مث

R. Q. 1 مَثْمَثَ ذ He saturated a wick with oil. (K.) ― -b2- مَثْمَثَ, He immersed [a thing] in water. (K.) -A2- مَثْمَثَ, (inf. n. مَثْمَثَةٌ, S, and مِثْمَاثٌ, S, K,) He mixed, or confounded. (S, K.) You say مثمث أَمْرَهُمْ He confounded their affair. (S.) ― -b2- مَثْمَثَهُ He moved it, or shook it, about; (S, K;) like مَزْمَزَهُ: (As, S:) you say أَخَذَهُ فَمَثْمَثَهُ He took it, and moved it, or shook it, about, and went forwards and backwards with it. (S.) ― -b3- A poet says, ثُمَّ ا@سْتَحَثَّ ذَرْعَهُ ا@سْتِحْثَاثَا نَكَفْتُ حَيْثُ مَثْمَثَ المِيْمَاثَا i. e., I came upon his track: and [the case is, that] the viper makes its course confused: therefore the poet means, that he came upon (أَصَابَ) a confused track. (S, app. from As.) [It seems to me, that he is speaking of the track of a viper.] مِثْمَاثٌ, with kesreh, is the inf. n.; and مَثْمَاثٌ, with fet-hah, is the subst. (S, K.) [By the subst., is here meant the ideal subst., or abstract noun, (like زَلْزَالٌ and قَلْقَال, as dis- tinguished from زِلْزَالٌ and قِلْقَالٌ,) signifying Mixture, or confusion. ] -A3- مَثْمَثُوا بِنَا, (K,) or مثمثوا بنا سَاعَةً, and ↓ تَمَثْمَثُوا, (TA,) i. q. لَثْلِثُوا. (K.)