رعث

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to adornments, specifically earrings or pendants, and by extension, to things that hang or dangle. It also extends to descriptive terms for animals and a poet's nickname.

Derived headwords

الرَّعْثnoun

1.
earringclassical
A type of earring or pendant, with a singular form 'ra'thah'.
2.
wool hangingclassical
Woolen tufts or hangings from a camel's litter (hawdaj).

رَعْثَةnoun

1.
earringclassical
A single earring or pendant.

رَعْثَةnoun

1.
earringclassical
A single earring or pendant.

تَرَعَّثَتْverb

1.
to wear earringsclassical
A woman wearing earrings or adornments.

المُرَعَّثname

1.
nicknameclassical
A nickname given to the poet Bishr ibn Burd due to an earring he wore in his youth.

رَعْثَةُ الدِّيكِnoun

1.
combclassical
The comb of a rooster.

مُرَعَّثadjective

1.
having a combclassical
Describing a rooster that has a comb.

رَعْثَاءadjective

1.
having wattlesclassical
Describing a ewe that has two wattles beneath its ears.

رَعْثَاتnoun

1.
earringsclassical
Plural of 'ra'thah', referring to earrings or dangling adornments.

Parallel reading

الرعاث: القرطة، واحدتها رعثه ورعثة بالتحريك.

Al-ra'th: the earring, its singular is ra'thah and ra'thah (with vowel movement).

وترعثت المرأة، أي تقرطت.

And the woman wore earrings, meaning she adorned herself.

وكان بشار بن برد الشاعر يلقب بالمرعث لرعثة كانت له في صغره.

And the poet Bishr ibn Burd was nicknamed Al-Mur'ath due to an earring he had in his youth.

ورعثة الديك: عثنونه، يقال ديك مرعث.

And the rooster's ra'thah: its comb; it is said a rooster with a comb.

ماذا يؤرقني والنوم يعجبني * من صوت ذي رعثات ساكن الدار

What keeps me awake when sleep appeals to me * from the sound of the owner of earrings residing in the house.

وشاة رعثاء، إذا كان لها تحت الاذن زنمتان.

And a ewe that is ra'tha', if it has two wattles beneath its ear.

والرعث: العهن من الصوف يعلق من الهودج، عن أبى عبيد.

And al-ra'th: the woolen tufts that hang from the camel's litter, according to Abu Ubaid.