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ثرغ

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root relates to the opening or mouth of a water vessel, specifically a bucket. It describes the part where water enters or spills out, with variations in terminology and discussion of potential phonetic substitutions.

Derived headwords

الثَّرْغnoun
  1. 1.
    mouth of a bucketboth

    The opening or spout of a water bucket, similar to the 'fargh'.

ثَرْغnoun
  1. 1.
    opening of a bucketboth

    The part of a bucket where water enters or spills out, specifically the opening.

فَرْغnoun
  1. 1.
    mouth of a bucketboth

    The opening or spout of a water bucket.

ثَرْوَغnoun
  1. 1.
    mouths of bucketsclassical

    The plural of 'tharg', referring to the openings of water buckets.

Parallel reading

الثرغ مصب الماء في الدلو كالفرغ
The tharg is the place where water pours into the bucket, like the fargh.
وجمعه ثروغ
And its plural is tharwugh.
وحكى يعقوب أن الثاء بدل من الفاء
And Ya'qub narrated that the thaa' is a substitute for the faa'.
ولا يعجبني لأنهم لا يكادون يتسعون في المبدل بجمع ولا غيره
And I do not find it pleasing because they rarely expand upon the substituted letter, neither in plurals nor otherwise.
وثروغ الدلو وفروغها: ما بين العراقي
And the tharwugh and farwugh of the bucket: what is between the two handles.
واحدها فرغ وثرغ
Its singular is fargh and tharg.