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الثءي

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of destruction, damage, and severe harm, including killing and wounding. It also extends to meanings of weakness, scarcity, and the remnants of something diminished.

Derived headwords

الثأيnoun
  1. 1.
    Destruction, damageboth

    The act of causing ruin, damage, or severe harm.

  2. 2.
    Wounding, killingboth

    Specifically refers to inflicting wounds or causing death.

أثأىverb
  1. 1.
    To kill, to woundboth

    To inflict fatal wounds or to injure someone.

  2. 2.
    To damage leatherclassical

    To perforate or damage the surface of leather.

  3. 3.
    To make thin and wideclassical

    To make something (like lips) thick and wide, or a strap thin and narrow.

الثأوnoun
  1. 1.
    Weakness, frailtyboth

    A state of being weak, feeble, or lacking strength.

  2. 2.
    Poor qualityclassical

    Referring to something that is weak, flimsy, or of poor construction.

بهاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Old eweclassical

    An aged female sheep.

  2. 2.
    Emaciated sheepclassical

    A sheep that is thin and weak due to lack of nourishment.

  3. 3.
    Small remnantclassical

    A small remaining quantity of something that was once abundant.

الثأىnoun
  1. 1.
    Wound marksboth

    The lasting traces or scars left by a wound.

Parallel reading

الإفساد، والجراح، والقتل ونحوه
Destruction, wounds, killing, and the like.
وأثأى فيهم: قتل، وجرح
And he killed and wounded among them.
أو أن تغلظ إشفاه، ويدق السير
Or to make the lips thick and wide, and the strap thin.
والثأو: الضعف، والركاكة
And weakness, and frailty.
والبقية القليلة من كثير
And the small remnant from a large amount.
والثأى، كالثرى: آثار الجرح
And the marks of a wound, like dust.