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ثلط

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of excrement, specifically when it is thin or watery. It extends to the act of defecating such material and can also refer to being smeared or splattered with it.

Derived headwords

ثَلَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to defecate thinlyboth

    To defecate excrement that is thin or watery, particularly when referring to animals like bulls, camels, or even infants.

  2. 2.
    to pass easilyclassical

    To pass excrement easily and thinly, as if it were expelled smoothly.

ثَلْطٌnoun
  1. 1.
    thin excrementboth

    Thin or watery excrement, often associated with animals like elephants, camels, and cattle.

  2. 2.
    loose stoolclassical

    A term used for a person experiencing loose or watery stools.

يُثْلِطُverb
  1. 1.
    he defecates thinlyboth

    The present tense form indicating the act of defecating thin or watery excrement.

ثَلَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to smear with thin excrementclassical

    To smear or splatter someone or something with thin excrement.

ثَلَطْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    I smeared itclassical

    The first-person past tense form indicating the act of smearing something with thin excrement.

Parallel reading

هو سلح الفيل ونحوه من كل شيء إذا كان رقيقا.
It is the excrement of an elephant and the like of anything if it is thin.
وثلط الثور والبعير والصبي يثلط ثلطا: سلح سلحا رقيقا
And the bull, the camel, and the child defecated thinly, defecating thinly.
وقيل إذا ألقاه سهلا رقيقا
And it was said: if it expelled it easily and thinly.
إذا ألقى بعره رقيقا.
If it expelled its dung thinly.
يقال للإنسان إذا رق نجوه هو يثلط ثلطا.
It is said of a human when his excrement becomes thin, he is defecating thinly.
فبالت وثلطت
She urinated and defecated thinly.
الثلط: الرقيق من الرجيع.
Al-thalt: The thin from the dung.
وأكثر ما يقال للإبل والبقر والفيلة.
And it is most often said of camels, cattle, and elephants.
كانوا يبعرون بعرا وأنتم تثلطون ثلطا
They used to pass dry dung like droppings, and you are passing thin excrement.
أي كانوا يتغوطون يابسا كالبعر لأنهم كانوا قليلي الأكل والمآكل وأنتم تثلطون رقيقا وهو إشارة إلى كثرة المآكل وتنوعها.
Meaning, they used to defecate dry like droppings because they ate little and had few meals, while you are defecating thinly, which is an indication of abundant and varied meals.
ثلطته ثلطا إذا رميته بالثلط ولطخته به
I smeared it with thin excrement if I threw the thin excrement at it and smeared it with it.
يا ثلط حامضة تربع ماسطا، ... من واسط، وتربع القلاما
O thin excrement of a sour one, you stayed in Masit, ... from Wasit, and you stayed in Qalam.