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روث

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns excrement, specifically that of hoofed animals. It extends to related concepts like the act of defecation, the place of excretion, and metaphorically, the tip or extremity of something, such as the nose or a sword hilt.

Derived headwords

رَاثَverb
  1. 1.
    to defecateboth

    To excrete dung or feces, particularly referring to hoofed animals.

روثnoun
  1. 1.
    dungboth

    Excrement, specifically the dung of hoofed animals.

روثةnoun
  1. 1.
    piece of dungboth

    A single piece or lump of dung.

  2. 2.
    tip of the noseclassical

    The foremost part of the nose, specifically the tip of the nostril or the apex of the nose.

  3. 3.
    hilt of a swordclassical

    The upper part of a sword's hilt, near the hand.

  4. 4.
    beak of a bird of preyclassical

    The beak of a raptor, such as an eagle.

أرواثnoun
  1. 1.
    dungboth

    Plural of 'rawth', referring to excrement of hoofed animals.

مراثnoun
  1. 1.
    place of excretionclassical

    The place from which dung is expelled; the anus or the area of defecation.

مروثnoun
  1. 1.
    place of excretionclassical

    The place from which dung is expelled; the anus or the area of defecation.

Parallel reading

الروثة: واحدة الروث والأرواث؛ وقد راث الفرس.
The rawthah: is one of the rawth and arwath; and the horse has defecated.
وفي المثل: أحشك وتروثني.
And in the proverb: 'You make me feel the need to defecate, and you defecate for me.'
الروث رجيع ذي الحافر، والجمع أرواث.
The rawth is the excrement of a hoofed animal, and the plural is arwath.
عن أبي حنيفة: راث روثا.
From Abu Hanifa: He defecated (rawtha).
والمراث والمروث: مخرج الروث.
And al-mirath and al-marwath: are the exit of dung.
يقال لكل ذي حافر: قد راث يروث روثا.
It is said of every hoofed animal: It has defecated, it defecates, a defecation.
وخوان الفرس: مراثه.
And the horse's anus: is its place of excretion.
نهى عن الروث.
He forbade (the use of) dung.
فأتيته بحجرين وروثة، فرد الروثة.
So I brought him two stones and a piece of dung, and he rejected the piece of dung.
والروثة: مقدم الأنف أجمع؛ وقيل: طرف الأنف، حيث يقطر الرعاف.
And the rawthah: is the entire front of the nose; and it was said: the tip of the nose, where the nosebleed drips.
وروثة الأنف طرفه.
And the rawthah of the nose is its tip.
يقال: فلان يضرب بلسانه روثة أنفه؛
It is said: So-and-so touches the tip of his nose with his tongue;
أنه أخرج لسانه فضرب به روثة أنفه أي أرنبته وطرفه من مقدمه.
That he stuck out his tongue and struck the rawthah of his nose with it, meaning his nostril and its front part.
في الروثة ثلي الدية.
In the rawthah is the 'thali' of the blood money.
أن روثة سيف رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، كانت فضة ؛
That the rawthah of the Messenger of Allah's sword, peace be upon him, was silver;
فسر أنها أعلاه مما يلي الخنصر من كف القابض.
It was explained that it is its upper part, near the little finger of the holder's palm.
وروثة العقاب: منقارها؛
And the rawthah of the eagle: is its beak;
روثة أنفها كالمخصف
The rawthah of its nose is like a patched object