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طثا

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to small, insignificant things, possibly with a sense of playfulness or triviality. It is primarily associated with a specific thorny shrub and small wooden objects.

Derived headwords

الطَّثِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Thorny shrubclassical

    A shrub that grows to about human height, thorny from its base to its top. Its thorns are more prominent than its leaves, and its leaves are small. It has a white flower that bees are attracted to.

طَثَاverb
  1. 1.
    To play with a qallahclassical

    To play with a qallah (a type of children's toy or game).

الطَّثَىnoun
  1. 1.
    Small wooden sticksclassical

    Small pieces of wood.

Parallel reading

الطثية: شجرة تسمو نحو القامة شوكة من أصلها إلى أعلاها، شوكها غالب لورقها، وورقها صغار، ولها نويرة بيضاء يجرسها النحل، وجمعها طثي؛ حكاه أبو حنيفة.
Al-Tathiyyah: a shrub that grows to about human height, thorny from its base to its top. Its thorns are more prominent than its leaves, and its leaves are small. It has a white flower that bees are attracted to, and its plural is Tathiy. Abu Hanifa narrated this.
ابن الأعرابي: طثا إذا لعب بالقلة.
Ibn al-A'rabi: Tathā means to play with the qallah.
والطثى: الخشبات الصغار.
And Al-Tathā: small wooden sticks.