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دءث

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of eating or consuming food. It also extends to describe a specific anatomical location, though this usage is rare and debated.

Derived headwords

دأثverb
  1. 1.
    to eatboth

    To consume food.

دأثnoun
  1. 1.
    eatingboth

    The act of consuming food.

الدأثاءnoun
  1. 1.
    navelclassical

    The navel, the indentation in the abdomen.

Parallel reading

دأثت الطعام: أكلته
I ate the food: I consumed it.
والدأثاء: الامة
And al-da'thā' is the navel.
وقد يحرك لحرف الحلق، وهو نادر، لان فعلاء بفتح العين لم يجئ في الصفات وإنما جاء حرفان في الاسماء فقط، وهو فرماء (2) وجنفاء، وهما موضعان
And it may be vocalized with a kasra for the throat letter, which is rare, because fa'lā' with an open 'ayn does not occur in adjectives; rather, only two words have occurred in nouns, namely farma' and janfā', and they are two places.