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رغث

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to nursing, suckling, and the production of milk. It extends to concepts of abundance, being overwhelmed by requests, and a specific ailment related to milk production.

Derived headwords

الرَّغُوثnoun
  1. 1.
    nursing motherboth

    A female animal that is nursing its young.

كل مرضعة — every nursing mother
رَغَثَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to nurseboth

    To nurse or suckle one's young.

أرغثت النعجة ولدها — The ewe nursed her lamb
أَرْغَثَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to nurseboth

    To nurse or suckle one's young.

أرغثت النعجة ولدها — The ewe nursed her lamb
رَغَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to suckleboth

    To suckle from the mother.

رغث الجدي أمه — The kid suckled its mother
الرَّغْثَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    vein in the udderclassical

    A vein in the udder that causes milk to flow.

  2. 2.
    bundle under the breastclassical

    A bundle or mass located beneath the breast.

عرق في الثدي يدر اللبن — a vein in the breast that causes milk to flow
عصبة تحت الثدي — a bundle under the breast
رَغُوثadjective
  1. 1.
    much requestedclassical

    Used to describe someone from whom many requests are made, to the point of exhaustion.

آكل من برذونة رغوث — eating from a much-requested mare
مَرْغُوثadjective
  1. 1.
    overwhelmed by requestsclassical

    A person who is overwhelmed by numerous requests, to the point of having nothing left.

رغث الرجل فهو مرغوث — The man was overwhelmed by requests, so he is مرغوث

Parallel reading

كل مرضعة
every nursing mother
فليت لنا مكان الملك عمرو * رغوثا حول قبتنا تخور
Would that you had brought us in place of King Amr * a nursing mother around our tent, moaning.
وقد أرغثت النعجة ولدها: أرضعته.
And the ewe nursed her lamb: meaning she suckled it.
ورغث الجدي أمه، أي رضعها.
And the kid suckled its mother, meaning it nursed from her.
والرغثاء مثال العشراء: عرق في الثدي يدر اللبن.
And al-Raghtha' is like al-'Ushra': a vein in the breast that causes milk to flow.
قال: ابن السكيت: عصبة تحت الثدي.
Ibn al-Sikkit said: a bundle under the breast.
وقولهم " آكل من برذونة رغوث "
And their saying: 'eating from a much-requested mare'
وهو فعول في معنى مفعولة لأنها مرغوثة.
And it is on the pattern of 'fa'ūl' in the meaning of 'maf'ūla' because she is much requested.
قال الأحمر: رغث الرجل فهو مرغوث، إذا كثر عليه السؤال حتى ينفد ما عنده.
Al-Ahmar said: A man is overwhelmed by requests (raghatha) and becomes marghūth, if requests are numerous upon him until he has nothing left.