ذُرِّيَّةٌ

, (S, Msb, K,) the most chaste form, (Msb,) and ذِرِّيَّةٌ, (Msb, K,) and ذَرِيَّةٌ, this last without a sheddeh to the ر (Msb,) [respecting the derivation of which see article ذرأ,] (assumed tropical:) Children, or offspring, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) as also ↓ ذَرٌّ, (Msb,) of a man, (S, K,) [and of genii: see article ذرأ,] male or female: (IAth:) little ones, or young ones. (Mgh, Msb.)

Also (tropical:) Progenitors, or ancestors. (Msb, MF.)

Also (assumed tropical:) Women. (Mgh, K.)

Used in a singular as well as a plural sense. (Mgh, Msb, K.)

Pl. ذُرِّيَّاتٌ and (sometimes, Msb) ذَرَارِىُّ. (S, Msb, K.) [In the CK, the latter plural, with the article, is written الذَّرَارِى, without a sheddeh to the ى.

For examples, see article ذرأ.]