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ديث

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of softening, making pliable, and habituating through repeated action or experience. It extends to the idea of being accustomed to something, becoming submissive, and even implies a lack of jealousy regarding one's family.

Derived headwords

دِيثَverb
  1. 1.
    to softenboth

    To make something soft, pliable, or yielding, often through repeated action or pressure.

  2. 2.
    to habituateboth

    To make accustomed to something through repeated exposure or training, leading to submission or familiarity.

دِيثَ الأمرverb
  1. 1.
    to soften the matterclassical

    To make a situation or issue less severe or more manageable.

ديث الأمر: لينه — The matter was softened.
دِيثَ الطريقverb
  1. 1.
    to tread the pathclassical

    To walk on a path repeatedly, making it well-trodden and easy to follow.

ديث الطريق: وطأه — The path was trodden.
مَدِيثadjective
  1. 1.
    troddenclassical

    A path that has been repeatedly walked upon, making it clear and easy to traverse.

  2. 2.
    tamedboth

    An animal, especially a camel, that has been made submissive and easy to handle through training and discipline.

  3. 3.
    accustomedboth

    Made familiar with or accustomed to something through repeated experience.

وطريق مديث أي مذلل — And a trodden path, meaning tamed.
وجمل مديث ومنوق إذا ذلل حتى ذهبت صعوبته — And a tamed and accustomed camel, if it is made submissive until its difficulty is gone.
وبعير مديث إذا ذلل بالرياضة — And a camel made submissive through training.
دَيَاثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    lack of jealousyclassical

    A state of not feeling jealous or protective regarding one's family, particularly one's wife.

  2. 2.
    permissivenessclassical

    Allowing or permitting improper conduct within one's household, especially regarding interactions with other men.

دَيُوثnoun
  1. 1.
    cuckoldboth

    A man who is aware that his wife is unfaithful and does not object or feel jealous.

  2. 2.
    pimpclassical

    A person who facilitates sexual encounters for others, specifically one who procures men for one's own wife or female relatives.

والديوث القواد على أهله — And the cuckold is the pimp for his family.
والذي لا يغار على أهله: ديوث — And he who is not jealous of his family is a cuckold.
تَدْيِيثnoun
  1. 1.
    pimpingclassical

    The act of acting as a pimp, especially in the context of facilitating sexual relations for one's wife or female relatives.

  2. 2.
    making submissiveclassical

    The act of making someone or something tame, pliable, or submissive.

والتدييث: القيادة — And the tadeeyeth (pimping) is the leadership (in procuring).
دَيُوثnoun
  1. 1.
    cuckoldboth

    A man who lacks jealousy regarding his wife's fidelity.

تحرم الجنة على الديوث ، هو الذي لا يغار على أهله — Paradise is forbidden to the cuckold, who is he who is not jealous of his family.
دَيُوثnoun
  1. 1.
    cuckoldclassical

    A man who permits other men to have relations with his wife.

الديوث والديبوث الذي يدخل الرجال على حرمته، بحيث يراهم — The dayooth and the deebooth is he who allows men to enter upon his women, so that he sees them.
دَيَاثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    permissivenessclassical

    The state of being permissive or lacking in jealousy regarding one's household.

لعله من التذليل والتليين — Perhaps it is from making submissive and softening.
دَيِثَverb
  1. 1.
    to be softenedclassical

    To become soft, pliable, or yielding.

دَيِثَ الجلدverb
  1. 1.
    to soften the skinclassical

    To make leather soft and pliable during the tanning process.

ديث الجلد في الدباغ — The skin was softened in the tanning.
دَيِثَت المطارقverb
  1. 1.
    hammers softenedclassical

    Hammers made something soft through repeated striking.

ديثت المطارق الشيء: لينته — The hammers softened the thing: they made it pliable.
دَيِثَهُ الدهرverb
  1. 1.
    time habituated himclassical

    Time and experience made him accustomed, hardened, or submissive.

ديثه الدهر: حنكه وذلله — Time habituated him: it made him experienced and submissive.
دَيِثَ الرجلverb
  1. 1.
    to make the man submissiveclassical

    To make a man tame, pliable, or accustomed to hardship or humiliation.

ديث الرجل: ذلله ولينه — The man was made submissive: he was humbled and softened.
دِيثَانnoun
  1. 1.
    nightmareclassical

    A heavy, oppressive feeling that descends upon a person during sleep, often interpreted as a nightmare or incubus.

والديثان: الكابوس ينزل على الإنسان — And the deethan: the nightmare that descends upon a person.
أَدِيثُونname
  1. 1.
    Adithunclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific place.

بحيث هراق في نعمان خرج، ... دوافع في براق الأديثينا — Where he spilled in Nu'man he went out, ... driving in the plains of Adithina.

Parallel reading

ديث الأمر: لينه
To soften the matter: to make it pliable.
ديث الطريق: وطأه
To tread the path: to make it well-trodden.
وطريق مديث أي مذلل
And a trodden path, meaning tamed.
وقيل: إذا سلك حتى وضح واستبان
And it was said: if it is traversed until it becomes clear and evident.
وديث البعير: ذلله بعض الذل
And to tame a camel: to make it somewhat submissive.
وجمل مديث ومنوق إذا ذلل حتى ذهبت صعوبته
And a tamed and accustomed camel, if it is made submissive until its difficulty is gone.
وديث بالصغار أي ذلل
And he was made submissive to humiliation, meaning he was humbled.
ومننه بعير مديث إذا ذلل بالرياضة
And from it is a tamed camel if it is made submissive through training.
فأتاه رجل فيه كالدياثة واللخلخانية
Then a man came to him in it, like effeminacy and laxity.
الدياثة: الالتواء في اللسان
Al-dayathah: twisting of the tongue.
ولعله من التذليل والتليين
And perhaps it is from making submissive and softening.
ديث الجلد في الدباغ والرمح في الثقاف، كذلك
The skin was softened in tanning and the spear was straightened in the fire, likewise.
ديثت المطارق الشيء: لينته
The hammers softened the thing: they made it pliable.
ديثه الدهر: حنكه وذلله
Time habituated him: it made him experienced and submissive.
ديث الرجل: ذلله ولينه
The man was made submissive: he was humbled and softened.
قال: والديوث القواد على أهله
He said: And the cuckold is the pimp for his family.
والذي لا يغار على أهله: ديوث
And he who is not jealous of his family is a cuckold.
والتدييث: القيادة
And the tadeeyeth (pimping) is the leadership (in procuring).
الديوث والديبوث الذي يدخل الرجال على حرمته، بحيث يراهم
The dayooth and the deebooth is he who allows men to enter upon his women, so that he sees them.
هو الذي تؤتى أهله وهو يعلم
He is the one whose wife is approached while he knows.
تحرم الجنة على الديوث ، هو الذي لا يغار على أهله
Paradise is forbidden to the cuckold, who is he who is not jealous of his family.
والديثان: الكابوس ينزل على الإنسان
And the deethan: the nightmare that descends upon a person.
بحيث هراق في نعمان خرج، ... دوافع في براق الأديثينا
Where he spilled in Nu'man he went out, ... driving in the plains of Adithina.