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هثث

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of mixing, confusion, and disorder. It extends to meanings of corruption, injustice, and rapid, chaotic action, particularly in the context of weather and speech.

Derived headwords

الهثهثةnoun
  1. 1.
    Confusion, mixingboth

    The act of mixing things together or causing confusion.

  2. 2.
    Corruption, فسادclassical

    The state of being corrupt or spoiled.

  3. 3.
    Rapid rain/snowclassical

    The rapid falling of snow, hail, or rain.

المثمثةnoun
  1. 1.
    Mixing, confusionboth

    The act of mixing things together or causing confusion.

مثمثهverb
  1. 1.
    To mix, confuseboth

    To mix something or cause confusion.

  2. 2.
    To move back and forthclassical

    To move something back and forth, as in agitation or handling.

مثمثverb
  1. 1.
    To mixclassical

    To mix one's affairs or something.

هثهثهverb
  1. 1.
    To mixboth

    To mix things together.

  2. 2.
    To cause corruptionclassical

    To cause corruption or disorder.

  3. 3.
    To oppressclassical

    For a ruler to oppress or wrong people.

  4. 4.
    To rain rapidlyclassical

    For clouds to send down rain or snow rapidly.

  5. 5.
    To tread downclassical

    For a shepherdess to tread down moist pasture until it is brought forth.

هثnoun
  1. 1.
    Mixingclassical

    The act of mixing things together.

  2. 2.
    Sound confusionclassical

    The confusion of sound in war or clamor.

  3. 3.
    Lyingclassical

    The act of telling lies.

الهثهاثnoun
  1. 1.
    Sound confusionclassical

    The confusion of sound in war or clamor.

  2. 2.
    Mimicry of lispingclassical

    A mimicry of the speech of someone who lisps.

  3. 3.
    Corruptionclassical

    The state of being corrupt or spoiled.

  4. 4.
    Rapid rain/snowclassical

    The rapid falling of snow, hail, or rain.

هثهاثاnoun
  1. 1.
    Rapid rain/snowclassical

    The rapid falling of snow, hail, or rain.

هثهاثnoun
  1. 1.
    Sound confusionclassical

    The confusion of sound in war or clamor.

  2. 2.
    Mimicry of lispingclassical

    A mimicry of the speech of someone who lisps.

  3. 3.
    Corruptionclassical

    The state of being corrupt or spoiled.

  4. 4.
    Rapid rain/snowclassical

    The rapid falling of snow, hail, or rain.

هثاثadjective
  1. 1.
    Lyingclassical

    A man who is a persistent liar.

هثهاثadjective
  1. 1.
    Lyingclassical

    A man who is a persistent liar.

Parallel reading

الهثهثة والمثمثة: التخليط
Al-hathhathah and al-mathmathah: mixing.
يقال: أخذه فمثمثه إذا حركه وأقبل به وأدبر
It is said: 'He took it and mathmathah-ed it' if he moved it, bringing it forward and backward.
ومثمث أمره وهثهثه أي خلطه
And he mathmath-ed his affair and hathhath-ed it, meaning he mixed it.
ولم يحل العمس الهثهاثا
And the thick darkness did not become mixed.
الهث خلطك الشيء بعضه ببعض
Al-hath is your mixing of one thing with another.
والهث والهثهثة: اختلاط الصوت في حرب أو صخب
Al-hath and al-hathhathah: the confusion of sound in war or clamor.
فكثر الهثهاث والهثهثة والهثهاث: حكاية بعض كلام الألثغ
So the hathhath, al-hathhathah, and al-hathhath became abundant: a mimicry of some of the speech of a lisping person.
والهثهثة والهثهاث: الفساد
Al-hathhathah and al-hathhath: corruption.
وهثهث الوالي الناس: ظلمهم
And the ruler hathhath-ed the people: he wronged them.
والهثهثة: انتخال الثلج والبرد وعظام القطر في سرعة من المطر
Al-hathhathah: the rapid sifting of snow, hail, and large raindrops in a downpour.
وقد هثهث السحاب بمطره وثلجه إذا أرسله بسرعة
And the clouds have hathhath-ed with their rain and snow if they sent it down rapidly.
من كل جون مسبل مهثهث
From every dark, pouring cloud that sends down rapidly.
قد هثهثته؛ وأنشد الأصمعي: أنشد ضأنا أمجرت غثاثا، ... فهثهثت بقل الحمى هثهاثا
It has been hathhath-ed; Al-Asma'i recited: He recited about sheep that were barren and produced poor herbage, ... so I hathhath-ed the heart of the fever with a rapid downpour.
الهث الكذب
Al-hath: lying.
ورجل هثاث وهثهاث إذا كان كذبه سماقا
And a man is hathath and hathhath if his lying is persistent.