رغث

رَغُوثٌ ذ Any female suckling; (JK, S, K;) as also ↓ مُرْغِثٌ: (K:) or one says شَاةٌ رَغُوثٌ and رَغُوثَةٌ, meaning particularly a ewe suckling: but [the inf. n.] ↓ اـِرْغَاثٌ has been used in relation to the she-camel: or رَغُوثٌ applied to a شاة means only that has brought forth: (TA:) and one says بِرْذَوْنَةٌ رَغُوثٌ meaning [ a hackney-mare ] that is sucked, i. q. ↓ مَرْغُوثَةٌ; (S, TA;) and that scarcely ever raises her head from the manger: [whence] it is said in a prov., اآكل الدَّوَابِّ بِرْذَوْنَةٌ رَغُوثٌ [ The most voracious of beasts is a hackneymare that is sucked ]: or, as J gives it [in the S, and Z in the A], thus, as verse: اآكلُ مِنْ بِرْذَوْنَةٍ رَغُوثِ [ More voracious than a hackney-mare that is sucked ]: and ↓ مُرْغِثٌ is applied to a woman as meaning suckling: the pl. of رَغُوثٌ is رِغَاثٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- Also A child, or young one, that is suckled; a suckling. (TA.)