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ريث

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of slowness, delay, and taking one's time. It encompasses verbs related to delaying, nouns for slowness, and adjectives describing someone or something as slow.

Derived headwords

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

    He was slow to bring his news.

يُريثُverb
  1. 1.
    to delayboth

    The present tense form of the verb 'to delay', indicating ongoing slowness or a future delay.

ريثاًnoun
  1. 1.
    slownessboth

    The state or quality of being slow; a delay or tardiness.

  2. 2.
    a whileboth

    A period of time, often implying a moderate or extended duration.

أَراثَverb
  1. 1.
    to delay someoneclassical

    To cause someone to be slow or delayed; to make someone tarry.

استَراثَverb
  1. 1.
    to delayclassical

    To consider something slow or to cause a delay.

استبطاءnoun
  1. 1.
    delayclassical

    The act of delaying or being delayed; slowness.

ريثname
  1. 1.
    Rithclassical

    The name of a progenitor of a tribe among the Qays, specifically Rith ibn Ghaṭafān.

ريثadjective
  1. 1.
    slowclassical

    Characterized by slowness or a lack of speed.

مُريث العينينadjective
  1. 1.
    slow-sightedclassical

    Describing someone whose vision is slow or takes time to focus.

Parallel reading

راث علي خبرك يريث ريثا، أي أبطأ.
Your news delayed me, it caused slowness, meaning it was slow.
رب عجلة وهبت ريثا
Perhaps a haste grants slowness.
تهب ريثا
It grants slowness.
وما أراثك علينا؟
And what delayed you from coming to us?
أي ما أبطأ بك عنا؟
Meaning, what made you slow in coming to us?
وهو ريث بن غطفان بن سعد بن قيس عيلان.
And he is Rith son of Ghaṭafān son of Saʿd son of Qays ʿAylān.
والاستراثة: الاستبطاء.
And 'istirāthah' means 'to delay'.
ورجل ريث، بالتشديد، أي بطئ.
And a man 'rayth' (with shaddah) means slow.
قال الفراء: رجل مريث العينين، إذا كان بطئ النظر.
Al-Farra' said: A man 'mureeth al-'aynayn' if he is slow in looking.