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دثث

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to pain, injury, and affliction, particularly a twisting or sprain in the body. It also extends to concepts of light or weak rain, and a mild cold. Additionally, it can refer to striking or throwing.

Derived headwords

دَثَّverb
  1. 1.
    to be twistedboth

    To experience a twisting or sprain in the side or a part of the body, not due to illness.

  2. 2.
    to painboth

    To cause pain or soreness, as a fever does.

  3. 3.
    to strikeboth

    To strike someone, especially with a stick.

  4. 4.
    to throwboth

    To throw something, especially stones or to throw repeatedly from behind clothing.

  5. 5.
    to rain lightlyboth

    To rain weakly or sparsely.

دَثٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    sprainboth

    A twisting or sprain in the side or a part of the body, without illness.

  2. 2.
    flankboth

    The side or flank of a person.

  3. 3.
    painful blowboth

    A painful strike or blow.

  4. 4.
    throwingboth

    The act of throwing, especially stones or throwing repeatedly.

  5. 5.
    light rainboth

    Weak, sparse, or light rain.

  6. 6.
    mild coldclassical

    A slight or mild cold (like a head cold).

دِثَّةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sprainboth

    A twisting or sprain in the side or a part of the body.

  2. 2.
    flankboth

    The side or flank.

  3. 3.
    light rainboth

    Weak or light rain.

دَثَّتْهُ الْحُمَّىverb
  1. 1.
    fever pained itboth

    The fever caused it pain or soreness.

دَثَّهُ بِالْعَصَاverb
  1. 1.
    struck him with a stickboth

    He struck him with a stick.

دَثَّهُ بِالْعَصَا وَالْحَجَرِverb
  1. 1.
    threw stones at himboth

    He threw stones at him or struck him with a stick and a stone.

دَثَّهُ يَدِثُّهُverb
  1. 1.
    threw repeatedlyboth

    He threw something repeatedly, especially from behind clothing.

دَثْثَتْهُverb
  1. 1.
    threw repeatedlyboth

    She threw something repeatedly, especially from behind clothing.

دَثَّ فُلَانٌverb
  1. 1.
    so-and-so had a sprainboth

    So-and-so experienced a sprain in his side.

الدَّثُّ وَالدَّفُّnoun
  1. 1.
    flankboth

    The flank or side of the body.

الدَّثُّ وَالدَّثَاثُnoun
  1. 1.
    weak rainboth

    Weak, light, or sparse rain.

دَثَّتِ السَّمَاءُverb
  1. 1.
    the sky rained lightlyboth

    The sky rained weakly or sparsely.

الدَّثَّةُnoun
  1. 1.
    light rainboth

    Weak or light rain.

الدَّثَاثُnoun
  1. 1.
    bird huntersclassical

    Hunters of birds, specifically those using a sling or similar device.

الدَّثَانِيَّةُnoun
  1. 1.
    stammeringclassical

    A condition involving a twisting or impediment in the tongue, leading to a speech difficulty.

أَرْضٌ مَدْثُوثَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    lightly rained uponboth

    Land that has been subjected to light or sparse rain.

دَثَّتْهُمُ السَّمَاءُverb
  1. 1.
    the sky rained upon themboth

    The sky rained upon them with light or sparse rain.

الدَّثَّةُnoun
  1. 1.
    slight coldclassical

    A mild cold or head cold.

Parallel reading

دث الرجل دثا، ودث دثة: وهو التواء في جنبه، أو بعض جسده، من غير داء.
The man experienced a sprain, and he had a sprain: which is a twisting in his side, or some part of his body, without illness.
والدث والدف: الجنب.
And the dath and the daff: the flank.
والدث: الضرب المؤلم.
And the dath: the painful blow.
ودثته الحمى تدثه دثا: أوجعته.
And the fever pained him, causing him pain, meaning it made him sore.
ودثه بالعصا: ضربه.
And he struck him with the stick: he hit him.
والدث: الرمي بالحجارة.
And the dath: the throwing of stones.
ودثه بالعصا والحجر: رماه.
And he struck him with the stick and the stone: he threw him.
ودثه يدثه دثا: رماه رميا متقاربا من وراء الثياب، وكذلك دثثته، أدثه دثا.
And he threw it, he throws it, a throwing: he threw it repeatedly from behind the clothes, and likewise she threw it, she throws it, a throwing.
وفي الحديث: دث فلان : أصابه التواء في جنبه.
And in the Hadith: So-and-so had a sprain: he was afflicted with a twisting in his side.
والدث: الرمي والدفع.
And the dath: the throwing and the pushing.
والدث والدثاث: أضعف المطر وأخفه، وجمعه دثاث.
And the dath and the dathath: the weakest and lightest of rain, and its plural is dathath.
وقد دثت السماء تدث دثا، وهي الدثة، للمطر الضعيف.
And the sky has rained lightly, it rains lightly, a light rain; and it is the dathah, for weak rain.
قلفع روض، شرب الدثاثا ... منبثة، يفزها انبثاثا
A vast meadow, it drank the light rains... spreading out, it was scattered.
والقلفع: الطين الذي إذا نضب عنه الماء يبس وتشقق.
And the qalfah: the clay which, when the water recedes from it, dries and cracks.
ودثتهم السماء تدثهم دثا.
And the sky rained upon them, it rained upon them a light rain.
قال أعرابي: أصابتنا السماء بدث لا يرضي الحاضر، ويؤذي المسافر.
An Arab said: The sky rained upon us with a light rain that does not please the settled person, and harms the traveler.
وأرض مدثوثة، وقد دثت دثا.
And a land that has been lightly rained upon, and it has rained lightly.
أبو عمرو: الدثة الزكام القليل.
Abu Amr: The dathah is a slight cold.
والدثاث: صيادو الطير بالمحذفة.
And the dathath: the bird hunters with the sling.
وفي حديث أبي رئال: كنت في السوس، فجاءني رجل به شبه الدثانية ؛ قال ابن الأثير: هو التواء في لسانه؛ قال: كذا قاله الزمخشري.
And in the Hadith of Abi Ri'al: I was in the market, and a man came to me with something like stammering; Ibn al-Athir said: It is a twisting in his tongue; he said: Thus said Al-Zamakhshari.