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الرثان

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root relates to a sequence of rain, specifically a succession of downpours with pauses in between. It also extends to the land being affected by such rain and a woman adorning her face.

Derived headwords

الرَّثَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Succession of rainclassical

    A continuous sequence of rain with pauses between the downpours.

أَرْضٌ مَرْثَنَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Rain-affected landclassical

    Land that has been struck or affected by successive rain.

أَرْضٌ مَرْثُونَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Rain-struck landclassical

    Land that has been hit by successive rain.

تَرِثَّنَتْverb
  1. 1.
    To adorn faceclassical

    A woman adorning her face with a thick application of cosmetic, like kohl.

Parallel reading

الرَّثَانُ، كَسَحَابٍ: القِطَارُ المُتَتَابِعَةُ مِنْهُنَّ سُكُونٌ.
Ar-rathān, like saḥāb: the successive sequence of it (rain) with pauses between them.
وَأَرْضٌ مَرْثَنَةٌ، كَمَعْظَمَةٍ، وَمَرْثُونَةٌ: أَصَابَتْهَا.
And an earth marthanah, like maʿẓamah, and marthūnah: it was struck by it (rain).
وَتَرِثَّنَتْ: طَلَتْ وَجْهَهَا بِغُمْرَةٍ.
And tariththanat: she applied (cosmetic) to her face with a thick application.