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ديث

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of making something easy, tractable, or accustomed, often through repeated use or familiarity. It extends to the idea of a path being well-trodden and easy to traverse. A derived term describes a person lacking in jealousy or honor.

Derived headwords

ديثهverb
  1. 1.
    to tameboth

    To make something docile, submissive, or accustomed to something through repeated handling or use.

  2. 2.
    to make easyclassical

    To render something easy or tractable, often by familiarizing it.

مديثadjective
  1. 1.
    tamedclassical

    Describing something that has been made docile or accustomed, often through repeated use.

  2. 2.
    well-troddenboth

    Describing a path that is easy to traverse because it has been frequently used.

الديوثnoun
  1. 1.
    effeminate manclassical

    A man who is unmanly or lacks jealousy, particularly regarding his female relatives.

  2. 2.
    cuckoldclassical

    A man who is indifferent to or unaware of his wife's infidelity.

Parallel reading

ديثه: ذلله.
He tamed it: he made it docile.
وطريق مديث، أي مذلل.
And a path is mādūth, meaning easy to traverse.
والديوث: القنذع، وهو الذى لا غيرة له.
And the dayūth is the effeminate one, who is he who has no jealousy.