نُثَارٌ

What becomes scattered, strewn, or dispersed, of, or from, a thing; (S, Msb;) as also نُثَارَةٌ, (M, K,) and نَثَرٌ, (K, [but see مُنْتَثِرٌ,]) and, as some say, نِثَارٌ: (Msb:) so the نُثَارَة of wheat, and of barley, and the like: (Lh, M:) or نُثَارٌ signifies the crumbs of bread, and of everything, that become scattered around the table: (T:) or the crumbs of the table that become scattered around: as also نُثَارَةٌ: (A:) or this last, what becomes scattered from the table, and is eaten in the hope of obtaining a recompense [for preventing its being thrown away or trodden under foot]. (Lh, M, K. *)

Perseus ID: n39323