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ثنت

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a state of decay, putrefaction, and becoming rotten, particularly applied to meat and wounds. It can also describe a flabby, hanging, or sagging condition, often associated with flesh, gums, or lips.

Derived headwords

الثنتnoun
  1. 1.
    putridnessboth

    The state of being rotten or putrid, especially referring to meat or wounds.

ثنت اللحمverb
  1. 1.
    to become rottenboth

    Meat becomes rotten and putrid.

  2. 2.
    to festerboth

    A wound festers and becomes putrid.

ثنتاnoun
  1. 1.
    putrefactionboth

    The act or process of becoming rotten and putrid.

ثنتةadjective
  1. 1.
    flabbyboth

    Describing gums or lips as flabby, loose, and bleeding.

  2. 2.
    saggingboth

    Describing flesh as loose and hanging.

ثنتتverb
  1. 1.
    to become flabbyboth

    Gums or lips become flabby, loose, and bleeding.

لحم ثنتadjective
  1. 1.
    flabby fleshboth

    Flesh that is loose and hanging.

نثتverb
  1. 1.
    to become looseclassical

    Flesh becomes loose and hanging, similar to 'ثنت'.

Parallel reading

ثنت اللحم، بالكسر، ثنتا: تغير وأنتن
Meat becomes rotten, with a kasra, it becomes putrid.
وكذلك الجرح
And likewise a wound.
ولثة ثنتة مسترخية دامية
And flabby, loose, bleeding gums.
وكذلك الشفة
And likewise the lip.
وقد ثنتت
And it has become flabby.
ولحم ثنت: مسترخ
And flabby flesh: loose.
ونثت مثله، بتقديم النون
And it becomes loose like it, with the letter 'nun' preceding.