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Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of froth, scum, and debris, particularly that which is carried by water or found in a wadi. It also extends to meanings of perishing, decay, and things that are worn out or worthless.

Derived headwords

الغَثاءnoun
  1. 1.
    froth, scumboth

    The light, foamy substance that rises to the surface of liquids, especially water.

  2. 2.
    debris, detritusboth

    Worthless or discarded material, especially that which is carried along by a flood or current.

  3. 3.
    perished, ruinedclassical

    That which has perished, is ruined, or is worthless.

  4. 4.
    withered leavesclassical

    Withered leaves of trees mixed with the scum of a torrent.

غَثَاverb
  1. 1.
    to be frothy, to be full of scumclassical

    The wadi became full of froth and debris.

غَثْوًاnoun
  1. 1.
    frothiness, abundance of debrisclassical

    The state of being full of froth and debris, as in a wadi.

Parallel reading

الغثاء، كغراب وزنار: القمش، والزبد، والهالك، والبالي من ورق الشجر المخالط زبد السيل.
Al-ghathā', like ghurāb and zunnār: the refuse, the scum, the perished, and the withered leaves of trees mixed with the scum of the torrent.
غثا الوادي غثوا.
The wadi became full of froth and debris.