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وثغ

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of breaking, crushing, or making something dense. It extends to meanings of creating a step or platform, and also describes a small amount of something, particularly rain or vegetation.

Derived headwords

وَثَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to crushclassical

    To crush or break something, specifically referring to crushing the head.

وَثِيغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    stepclassical

    A step or platform, specifically one made for a she-camel.

  2. 2.
    dense vegetationclassical

    What gathers or clumps together from various types of grass in the spring.

  3. 3.
    small amountclassical

    A small quantity of rain.

اِتَّخَذَ لَهَا وَثِيغَةًverb
  1. 1.
    to make a step forclassical

    To create a step or platform for a she-camel.

مُوَثَّغَةadjective
  1. 1.
    crushedclassical

    Referring to a head that has been crushed.

مَوْثُوغَةadjective
  1. 1.
    mixedclassical

    Referring to a tharid (a dish of bread soaked in broth) where some parts are mixed with others.

وَثِيغَةٌ مِنَ الْمَطَرِnoun
  1. 1.
    small amount of rainclassical

    A small quantity of rain.

وَثْغَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    small amountclassical

    A small quantity, used in reference to rain.

Parallel reading

وَثَغَ رأسه، كوعد: شدخه
He crushed his head, like 'wa'ada': he broke it.
و ناقته: اتخذ لها وثيغة، وهي الدرجة تتخذ للناقة.
And his she-camel: he made for her a step, which is a platform made for the she-camel.
وثريدة موثوغة ووثيغة: رد بعضها على بعض.
And a tharid that is mixed and dense: some of it is returned upon the other.
وأنثى الوَثْغَةِ: قليل منه.
And a small amount of it: a little of it.
والوثيغة: ما التف من أجناس العشب في الربيع.
And the dense vegetation: what gathers from the types of grass in the spring.