غلث

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

The root غلث primarily relates to mixing, especially of grains, and by extension, to adulteration or contamination. It also extends to meanings of stubbornness, persistence in fighting, and a type of weak or unpromising fire starter.

Derived headwords

غَلَثَverb

1.
to mixboth
To mix grains, such as wheat with barley or millet.
2.
to be unpromisingclassical
Said of a fire starter (like wood for a tinderbox) that is weak or does not ignite easily.

غَلْثnoun

1.
mixingboth
The act of mixing, particularly of grains.
2.
adulterationboth
Food that is mixed with impurities like dirt or darnel.
3.
stubbornnessclassical
Stubbornness or persistence in fighting and clinging to an opponent.
4.
intense fightingclassical
The intensity of fighting or combat.

غَلَثاًnoun

1.
mixingboth
The verbal noun for the act of mixing.
2.
stubbornnessclassical
The verbal noun for stubbornness or persistent fighting.

مَغْلُوثadjective

1.
mixedboth
Mixed, especially referring to food or grains mixed with other substances.
2.
adulteratedboth
Food containing dirt or darnel.

غَلِيثnoun

1.
mixed breadboth
Bread made from a mixture of wheat and barley.
2.
food for vulturesclassical
Food prepared for vultures, often poisoned, to be taken after the bird dies.

اغْتَلَثَهُverb

1.
to mix itboth
To mix something, particularly grains.
2.
to stir upclassical
To stir up or agitate, possibly referring to a fire starter.

الغَلَثَىnoun

1.
poisoned food for vulturesclassical
A type of food mixed with poison, given to vultures to kill them so their feathers can be used for fletching arrows.
2.
a poisonous treeclassical
A type of tree whose fruit, if eaten by wild animals, causes their death.
3.
a type of birdclassical
A name for a type of bird.

المُغَلِّثnoun

1.
adulterated foodboth
Food that contains dirt or darnel.
2.
weak fire starterclassical
A weak or unpromising tinder or material for starting a fire.

غَلِثَverb

1.
to be unpromisingclassical
Said of a fire starter that does not ignite.

أَغْلَثَverb

1.
to be unpromisingclassical
Said of a fire starter that does not ignite.

اغْتَلَثَ الزندverb

1.
to test a fire starterclassical
To try to ignite a fire starter from a tree without knowing if it will work.

مَغَالِثَةnoun

1.
weakness of fire starterclassical
Referring to a weak or unpromising fire starter.

غَلِثَ الحُلْمverb

1.
to have a vague dreamclassical
To experience a dream that is unclear or not a true vision.

مُغَلِّثadjective

1.
approaching painclassical
Describing pain that is close but not incapacitating, without sweating.

سِقَاءٌ مَغْلُوثadjective

1.
tanned with datesclassical
A waterskin tanned using dates or unripe dates.

الغَلَثnoun

1.
intense fightingclassical
Intensity in fighting or combat.

غَلَثَ بِهِverb

1.
to cling toclassical
To cling to someone stubbornly and fight them.

رَجُلٌ غَلِثٌadjective

1.
fierce fighterclassical
A man who is intense and persistent in fighting.

مُغَالِثadjective

1.
stubborn fighterclassical
One who is persistent and clings to an opponent in a fight.

يَتَغَلَّثُverb

1.
to be obsessed withclassical
To be excessively fond of or obsessed with someone.

غَلَثَ الذِّئْبُverb

1.
to prey onclassical
Said of a wolf that clings to and preys upon sheep.

غَلَثَ الطَّائِرُverb

1.
to regurgitateclassical
Said of a bird that vomits or regurgitates something it swallowed.

اغْتَلَثَ لِلْقَوْمِverb

1.
to tell a lieclassical
To tell a lie that helps one escape a difficult situation.

الأَغْلاثnoun

1.
types of plantsclassical
A category of plants, often including those that are mixed or grow together.

Parallel reading

الغلث: الخلط؛ وفي المحكم: الغلث خلط البر بالشعير أو الذرة؛ وعم به بعضهم.

Al-ghalath: mixing; and in Al-Muhkam: Al-ghalath is mixing wheat with barley or millet; and some have generalized it.

غلثه يغلثه، بالكسر، غلثا، فهو مغلوث، وغليث، واغتلثه؛

He mixed it, he mixes it, with kasra, a mixing, so it is maghluth, and ghaleeth, and he mixed it.

وفي حديث عمر، رضي الله عنه: ما كان يأكل السمن مغلوثا إلا بإهالة، ولا البر إلا مغلوثا بالشعير.

And in the hadith of Umar, may Allah be pleased with him: He did not eat ghee mixed except with rendered fat, nor wheat except mixed with barley.

وفلان يأكل الغليث.

And so-and-so eats Al-ghaleeth.

