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رثعن

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the heavy, continuous falling of rain or a flood. It extends to describe a state of being weak, slack, or yielding, often in a negative or passive sense.

Derived headwords

ارثعنverb
  1. 1.
    to rain heavilyclassical

    Said of rain when it is abundant and continuous.

  2. 2.
    to be slackclassical

    To become weak, relaxed, or yielding.

ارثعناناnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy rainclassical

    The state of rain being continuous and abundant.

  2. 2.
    slacknessclassical

    The state of being weak, relaxed, or yielding.

مرثعناتnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy rainsclassical

    Plural of مرثعن, referring to abundant and continuous rains.

مرثعنadjective
  1. 1.
    heavy and continuousclassical

    Describes rain that is falling steadily and abundantly.

  2. 2.
    slackclassical

    Describes a person who is weak, relaxed, or yielding.

  3. 3.
    overwhelming floodclassical

    Describes a flood that is powerful and overwhelming.

مرثعنnoun
  1. 1.
    overwhelming floodclassical

    A flood that is powerful and overwhelming.

  2. 2.
    weak manclassical

    A man who is weak, slack, or yielding.

استرخىverb
  1. 1.
    to become slackclassical

    To become weak, relaxed, or yielding.

الارثعنانnoun
  1. 1.
    slacknessclassical

    The state of being weak, relaxed, or yielding.

مرثعناadjective
  1. 1.
    slack-shoulderedclassical

    Describes someone who is weak and has drooping shoulders.

Parallel reading

ارثعن المطر: كثر
The rain was abundant: it was plentiful.
كأنه بعد رياح تدهمه، ... ومرثعنات الدجون تثمه
As if after winds that overwhelm it, ... and the heavy rains of darkness suppress it.
المرثعن من المطر المسترسل السائل
The 'marth'an' of rain is the continuous, flowing rain.
وكل ملث مكفهر سحابه، ... كميش التوالي، مرثعن الأسافل
And every cloud that gathers and darkens, ... with its trailing parts scattered, its lower parts heavily falling.
مرثعن متساقط ليس بسريح، وبذلك يوصف الغيث
Heavily falling, not fast-flowing, and thus is the rain described.
وارثعن المطر إذا ثبت وجاد
And the rain 'irth'ana' if it persists and is generous.
وهو يرثعن ارثعنانا
And it rains heavily with heavy raining.
والمرثعن: السيل الغالب
And the 'marth'an': the overwhelming flood.
والمرثعن: الرجل الضعيف المسترخي
And the 'marth'an': the weak, slack man.
وارثعن: استرخى
And 'irth'ana': he became slack.
وكل مسترخ متساقط مرثعن
And everything slack and falling is 'marth'an'.
جاء فلان مرثعنا ساقط الأكتاف أي مسترخيا
So-and-so came 'marth'anan', with shoulders dropped, meaning slack.
والارثعنان: الاسترخاء
And 'al-irth'inān': slackness.
لما رآه جسربا مجنا، ... أقصر عن حسناء وارثعنا
When he saw it as a strong, sturdy camel, ... he desisted from the beautiful one and became slack.
والمرثعن من الرجال: الذي لا يمضي على هول
And the 'marth'an' among men: he who does not proceed in the face of terror.