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رثء

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the curdling or thickening of milk, often by adding something sour. It extends to meanings of mixing, confusion, dullness of mind, and a specific type of spottedness in animals.

Derived headwords

رَثَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to curdle milkboth

    To curdle milk by pouring it onto something sour, resulting in a thickened substance.

  2. 2.
    to mixclassical

    To mix things together.

  3. 3.
    to strikeclassical

    To strike or beat.

رَثِئَverb
  1. 1.
    to curdleboth

    The milk curdled or became thick.

  2. 2.
    to become thickclassical

    To become thick or viscous.

أَرْثَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to make curdleboth

    To cause milk to curdle or become thick.

  2. 2.
    to make thickclassical

    To make something thick or viscous.

رَثْءnoun
  1. 1.
    lack of perceptionclassical

    A lack of intelligence, dullness of mind, or foolishness.

  2. 2.
    spottednessclassical

    A spotted or mottled appearance, particularly on an animal.

رَثِيئةnoun
  1. 1.
    curdled milkboth

    Milk that has been curdled, often by adding something sour, resulting in a thickened substance.

  2. 2.
    foolishnessclassical

    Foolishness or lack of intelligence.

رَثْأَةnoun
  1. 1.
    disease of the humpclassical

    A disease affecting the hump or shoulder of a camel.

ارْتَثَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to mix upclassical

    To become confused or mixed up in one's opinion or thought.

أَرْثَأadjective
  1. 1.
    spottedclassical

    Describing a ram that is spotted or mottled.

رَثْآءadjective
  1. 1.
    spottedclassical

    Describing a ewe that is spotted or mottled.

Parallel reading

رثأ اللبن كمنع: حلبه على حامض فخثر وهو الرثيئة
Ratha'a the milk, like man'a: to milk it onto something sour, so it curdled, and that is the rathī'ah.
ولغة في رثى الميت
And a variant pronunciation for mourning the dead.
و=خلط
And it means to mix.
وضرب
And to strike.
واللبن: صيره رثيئة
And the milk: to make it into rathī'ah.
والقوم: عمل لهم رثيئة
And the people: to make rathī'ah for them.
وغضبه: سكن
And his anger: it subsided.
والبعير: أصابته رثأة لداء في منكبه
And the camel: it was afflicted with rath'ah, a disease in its hump.
والرثء: قلة الفطنة، والحمق، كالرثيئة
And ar-rath'u: lack of perception, and foolishness, like ar-rathī'ah.
وبالضم: الرقطة، كبش أرثأ، ونعجة رثآء
And with dammah: the spottedness, a spotted ram, and a spotted ewe.
وارتثأ في رأيه: خلط
And irtatha'a in his opinion: he became confused.
والرثيئة: شربها
And ar-rathī'ah: to drink it.
واللبن: خثر، كأرثأ
And the milk: it curdled, like artha'a.