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رَثَدٌ ذ : see رَثِيدٌ. ― -b2- Also The goods, or utensils and furniture, of a house or tent, that are of a worthless, paltry, mean, or vile, kind, or that are held in little account. (M, L.) ― -b3- And Weak, or powerless, people: (S, L, K:) differing from مُرْتثِدُونَ [q. v.]. (S, L.) One says, تَرَكْنَا عَلَى المَآءِ رَثَدًا مَا يُطِيقُونَ تَحَمُّلًا [We left at the water weak, or powerless, people, unable to take up their goods and to depart]. (S, L.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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