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Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the bleating or crying sound made by sheep and goats, especially when giving birth. It also extends to the act of making this sound and, metaphorically, to giving or offering something.

Derived headwords

ثُغاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Bleating soundboth

    The bleating sound of sheep, gazelles, and other animals, particularly when giving birth.

  2. 2.
    Crack in a water skinclassical

    A crack or tear in the patch of a water skin.

ثَغِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Eweclassical

    A female sheep, specifically one that bleats.

ثَغَتْverb
  1. 1.
    To bleatboth

    The verb form indicating the act of making the bleating sound, like sheep or gazelles.

أَثْغَىverb
  1. 1.
    To cause to bleatclassical

    To make one's sheep or goat bleat, or to induce the sound.

  2. 2.
    To giveclassical

    To give or offer something; to yield or provide.

Parallel reading

الثغاء، بالضم: صوت الغنم والظباء وغيرها عند الولادة
The bleating, with damma, is the sound of sheep, gazelles, and others when giving birth.
والشق في مرمة الثاغية، للشاة
And the crack in the patch of the bleating one, for the ewe.
وثغت، كدعت: صوتت
And it bleated, like 'da'a', meaning it made a sound.
وأتيته فما أثغى
And I came to him, and he did not give anything.
وأثغى شاته: حملها على الثغاء
And he made his sheep bleat: he caused it to bleat.