رَعَثٌ
1.
and
رَعَثَةٌ and
رُعْثَةٌ are said to be applied to Anything suspended: or, according to some, only to the [kind of ear-ring, or ear-drop, called] قُرْط, and the [necklace called] قِلَادَة, and the like: or, according to Az,
رِعَاثٌ signifies anything suspended, such as the
قُرْط, and the like, suspended from the ear; or the [necklace called] قِلَادَة: and the plural is
رَعْثٌ [or rather this is a quasi-plural n.] and
رِعَاثٌ [like the singular] and رُعْثٌ, which last is a plural plural: (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 plural of رَعْثَةٌ and رَعَثَةٌ is رِعَاثٌ (S, K, TA) and رِعَثَةٌ. (TA.)
2.
[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.)
3.
And (tropical:) The blossoms of the pomegranate-tree. (A.)