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Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns abundance, wealth, and large numbers, particularly in relation to people and money. It also extends to astronomical terms and specific proper nouns.

Derived headwords

ثَرْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wealthboth

    Abundance in number of people and wealth.

  2. 2.
    Pleiadesboth

    The constellation Pleiades, named for the abundance of its stars in a small area.

مَثْرَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    increaseclassical

    That which causes an increase in wealth; a source of abundance.

ثَرِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to be wealthyboth

    To have abundant wealth; to be rich.

  2. 2.
    to increaseclassical

    To increase and grow in number or wealth.

أَثْرَىverb
  1. 1.
    to enrichboth

    To make wealthy; to cause to become rich.

  2. 2.
    to become wealthyboth

    To become rich or abundant.

ثَرِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    wealthyboth

    Possessing abundant wealth; rich.

أَثْرَىadjective
  1. 1.
    wealthyboth

    Possessing abundant wealth; rich.

ثَرْوَانadjective
  1. 1.
    abundantclassical

    Abundant and plentiful.

ثَرْوَىadjective
  1. 1.
    wealthyclassical

    A woman possessing abundant wealth; a wealthy woman.

ثُرَيَّاnoun
  1. 1.
    Pleiadesboth

    The diminutive form of 'tharwah', referring to the Pleiades star cluster.

  2. 2.
    small abundanceclassical

    A small amount of abundance.

Parallel reading

الثروة: كثرة العدد من الناس والمال
Wealth: abundance in number of people and money.
وليلة يلتقي القمر والثريا
And a night when the moon meets the Pleiades.
وهذا مثراة للمال: مكثرة
And this is an increase for wealth: making it abundant.
وثرى القوم ثراء: كثروا ونموا
And the people became abundant (thara'a) in abundance (thara'): they increased and grew.
و المال: كذلك
And wealth: likewise (increased and grew).
و بنو فلان بني فلان: كانوا أكثر منهم مالا
And the sons of so-and-so were more abundant in wealth than the sons of so-and-so.
وثرى، كرضي: كثر ماله
And he was wealthy (thariya), like 'radhiya': his wealth increased.
وكأثرى
And he became wealthy (athra).
ومال ثري، كغني: كثير
And wealthy (thariy) wealth, like 'ghani': abundant.
ورجل ثري وأثرى، كأحوى: كثيره
And a wealthy man (thariy) and one who became wealthy (athra), like 'ahwa': his abundance.
والثروان: الغزير الكثير
And 'al-tharwan': the abundant, the plentiful.
وبلا لام: رجل
And without the 'al-' prefix: a man.
وامرأة ثروى: متمولة
And a wealthy woman (thirwa): possessing wealth.
والثريا: تصغيرها، والنجم، لكثرة كواكبه مع ضيق المحل
And 'al-thuryaya': its diminutive, and the star (Pleiades), due to the abundance of its stars in a small area.