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2 دثّرهُ دثار دثر دثره دثرة , (A, TA,) inf. n. تَدْثِيرٌ, (TA,) He covered him (A, TA) with a دِثَار, (A,) or with something by which he should be rendered warm. (TA.) It is said that Mohammad, when a revelation came down to him, used to say, دَثِّرُونِى دَثِّرُونِى Cover ye me with something whereby I may become warm. Cover ye me &c. (TA from a trad.) ― -b2- دُثِّرَ عَلَى القَتِيلِ Large masses of stone were compactly put together, one upon another, over the slain person. (K.) ― -b3- And دَثَّرَ, (S,) inf. n. as above, (S, K,) It (a bird) put to rights, or adjusted, its nest; put it into a right, or proper, state. (S, K.) ― -b4- See also 1, last sentence.

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