تَفَرَّقُوا شَذَرَ مَذَرَ

, and شِذَرَ مِذَرَ, They [dispersed, or became dispersed, or] went, or went away, in every direction: (S, L, K:) it is not said of a people coming: (L:) the م in مذر is sometimes changed into ب; or, according to some, بذر is the original, being from التَّبْذِيرُ; but MF thinks that مذر is the original, as it is only an imitative sequent, in which no regard is had to the meaning of “ dispersion. ” (TA.)