ضغث

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

The root ضغث (ḍ-gh-th) primarily relates to the concept of mixing, bundling, or confusing disparate elements. This is seen in physical bundles, mixed dreams, confused speech, and even the ambiguous state of an animal's condition.

Derived headwords

ضَغْثnoun

1.
Bundle of herbsclassical
A handful of herbs mixed with both wet and dry components.

أضْغَاثnoun

1.
Confused dreamsclassical
Dreams whose interpretations are unreliable due to their confused and mixed nature.

ضَغَثَverb

1.
To mix speechclassical
To confuse or mix up one's speech.

ضَاغِثnoun

1.
One who hides and shoutsclassical
A person who hides among wine jars and frightens children by making sounds from their throat.

ضَغَثَverb

1.
To knead camel's humpclassical
To knead or rub the hump of a camel.

ضَغُوثadjective

1.
Ambiguous in fatnessclassical
A female camel whose fatness is uncertain, making it difficult to determine if its hump is plump or not.

Parallel reading

الضغث: قبضة حشيش مختلطة الرطب باليابس.

The ḍaghth: a handful of herbs mixed with the wet and the dry.

وأضغاث الأحلام: الرؤيا التى لا يصح تأويلها لا ختلاطها.

And the aḍghāth of dreams: the visions whose interpretation is not sound due to their confusion.

وضغث الحديث: خلطه.

And ḍaghth of speech: mixing it.

والضاغث: الذي يختبئ في الخمر يفزع الصبيان بصوت يردده في حلقه.

And the ḍāghith: he who hides among the wine jars and frightens the children with a sound he repeats in his throat.

وضغث السنام: عركه.

And ḍaghth of the hump: rubbing it.

ناقة ضغوث، مثل ضبوث، وهي التي يشك في سمنها فتضغث أبها طرق أم لا.

A ḍaghūth she-camel, like ḍabūth, and she is the one whose fatness is doubted, so one is unsure if its hump is plump or not.