ذَرْوٌ
1.
A portion (طَرَفٌ) not completed, of a saying; as in the phrase, بَلَغَنِى عَنْهُ ذَرْوٌ مِنْ قَوْلٍ [An uncompleted portion of a saying was related to me from him]: (T, S:) or a little; a dialect var. of ذَرْءٌ [q. v.]. (M.)
2.
Also, and
ذَرًى, i. q.
ذُرِّيَّةٌ, (M, TA,) [respecting the derivation of which there are different opinions, explained in article ذرأ,] i. e. Created beings: [or children, or offspring: (see art ذرأ:)] or ذَرْوٌ and
ذَرًى
signify the number of the
ذُرِّيَّة. (M.) One says, أَنْمَى اللّٰهُ ذَرْأَكَ and ذَرْوَكَ, meaning May God increase [the number of] thine offspring. (T.)
3.
And ذَرْوُالنَّارِ occurs in a tradition, as some relate it, instead of ذَرْءُ النَّارِ, as others relate it; meaning [either The children of the fire of Hell, agreeably with what next precedes, or] to be scattered in the fire. (S and TA in article ذرأ.)
4.
Also, ذَرْوٌ, The curved extremity of a bow. (So in a copy of the S.)