← Back to Lisan al-Arab

دثء

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root relates to rain that falls after intense heat, often associated with the emergence of truffles or summer lambing. It describes a specific type of rain and its timing, implying a connection to seasonal cycles and agricultural events.

Derived headwords

الدثئيadjective
  1. 1.
    late summer rainclassical

    Rain that comes after the peak of summer heat has passed.

الدثئيnoun
  1. 1.
    truffle season rainclassical

    Rain that falls when the earth begins to yield truffles.

الدثئيnoun
  1. 1.
    summer lambingclassical

    The offspring of sheep born during the summer season.

Parallel reading

الدثئي من المطر: الذي يأتي بعد اشتداد الحر.
The Dath'i of rain: that which comes after the intensity of the heat.
هو الذي يجيء إذا قاءت الأرض الكمأة
It is that which comes when the earth yields truffles.
والدثئي: نتاج الغنم في الصيف
And the Dath'i: the offspring of sheep in the summer.
كل ذلك صيغ صيغة النسب وليس بنسب.
All of that is formed in the manner of attribution, but is not true attribution.