والغليث: الخبز المخلوط من الحنطة والشعير.

And Al-ghaleeth: bread mixed from wheat and barley.

والمغلوث والغليث والمغلث: الطعام الذي فيه المدر والزؤان.

And Al-maghluth, Al-ghaleeth, and Al-mughtalath: food that contains dirt and darnel.

والغليث: ما يسوى للنسر من لحم وغيره، ويجعل فيه السم، فيؤخذ إذا مات؛

And Al-ghaleeth: what is prepared for the vulture from meat and other things, and poison is put in it, so it is taken when it dies;

كما يسقى الهوزب الأغلاثا

As the old vulture is given Al-aghlatha.

والغلثى: من الطير؛ وقيل: الغلثى اسم شجرة إذا أطعم ثمرها السباع، قتلتها؛

And Al-ghaltha: is from the birds; and it was said: Al-ghaltha is the name of a tree, if wild animals eat its fruit, it kills them;

كأنها غلثى من الرخم تدف

As if it were a ghaltha from the vultures, it pushes.

وهو طعام يخلط له فيه سم، فيأكله فيقتله، فيؤخذ ريشه، فتراش به السهام.

It is food mixed for it with poison, so it eats it and it kills it, then its feathers are taken, and they are used to fletch arrows.

التهذيب: الغليث الطعام المخلوط بالشعير، فإن كان فيه مدر، أو زؤان، فهو المغلوث.

Al-Tahdheeb: Al-ghaleeth is food mixed with barley, and if it contains dirt or darnel, then it is Al-maghluth.

وقال لبيد: مشمولة غلثت بنابت عرفج، ... كدخان نار، ساطع أسنامها

And Labid said: A wind carrying the scent of 'Arfaj plants, ... like smoke from a fire, its peaks rising.

غلث الزند غلثا، وأغلث: لم يور.

The fire starter was unpromising, it was unpromising, and it was unpromising: it did not ignite.

واغتلثت الزند: انتجيته من شجرة لا تدري أيوري أم لا؟

And you tried to ignite the fire starter: you took it from a tree, not knowing if it would ignite or not?

مهاجنة، إذا نسبوا، عبيد، ... عضاريط، مغالثة الزناد

Ignorant, when they are attributed, slaves, ... short-limbed, with weak fire starters.

غلث الحلم: شيء تراه في النوم مما ليس برؤيا صادقة.

Al-hulm Al-ghalith: something you see in sleep that is not a true vision.

والمغلث: المقارب من الوجع، ليس يضجع صاحبه، ولا يعرق.

And Al-mughtalath: approaching pain, it does not lay its owner down, nor does he sweat.

وسقاء مغلوث: دبغ بالتمر أو البسر.

And a maghluth waterskin: tanned with dates or unripe dates.

والغلث: الشديد القتال اللزوم لمن طالب أو مارس.

And Al-ghalath: the intense fighter, clinging to whoever seeks or practices.

والغلث، بالتحريك: شدة القتال.

And Al-ghalath, with harakah: intensity of fighting.

غلث به غلثا: لزمه وقاتله.

He clung to him, he clung to him: he stuck to him and fought him.

ورجل غلث ومغالث: شديد القتال؛

And a man ghalth and mughalith: intense in fighting;

إذا اسمهر الحلس المغالث اسمهر: اشتد.

When the persistent saddle-cloth intensified, it intensified: it became strong.

والمغالث: الملازم له.

And Al-mughalith: the one who stays with it.

وقال مبتكر: فلان يتغلث بي أي يتولع بي.

And Mibtakir said: So-and-so is obsessed with me, meaning he is excessively fond of me.

غلث الذئب بغنم فلان: لزمها يفرسها.

The wolf clung to so-and-so's sheep: it stayed with them, preying on them.

غلث الطائر: هاع ورمى من حوصلته بشيء كان استرطه.

The bird regurgitated: it vomited and threw from its crop something it had swallowed.

واغتلث للقوم غلثة: كذب لهم كذبا نجا به.

And he told a lie for the people, a lie that saved him.

إنها من الأغلاث، منها: العكرش، والحلفاء، والحاج، والينبوت، والغاف، والعشرق، والقبا، والسفا، والأسل، والبردي، والحنظل، والتنوم، والخروع، والراء، واللصف؛

They are from Al-aghlath, including: Al-'Akrash, Al-Hulfa, Al-Hajj, Al-Yanboot, Al-Ghaf, Al-'Asharaq, Al-Qaba, Al-Safa, Al-Asal, Al-Bardi, Al-Handhal, Al-Tanawwum, Al-Khirwa', Al-Ra', and Al-Lasaf;

والأغلاث مأخوذ من الغلث، وهو الخلط.

And Al-aghlath is derived from Al-ghalath, which is mixing.