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ثرط

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to speech impediments or unclear articulation, and secondarily to concepts of heaviness, slowness, or being weak and foolish. It also includes a specific tool used by cobblers.

Derived headwords

الثَّرْطnoun
  1. 1.
    lisp or impedimentclassical

    A speech impediment or a lisp, indicating unclear pronunciation.

  2. 2.
    cobbler's toolclassical

    A tool used by cobblers, identified as 'sharis' in Persian.

الثَّرْطَأَةnoun
  1. 1.
    foolish, weak manclassical

    A man who is foolish and weak.

  2. 2.
    heavy manclassical

    A man who is heavy or slow-moving.

ثرطهverb
  1. 1.
    to criticize, to disparageclassical

    To criticize someone or find fault with them; to disparage them.

ثَرْتًاnoun
  1. 1.
    criticism, disparagementclassical

    The act of criticizing or disparaging someone.

Parallel reading

الثرط مثل الثلط: لغة أو لثغة.
Al-thart is like al-thalath: a language or a lisp.
والثرط أيضا شيء تستعمله الأساكفة وهو بالفارسية شريس
And al-thart is also something used by cobblers, which is 'sharis' in Persian.
والثرطئة، بالكسر: الرجل الأحمق الضعيف.
And al-thart'ah, with a kasra: the foolish, weak man.
ثرطه يثرطه ثرطا: زرى عليه وعابه
He criticized him, criticizing him, with criticism: he found fault with him and disparaged him.
الثرطئة، بالهمز بعد الطاء، الرجل الثقيل
Al-thart'ah, with hamza after the ta', is the heavy man.
والغرقئ مثله.
And al-gharq' is similar to it.