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هيث

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns actions related to mixing, disturbing, or handling things roughly. It extends to concepts of spoiling, taking without gentleness, and also to giving or receiving small amounts. It can also refer to movement, crowds, and contention.

Derived headwords

هاثverb
  1. 1.
    to spoil and mendclassical

    To act upon something, causing both corruption and repair.

  2. 2.
    to spoilclassical

    To act upon something in a way that spoils it, or to take it without gentleness.

  3. 3.
    to heapclassical

    To heap something, like grain, in a manner similar to 'jazaf' (selling by estimation).

  4. 4.
    to obtainclassical

    To obtain or acquire something, particularly from wealth.

  5. 5.
    to stir upclassical

    To stir up dust with one's foot.

هاث في ماله هيثا وعاث — He spoiled and mended his property.
هاث في الشيء — He spoiled a thing.
هاث في كيله هيثا — He heaped in his measure.
هاث لي من المال هيثا — He obtained for me from the wealth.
هاث برجله التراب — He stirred up the dust with his foot.
نهيثadjective
  1. 1.
    disheveledclassical

    Describing something as disheveled, loose, and weak.

وقدمي نهيث — and my foot was disheveled
وهثتverb
  1. 1.
    to give a littleclassical

    To give someone a small amount of something.

وهثت له هيثا وهيثانا — I gave him a little.
أهيثverb
  1. 1.
    to heap forclassical

    To heap or give a small amount of wealth to someone.

أهيث هيثا وهيثانا — I heaped for him.
هايِثverb
  1. 1.
    to heapclassical

    To heap or give a small amount of wealth to someone.

لو هايث المهايث — if he were to heap.
المهايثnoun
  1. 1.
    one who heapsclassical

    One who heaps or gives a lot, or one who takes a lot.

المهايث الكثير الأخذ — the one who takes a lot.
المهايثةnoun
  1. 1.
    competitionclassical

    The act of competing or striving to acquire more.

المكاثرة — competing to get more.
يهيثverb
  1. 1.
    to obtain one's needclassical

    To obtain one's need or sufficient amount from wealth.

يهيث هيثا إذا أصاب منه حاجته — he obtains his need from it.
تهايثواverb
  1. 1.
    to crowd togetherclassical

    To enter into each other's affairs during a dispute, to crowd together.

تهايثوا: دخل بعضهم في بعض عند الخصومة — they crowded together: some entered into the affairs of others during a dispute.
هايثةnoun
  1. 1.
    crowdclassical

    A group or crowd of people, similar to 'hayashah'.

هايثة القوم: جلبتهم — the crowd of people: their gathering.
الهيثnoun
  1. 1.
    movementclassical

    Movement or commotion, similar to 'al-hayash'.

الهيث: الحركة مثل الهيش — Al-hayth: movement like al-hayash.
الهيثةnoun
  1. 1.
    groupclassical

    A group of people, similar to 'al-hayashah'.

الهيثة: الجماعة من الناس مثل الهيشة — Al-haythah: a group of people like al-hayashah.

Parallel reading

هاث في ماله هيثا وعاث: أفسد وأصلح.
He spoiled and mended his property.
وهاث في الشيء: أفسد وأخذه بغير رفق، وهاث الذئب في الغنم، كذلك.
And he spoiled a thing: he corrupted it and took it without gentleness, and so did the wolf with the sheep.
وهاث في كيله هيثا: حثا حثوا، وهو مثل الجزاف
And he heaped in his measure: he heaped it up, and it is like selling by estimation.
وهاث لي من المال هيثا: أصاب.
And he obtained for me from the wealth.
وهاث برجله التراب: نبثه
And he stirred up the dust with his foot: he scattered it.
كأنني، وقدمي نهيث، ... ذؤنون سوء رأسه نكيث
As if I, and my foot was disheveled... its head was a bad, disheveled, loose, weak thing.
وهثت له هيثا وهيثانا إذا أعطيته شيئا يسيرا.
And I gave him a little, if I gave him a small thing.
وهثت له من المال أهيث هيثا وهيثانا إذا حثوت له
And I gave him a little from the wealth, if I heaped it for him.
فأصبحت لو هايث المهايث والمهايثة: المكاثرة.
And I became as if he were to heap, and the competition is to get more.
ويقال: هاث من المال يهيث هيثا إذا أصاب منه حاجته.
And it is said: he obtains from the wealth, he obtains his need from it.
وهاث القوم يهيث هيثا وتهايثوا: دخل بعضهم في بعض عند الخصومة.
And the people contended, and they crowded together: some entered into the affairs of others during a dispute.
وهايثة القوم: جلبتهم.
And the crowd of people: their gathering.
والهيث: الحركة مثل الهيش.
And Al-hayth: movement like Al-hayash.
والهيثة: الجماعة من الناس مثل الهيشة.
And Al-haythah: a group of people like Al-hayashah.