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الرغوث

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of suckling or nursing, and by extension, to things associated with it like the breast or a nursing woman. It also extends to concepts of repeated action, questioning, and even specific anatomical or geographical terms.

Derived headwords

الرَّغُوثnoun
  1. 1.
    nursing womanboth

    A woman who is nursing or breastfeeding a child.

  2. 2.
    diseaseclassical

    Any illness or ailment, often associated with weakness or debility.

مُرْغِثnoun
  1. 1.
    nursing womanboth

    Synonymous with الرَّغُوث, referring to a woman who is nursing.

أَرْغَثَتْverb
  1. 1.
    she nursedboth

    Past tense verb indicating that a female nursed or breastfed.

رَغَثَهاverb
  1. 1.
    to suckle itboth

    To suckle or nurse something, typically referring to a child nursing from a mother.

ارْتَغَثَهاverb
  1. 1.
    to suckle itboth

    An intensive form of رَغَثَها, meaning to suckle or nurse thoroughly.

أَرْغَثَتْهُverb
  1. 1.
    she nursed himboth

    To nurse or breastfeed someone, typically a child.

الرَّغْثاءnoun
  1. 1.
    vein in the breastclassical

    A vein located within the breast tissue.

  2. 2.
    nerve bundle under the breastclassical

    A bundle of nerves situated beneath the breast.

أَرْغَثَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to stab himclassical

    To stab someone, specifically in the الرَّغْثاء (vein or nerve bundle in the breast).

رَغَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to complain of itclassical

    To complain about something, particularly an ailment or a difficult situation.

  2. 2.
    to be overwhelmed with requestsclassical

    When a person is subjected to numerous requests, to the point where they have nothing left to give.

رَغَثَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to stab him repeatedlyclassical

    To stab someone multiple times.

أَرْضٌ رَغَاثnoun
  1. 1.
    land that only flows with much rainclassical

    Describes land that does not naturally have flowing water unless there is abundant rainfall.

المُرْغَثnoun
  1. 1.
    seal of the ringclassical

    The part of a ring that bears the design or stone, which is placed on the finger.

Parallel reading

كل مرضعة، كالمرغث
Every nursing woman, like the Murghath.
وقد أرغثت
And she has nursed.
ورغثها، كمنع، وارتغثها: رضعها
And Raghathaha, like Mana'a, and Irtaghathaha: to suckle it.
وأرغثته: أرضعته
And Arghathathu: she nursed him.
والرغثاء، كالعشراء: عرق في الثدي، أو عصبة تحته
And Ar-Raghthaa', like Al-'Ushraa': a vein in the breast, or a nerve bundle beneath it.
وأرغثه: طعنه في رغثائه
And Arghathahu: he stabbed him in his Raghthaa'.
ورغث، كزهي: اشتكاها
And Raghatha, like Zahii: he complained of it (an ailment).
وفلان: كثر عليه السؤال حتى نفد ما عنده
And so-and-so: requests became numerous upon him until he had nothing left.
ورغثه وأرغثه: طعنه مرة بعد أخرى
And Raghathahu and Arghathahu: he stabbed him once after another.
وأرض رغاث، كغراب: لا تسيل إلا من مطر كثير
And a Rughaath land, like Ghuraab: it does not flow except from abundant rain.
والمرغث، لمحمد: موضع الخاتم من الإصبع
And Al-Murghath, for Muhammad: the place of the ring on the finger.