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الريث

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of slowness, delay, and taking one's time. It extends to meanings of patience, gentleness, and even exhaustion or weakness.

Derived headwords

الريثnoun
  1. 1.
    slownessboth

    The state or quality of being slow or delayed.

  2. 2.
    delayboth

    The act of postponing or being postponed.

  3. 3.
    measureclassical

    A quantity or amount, often implying a moderate or unhurried measure.

تريثverb
  1. 1.
    to be slowboth

    To act or proceed with slowness; to delay.

  2. 2.
    to take one's timeboth

    To proceed deliberately and without haste.

أراثverb
  1. 1.
    to delayboth

    To cause someone to be slow or delayed.

ترييثnoun
  1. 1.
    gentlenessclassical

    The act of making something soft or pliable; leniency.

  2. 2.
    exhaustionclassical

    The state of being tired or weary.

ريثadjective
  1. 1.
    slowboth

    Characterized by slowness; not quick.

مريثadjective
  1. 1.
    slow-lookingclassical

    Having eyes that appear slow or deliberate in their gaze.

استراثverb
  1. 1.
    to consider slowclassical

    To deem or find something to be slow or delayed.

  2. 2.
    to find slowclassical

    To perceive something as taking too long.

ريث بن غطفانname
  1. 1.
    father of a tribeclassical

    The progenitor or eponymous ancestor of the Ghatafan tribe.

Parallel reading

الإبطاء، كالتريث، والمقدار.
Slowness, like taking one's time, and measure.
وما أراثك: ما أبطأك.
And what delayed you: what made you slow.
والترييث: التليين، والإعياء.
And gentleness: softening, and exhaustion.
وهو ريث، ككيس: بطيء.
And he is rayth, like kayys: slow.
ومريث العينين: بطيء النظر.
And slow of eyes: slow of sight.
واستراث: استبطأ.
And istaraatha: he considered it slow.
وريث بن غطفان: أبو حي.
And Rayth ibn Ghatafan: father of a tribe.