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الثعيط

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to fine, loose sand that is moved by the wind. It also extends to meanings of decay, putrefaction, and swelling or cracking of lips, and a specific type of rotten egg.

Derived headwords

الثَّعِيطnoun
  1. 1.
    fine sandboth

    Fine, loose sand that is carried by the wind.

الثَّعْطnoun
  1. 1.
    decayed meatclassical

    Meat that has begun to change and decay.

ثَعِطَverb
  1. 1.
    to decayclassical

    To undergo change and decay, particularly referring to meat.

  2. 2.
    to become putridclassical

    To become foul-smelling and rotten.

ثَعِطَ الجِلْدُverb
  1. 1.
    skin to become putridclassical

    The skin becoming foul-smelling and rotten.

ثَعِطَتْ شَفَتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    lip to swellclassical

    The lip becoming swollen.

  2. 2.
    lip to crackclassical

    The lip becoming cracked.

الثَّعْطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    rotten eggclassical

    An egg that is rotten or spoiled.

التَّثْعِيطnoun
  1. 1.
    crushingclassical

    The act of crushing or grinding something.

  2. 2.
    smashingclassical

    The act of smashing or breaking something forcefully.

Parallel reading

دقاق رمل سيال، تنقله الريح.
Fine, loose sand, carried by the wind.
اللحم المتغير.
The changed (decayed) meat.
ثعط، كفرح: تغير
It (meat) decayed, as in 'faraha': it changed.
و الجلد: أنتن، وتقطع
And the skin: it became putrid, and it split.
و شفته: ورمت، وتشققت.
And his lip: it swelled, and it cracked.
والثعطة، كفرحة: البيضة المذرة.
And al-tha'ṭah, like 'farḥah': the rotten egg.
والتثعيط: الدق، والرضخ.
And al-tath'īṭ: the crushing, and the smashing.