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غنث

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

The root غنث primarily relates to drinking, specifically the act of taking a drink followed by a breath. It extends to meanings of clinging, adhering, and experiencing heaviness or burden. It also encompasses concepts of good manners in social drinking and companionship.

Derived headwords

غَنَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to drink and breatheboth

    To drink something, then take a breath.

  2. 2.
    to have intercourseclassical

    Used metaphorically to refer to sexual intercourse.

  3. 3.
    to clingclassical

    To adhere or stick to something.

  4. 4.
    to be heavyclassical

    To feel heavy or burdensome.

غَنَثًاnoun
  1. 1.
    drinking and breathingboth

    The act of drinking and then breathing.

  2. 2.
    intercourseclassical

    A metaphor for sexual intercourse.

  3. 3.
    clingingclassical

    The act of adhering or sticking.

  4. 4.
    heavinessclassical

    A state of being heavy or burdensome.

اِغْنُثْverb
  1. 1.
    drink and breatheboth

    An imperative form meaning 'drink and breathe'.

تَغَنَّثَverb
  1. 1.
    to clingclassical

    To cling or adhere to something.

  2. 2.
    to be burdensomeclassical

    To be a burden or to weigh heavily on someone.

تَغَنُّثٌnoun
  1. 1.
    clingingclassical

    The act of clinging or adhering.

  2. 2.
    adherenceclassical

    The state of being stuck or attached.

تَغَنَّثَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to cling to itclassical

    To cling or adhere to something.

  2. 2.
    to be burdensome to himclassical

    To be a burden or weigh heavily on someone.

الغَنَثُnoun
  1. 1.
    drinking and breathingboth

    The act of drinking and then breathing.

  2. 2.
    intercourseclassical

    A euphemism for sexual intercourse.

الغَنَاثُnoun
  1. 1.
    good manners in drinkingclassical

    Good manners and etiquette during drinking and social gatherings.

  2. 2.
    companionshipclassical

    Pleasant company during drinking sessions.

Parallel reading

قالت له: بالله، يا ذا البردين، ... لما غنثت نفسا، أو اثنين
She said to him: By God, O you of the two cool things, ... when you drank a breath, or two.
الغنث هاهنا كناية عن الجماع
Al-ghanth here is a metaphor for sexual intercourse.
إنما هو غنث يغنث غنثا
It is only ghath, yaghuth, ghathan.
لما غنثت نفسا، أو اثنين
When you drank a breath, or two.
غنث من اللبن يغنث غنثا، وهو أن يشرب اللبن، ثم يتنفس.
To drink milk and then breathe, which is to drink milk, then take a breath.
إذا شربت، فاغنث، ولا تعب؛ والعب: أن تشرب ولا تتنفس.
If you drink, then drink and breathe, and do not gulp; and gulping is to drink without breathing.
غنثت في الإناء نفسا، أو نفسين.
You took a breath, or two, from the vessel.
التغنث: اللزوم
Al-taghanth: clinging.
زمانا، لا تغنثك الهموم
For a time, may worries not cling to you.
وتغنثه الشيء: لزق به
And the thing clung to him: it stuck to him.
سلامك ربنا، في كل فجر بريئا، ما تغنثك الذموم
Our Lord's peace upon you, every morning, innocent, may reproaches not cling to you.
أي ما تلزق بك، ولا تنتسب إليك.
Meaning they do not stick to you, nor are they attributed to you.
غنثت نفسه غنثا إذا لقست
His soul felt heavy with ghath if he was sluggish.
وتغنثه الشيء: ثقل عليه.
And the thing became burdensome to him: it weighed heavily upon him.
الغناث الحسنو الآداب في الشرب والمنادمة.
Al-ghunath: good manners in drinking and companionship.