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شثث

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

The root شثث primarily relates to abundance and a specific type of plant. It describes something plentiful, like a plant with a pleasant fragrance but bitter taste, used in tanning. It also extends to concepts of abundance in general and can metaphorically refer to locations or situations.

Derived headwords

الشَّثُّnoun
  1. 1.
    Abundanceclassical

    A large quantity or multitude of everything.

  2. 2.
    A type of treeboth

    A specific kind of tree, known for its pleasant scent but bitter taste, used in tanning leather. It grows in various regions.

  3. 3.
    Wild nutsclassical

    Refers to wild nuts, specifically mentioned as a possible meaning.

الشَّثُّ: الكثير من كل شيء — Abundance: a lot of everything.
الشَّثُّ: ضرب من الشجر — Al-shath: a type of tree.
شَثَّverb
  1. 1.
    To be abundantclassical

    To be plentiful or numerous.

شَثَّةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    A single plantboth

    The singular form of the plant 'shath'.

واحدته شثة — Its singular is shath.
شَثَاثٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Abundanceclassical

    A state of being abundant or plentiful.

شَثِيثٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Abundantclassical

    Describing something that is plentiful or numerous.

مَشَثٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    Tanning agentclassical

    A substance used for tanning, derived from the plant 'shath'.

Parallel reading

بواد يمان ينبت الشث فرعه، ... وأسفله بالمرخ والشبهان
In a Yemeni valley, its branches grow the shath, ... and below it are the morkh and shubhan.
فمنهن مثل الشث، يعجبك ريحه، ... وفي غيبه سوء المذاقة والطعم
And among them are those like the shath, its fragrance pleases you, ... but in its core is a bad taste and flavor.
سيروا بني العم، فالأهواز منزلكم، ... ونهر تيرى، ولا تعرفكم العرب
March on, sons of uncles, for Al-Ahwaz is your dwelling place, ... and the Tigris river, and the Arabs do not know you.
كأنما حثحثوا حصا قوادمه، ... أو أم خشف، بذي شث وطباق
As if they were urged on with pebbles for their forelegs, ... or like a young gazelle, in a place with shath and tabaq.
أليس في الشث والقرظ ما يطهره؟
Is there not in the shath and the qaraẓ what purifies it?
والقرظ: ورق السلم، يدبغ بهما
And al-qaraẓ: the leaves of the 'salm' tree, used for tanning with them.
إن الشب، يعني بالباء الموحدة، هو من الجواهر التي أنبتها الله في الأرض، يدبغ به شبه الزاج
Indeed, al-shabb, meaning with the unpointed baa, is among the minerals that God caused to grow on earth, used for tanning, similar to alum.
الدباغ بكل ما دبغت به العرب، من قرظ وشب، بالباء الموحدة
Tanning with everything the Arabs tanned with, from qaraẓ and shabb, with the unpointed baa.
يكون بين شث وطباق
It will be between shath and tabaq.
الطباق: شجر ينبت بالحجاز إلى الطائف؛ أراد أن مخرجه ومقامه المواضع التي ينبت بها الشث والطباق
Al-ṭibāq: a tree that grows in the Hijaz towards Taif; he meant that its origin and dwelling place are the areas where the shath and tabaq grow.
الشث شجر مثل شجر التفاح القصار في القدر، وورقه شبيه بورق الخلاف، ولا شوك له، وله برمة موردة، وسنفة صغيرة، فيها ثلاث حبات أو أربع سود، مثل الشئنيز ترعاه الحمام إذا انتثر
The shath is a tree like short apple trees in size, and its leaves resemble the leaves of the poplar, and it has no thorns, and it has a reddish bulb, and a small pod, containing three or four black seeds, like coriander, which doves eat when they fall.
فذلك ما كنا بسهل، ومرة ... إذا ما رفعنا شثه وصرائمه
That is what we were in ease and hardship... when we lifted its shath and its thorny branches.
حديثها، إذ طال فيه النث، ... أطيب من ذوب، مذاه الشث
Its talk, when the 'nath' was prolonged in it, ... is more pleasant than the melted honey, the taste of the shath.