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ثتي

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes fine, ground, or broken materials, particularly those related to agricultural produce like grain or dates. It also encompasses the concept of something being fine or powdery, often used metaphorically.

Derived headwords

الثَّتَىnoun
  1. 1.
    ground grainclassical

    Finely ground grain, such as flour or meal, especially from dates.

  2. 2.
    chaffclassical

    The broken husks or chaff of straw or grain.

  3. 3.
    date pulpclassical

    The fine residue or pulp of dates, especially the inferior parts.

  4. 4.
    filling materialclassical

    Any finely broken material used to fill a sack or container.

الحَتَاnoun
  1. 1.
    ground grainclassical

    Finely ground grain, similar to 'al-thathā', often referring to date meal.

الثَّتَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    date peelingsclassical

    The peelings or inferior quality of dates.

Parallel reading

الثَّتَى والحَتَا: سَوِيقُ المُقْلِ؛ عَن اللِّحْيَانِيِّ.
Al-thathā and al-ḥatā: meal of the date palm; according to Al-Lihyānī.
والثَّتَى: حُطَامُ التِّبْنِ.
And al-thathā: the broken pieces of straw.
والثَّتَى: دِقَاقُ التِّبْنِ أو حُسَافَةُ التَّمْرِ.
And al-thathā: the fine particles of straw or the pulp of dates.
وكُلُّ شَيْءٍ حَشَوْتَ بِهِ غِرَارَةً مِمَّا دَقَّ فَهُوَ الثَّتَى؛
And anything you stuff a sack with that is finely broken is al-thathā;
وَأَنْشَدَ: كَأَنَّهُ غِرَارَةٌ مَلْأَى ثَتَى
And he recited: As if it were a sack full of fine particles
وَيُرْوَى: مَلْأَى حَتَا.
And it is narrated: full of fine particles (ḥatā).
وَقَالَ أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ: الثَّتَاةُ والثَّتَى قِشْرُ التَّمْرِ وَرَدِيئُهُ.
And Abū Ḥanīfah said: Al-thathāh and al-thathā are the peelings and the inferior part of dates.