ذرء

ذُرِّيَّةٌ ذ (T, S, M, Mgh, K) and ذِرِّيَّةٌ (M, K) and ذَرِّيَّةٌ, (K,) [or ذَرِيَّةٌ, without a sheddeh to the ر, accord. to the Msb in art. ذر,] always pronounced by the Arabs without ء: (S:) accord. to some, (TA,) from الذَّرْءُ; (M, TA;) so says Th; (M;) the measure of the first being فُعُّولَةٌ or فُعِّيلَةٌ; [so that it is originally ذُرُّوءَةٌ or ذُرِّيْئَةٌ;] (TA;) but the ء is suppressed because of frequency of usage: (M:) accord. to others, from الذَّرُّ, signifying “ the act of scattering; ” because God scattered the ذرّيّة upon the earth; and the measure is فُعْلِيَّةٌ or فُعُّولَةٌ, [if the latter,] the word being originally ذُرُّورَةٌ, the last ر being changed into ى, in a manner similar to the case of تَقَضَّتِ العُقَابِ [in which تَقَضَّضَت becomes تَقَضَّيَت and then تَقَضَّت; so that ذُرُّورَةٌ becomes ذُرُّويَةٌ and then ذُرِّيَّةٌ]: (TA:) Children, or offspring, (T, S, Mgh, K,) of a man, and used as a sing. also, (Mgh,) or of men and of jinn, or genii: (S, K:) pl. [ذُرِّيَّاتٌ (see art. ذر) and sometimes] ذَرَارِىُّ. (S.) Hence, هَبْ لِى مِنْ لَدُنْكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً [in the Kur iii. 33, meaning Give me, from Thee, a good offspring ]. (Mgh.) And in a trad. of Ibn-'Omar, فَجَعَلَنِى فِى الذُّرِّيَّةِ means And he put me among the little ones, or young ones. (Mgh.) ― -b2- It is also applied to signify Progenitors: as in the saying, in the Kur [xxxvi. 41], حَمَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ فِى ا@لْفُلْكِ المَشْحُونِ [ We carried their progenitors in the laden ark ]. (T.) ― -b3- And it is used also to signify Women; [because they are the sources of offspring;] (T, Mgh, TA;) like as سَمَاآءٌ is used to signify “ rain: ” (TA:) as in the saying of 'Omar, حُجُّوا بِالذُّرِّيَّةِ [ Perform ye the pilgrimage with the women ]. (T, Mgh, TA. [See his saying in full, voce رِبْقٌ.])