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روث

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to dung, specifically animal excrement. It also extends to the tip of the nose and, metaphorically, to actions associated with such substances or locations.

Derived headwords

الروثةnoun
  1. 1.
    a single piece of dungboth

    a single piece of dung

الروثnoun
  1. 1.
    dungboth

    Animal excrement in general; feces.

الأرواثnoun
  1. 1.
    dungboth

    Plural of روثة (rawthah), referring to pieces of dung.

راثverb
  1. 1.
    He was slow to bring his news.both

    He was slow to bring his news.

Parallel reading

الروثة: واحدة الروث والأرواث.
Al-rawthah: a single piece of al-rawth and al-arwath.
وقد راث الفرس.
And the horse has defecated.
وفي المثل: " أحشك وتروثني ".
And in the proverb: 'You make me feel the need to defecate, and then you defecate for me.'
والروثة: طرف الأرنبة،
And al-rawthah: the tip of the nostril,
يقال: فلان يضرب بلسانه روثة أنفه.
It is said: So-and-so strikes the tip of his nose with his tongue.