عثر

عَاثِرٌ ذ [ Stumbling, or tripping; &c. ― -b2- And] (assumed tropical:) A liar. (TA.) ― -b3- And one says also جَدٌّ عَاثِرٌ (assumed tropical:) [ Fortune, or good fortune, in a falling state: (see 1, near the end:)] pl. عَوَاثِرُ: (TA:) ― -b4- or this may be pl of عَاثِرٌ signifying The snare of a sportsman: ― -b5- or it may be pl. of ↓ عَاثِرَةٌ signifying (assumed tropical:) An accident that destroys, or causes to be overcome, him whom it befalls: (O:) ― -b6- or it may be pl. of عَاثُورٌ [q. v.], the ى being suppressed, (O, TA,) by poetic license, in a verse in which it occurs. (TA.)