or notice; became effaced, or obliterated. (M, TA.) ― -b2- And, said of a man, (assumed tropical:) He became overcome by old age and emaciation. (T, TA.) ― -b3- Also, said of a garment, (T, K,) inf. n. as above, (T,) It became dirty. (T, K.) ― -b4- And, said of a sword, (T, A, K,) inf. n. as above, (A,) (tropical:) It became sullied from remaining long unfurbished; (A;) it became rusty. (T, K.) Hence the trad. of El-Hasan, حَادِثُوا هٰذِهِ القُلُوبَ بِذِكْرِ ا@للّٰهُ فَإِِنَّهَا سَرِيعَةُ الدُّثُورِ [explained in art. حدث]. (Sh, T, A, TA.) دُثُورٌ attributed to the heart is (assumed tropical:) The having the remembrance of God effaced from it: and attributed to the mind, (assumed tropical:) The being quick to forget. (Sh, T, K.) -A2- دَثَرَ الشَّجَرُ, (K,) inf. n. as above; (TA; [in which, by a strange mistake, الرجل is put for الشجر;]) or ↓ دثّر ; (so in the M, accord. to the TT;) The trees put forth their leaves (M, K, TA) and their branches. (M, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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