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Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of mixing, overwhelming, and abundance. It describes the action of water gathering and spoiling, speech being mixed or confused, and things being trampled or struck. It also extends to the idea of something becoming abundant or plentiful, and metaphorically to a corrupted or evil nature.

Derived headwords

غَثَىverb
  1. 1.
    to gather and spoilclassical

    Said of a flood or stream that gathers its waters, loses its sweetness, and becomes spoiled.

يَغْثِيverb
  1. 1.
    to gather and spoilclassical

    The present tense form of the verb meaning to gather and spoil, specifically referring to a flood or stream.

  2. 2.
    to mixclassical

    Said of speech that is mixed or confused.

  3. 3.
    to trampleclassical

    Said of wealth or people being trampled upon or struck.

غَثْيًاnoun
  1. 1.
    corruptionclassical

    A state of corruption or impurity, particularly referring to the soul or spirit.

  2. 2.
    abundanceclassical

    A state of being abundant or plentiful, especially referring to vegetation.

غَثِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to be corruptedclassical

    Said of the soul or spirit becoming corrupted or impure.

غَثَيَانnoun
  1. 1.
    corruptionclassical

    A state of corruption or impurity, particularly referring to the soul or spirit.

أَغْثَىverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to gather and spoilclassical

    To cause a flood or stream to gather its waters and become spoiled.

غَيَّمَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to be clouded overclassical

    Said of the sky becoming covered with clouds.

غَثِيَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to be abundantclassical

    Said of the earth becoming abundant with vegetation.

الأَغْثَىnoun
  1. 1.
    lionclassical

    A name for the lion.

Parallel reading

وغثى السيل المرتع: جمع بعضه إلى بعض، وأذهب حلاوته
And the flood gathered its water, collecting some of it to itself, and it removed its sweetness.
وكأغثى
And like it caused to gather and spoil.
والكلام يغثيه ويغثاه: خلطه
And speech, it mixes it and it is mixed: meaning, it confuses it.
والمال والناس: خبطهم، وضرب فيهم
And wealth and people: it trampled them, and struck among them.
والنفس غثيا وغثيانا: خبثت
And the soul, it becomes corrupted and corruption: meaning, it became evil.
والسماء بالسحاب: غيمت
And the sky with clouds: it became clouded.
وغثيت الأرض بالنبات، كرضي: كثر فيها
And the earth became abundant with vegetation, like 'radiya': meaning, it became plentiful in it.
والأغثى: الأسد
And Al-Aghtha: the lion.