روث

رَوْثَةٌ ذ : see what next precedes. -A2- Also The end, or tip, (S, M, A, K,) of the nose, (M,) [i. e.,] of the أَرْنَبَة [or lower portion, i. e. lobule, of the nose ], (S, A, K,) where the blood that flows from the nostrils drops, or drips: (M, A:) or the fore part of the nose altogether: (M:) or the end, or tip, of the nose, in the fore part thereof. (TA.) You say, فُلَانٌ يَضْرِبُ بِلِسَانِهِ رَوْثَةَ أَنْفِهِ, (S, TA,) meaning [ Such a one strikes with his tongue ] the tip of his nose, or the tip of his nose in the fore part thereof. (TA.) It is said in a trad. that the mulet for mutilating a person by depriving him of this part is a third of the whole price of blood. (TA.) ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) The bill of the eagle: Aboo-Kebeer El-Hudhalee terms the eagle's bill رَوْثَةُ أَنْفِهَا. (M.) ― -b3- And رَوْثَةُ السَّيْفِ, occurring in a trad., is expl. as meaning (assumed tropical:) The upper part [ of the kilt ] of the sword, that is next to the little finger of the person grasping it. (TA.) -A3- Also The remains of the culms of wheat in the sieve, when it is sifted. (K. [Not found by SM in any other lexicon.])