ميث

1 مَاثَ ذ , aor. يَمِيثُ, (inf. n. مَيْثٌ, K,) i. q. مَاثَ, aor. يَمُوثُ, inf. n. مَوْثٌ; (S, K;) [in the CK, for المَوْثُ is put المَوْتُ;] as also ↓ ميّث, inf. n. تَمْيِيثٌ; (K;) and ↓ اماث, inf. n. اـِمَاثَةٌ; but this is disapproved by IAth; (TA;) and ↓ امتاث, inf. n. اـِمْتِيَاثٌ; (K;) and ↓ اـِمَّاثَ, [for اـِنْمَاثَ,] inf. n. اـِمِّيَاثٌ; (TA;) [but the last form I have only found used intransitively;] He steeped a thing in water, and mashed it with his hand: (TA:) he mixed and moistened a thing in water: (S, K:) or ماث and ↓ ميّث, he steeped anything, such as saffron, and dates, and raisins, and the preparation of churned milk called أَقِط, in water, so that it dissolved, and mashed it with his hand. (Lth.) ― -b2- مَاثَ He dissolved salt in water; (ISk, Lth;) and in like manner clay, or loam. (ISk.) ― -b3- اللّٰهُمَّ مِثْ قُلُوبَهُمْ كَمَا يُمَاثُ المِلْحُ فِى المَاءِ [ O God, dissolve their hearts, like as salt is dissolved in water! ] (TA, from a trad.)