رعث

رَعَثٌ ذ and ↓ رَعَثَةٌ and ↓ رُعْثَةٌ are said to be applied to Anything suspended: or, accord. to some, only to the [ kind of ear-ring, or ear-drop, called ] قُرْط, and the [ necklace called ] قِلَادَة, and the like: or, accord. to Az, ↓ رِعَاثٌ signifies anything suspended, such as the قُرْط, and the like, suspended from the ear; or the [ necklace called ] قِلَادَة: and the pl. is ↓ رَعْثٌ [or rather this is a quasi-pl. n.] and ↓ رِعَاثٌ [like the sing.] and رُعْثٌ, which last is a pl. pl.: (TA:) or ↓ رَعْثَةٌ and ↓ رَعَثَةٌ signify the [ kind of ear-ring, or ear-drop, called ] قُرْط; (S, A, K, TA;) and any similar pendant to the ear: (TA:) or the رعثة is in the lower part of the ear; and the شَنْف, in the upper part thereof; and the رعثة is a pearl, or large pearl, (دُرَّةٌ,) attacked to the قُرْط: (IAar, TA:) and the pl. of رَعْثَةٌ and رَعَثَةٌ is رِعَاثٌ (S, K, TA) and رِعَثَةٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] رَعَثٌ signifies [also] (tropical:) Wool, or wool died of various colours, (عِهْنٌ,) in a general sense: [a coll. gen. n.:] n. un. رَعَثَةٌ: (TA:) or, (S, A, K,) as also ↓ رَعْثٌ and ↓ رُعْثَةٌ, (K,) such wool (عِهْنٌ) suspended to the [ kind of women's camel-vehicle called ] هَوْدَج, (A'Obeyd, S, K, TA,) and the like, for ornament; like what are termed ذَبَاذِب: (TA:) or [ pendant ] ornaments of the هَوْدَج, of the kind called ذَبَاذِب, consisting of such wool. (A.) ― -b3- And (tropical:) The blossoms of the pomegranate-tree. (A.)