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وعث

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

وَعْثَاءُ ذ (tropical:) Inconvenience, trouble, difficulty, or toil, (S, K,) of travel: (S:) or severity of trouble, difficulty, or toil, thereof. (A'Obeyd.) ― -b2- Also the like with respect to crimes, sins, or the like: you say, رَكِبَ الوَعْثَاءَ meaning (tropical:) He committed a crime, sin, fault, or act of disobedience. (A'Obeyd.) ― -b3- See وَعْثٌ.

Derived headwords

وَعْثَاءُ
  1. 1.
رَكِبَ الوَعْثَاءَ