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حثا

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the action of throwing or scattering, particularly dust or earth. It can refer to covering something with such material or throwing it at someone. The derived forms often emphasize the act of heaping or piling up.

Derived headwords

حَثَاverb
  1. 1.
    to throw dust/earthboth

    To throw dust or earth, often upon something or someone.

حَثْوًاnoun
  1. 1.
    throwing dustboth

    The verbal noun for the act of throwing dust or earth.

حَثِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to throw dust/earthboth

    An alternative form of the verb meaning to throw dust or earth.

حَثْيًاnoun
  1. 1.
    throwing dustboth

    The verbal noun for the act of throwing dust or earth, often associated with the verb حثي.

حَثَاverb
  1. 1.
    to heap upboth

    To heap up or pile something, especially dust or earth.

يَحْثُوverb
  1. 1.
    he heaps upboth

    The present tense form of the verb meaning to heap up or pile.

يَحْثَىverb
  1. 1.
    he heaps upboth

    An alternative present tense form of the verb meaning to heap up or pile.

حَثِيَverb
  1. 1.
    he was covered with dustboth

    To be covered with dust or earth, often passively.

احْتَثَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    he covered him with dustboth

    To cover someone or something with dust or earth.

حَثِيَ عَلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    he threw dust on himboth

    To throw dust or earth upon someone.

Parallel reading

حثا عليه التراب حثوا هاله
He threw dust on him, heaping it up, meaning he scattered it.
حثوت التراب
I threw the dust.
حثي حثيت حثوا
He threw, I threw, the throwing.
حثي حثيا
He threw, the throwing.
حثا التراب نفسه وغيره يحثو ويحثى
He threw the dust himself and others throw, they throw.
الأخيرة نادرة
The latter is rare.
ونظيره جبا يجبى وقلا يقلى
And its parallel is jaba yajbi and qala yaqli.
وقد حثي حثى عليه التراب حثي حثيا
And he was covered with dust, he threw, the throwing.
واحتثاه
And he covered him with it.
وحثي حثى عليه التراب نفسه
And he himself was covered with dust.
وحثي حثى التراب في وجهه حثي
And he threw dust in his face, the throwing.