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تغنثر

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to negative or undesirable qualities, encompassing actions like drinking without desire, and nouns referring to undesirable personal traits such as excessive hair or being called names like 'ignorant' or 'foolish'.

Derived headwords

تغنثرverb
  1. 1.
    to drink without desireclassical

    To drink water or a liquid without any particular craving or enjoyment.

غنثرةnoun
  1. 1.
    abundance of hairclassical

    Refers to having a lot of hair on the head.

  2. 2.
    thickness of hairclassical

    Describes the density or coarseness of hair.

يا غنثرname
  1. 1.
    insulting addressclassical

    A term of abuse used to call someone ignorant, foolish, dull, wicked, or base.

جعفرname
  1. 1.
    name of a riverclassical

    A proper name, often associated with a river.

جندبnoun
  1. 1.
    locustboth

    A type of insect, specifically a locust.

قنفذnoun
  1. 1.
    hedgehogboth

    A small, spiny mammal.

Parallel reading

تغنثر بالماء: شربه بلا شهوة.
To drink without desire: to drink it without craving.
والغنثرة: ضفو الرأس، وكثرة الشعر.
And al-ghantharah: is abundance of the head, and plentiful hair.
ويا غنثر، كجعفر وجندب وقنفذ: شتم، أي: يا جاهل، أو أحمق، أو ثقيل أو سفيه، أو لئيم.
And 'O ghunthar', like Ja'far, Jundab, and Qunfudh: is an insult, meaning: 'O ignorant one', or 'O foolish one', or 'O dull one', or 'O wicked one', or 'O base one'.