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عبث

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root 'ʿ-b-th' primarily relates to playing, trifling, and mixing. It extends to concepts of confusing, mingling, and preparing mixed foods, often with a connotation of disorder or lack of seriousness.

Derived headwords

عَبِثَverb
  1. 1.
    Playing, amusement.both

    Playing, amusement.

عَبَثَverb
  1. 1.
    Playing, amusement.both

    Playing, amusement.

العَبَثnoun
  1. 1.
    playboth

    The act of playing or engaging in frivolous activity.

  2. 2.
    mixingboth

    The act of blending or confusing things together.

عَبَثًاnoun
  1. 1.
    playfullyboth

    In a manner characterized by play or lack of seriousness.

العَبَثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a single instanceboth

    One time or occasion of an action, particularly of playing or mixing.

عَبَثَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to mix itboth

    To blend or confuse a specific thing.

العَبِيْثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of foodclassical

    A dish made from dried yogurt (aqt) whose liquid is poured over its solid part while cooking, mixing them together.

  2. 2.
    a mixed foodclassical

    A food prepared by mixing various ingredients, sometimes including locusts.

عَبِثَتْverb
  1. 1.
    she mixedclassical

    Feminine past tense verb indicating the act of mixing, specifically referring to a woman preparing a food item.

أَبْكَلِيverb
  1. 1.
    to mix it (food)classical

    To prepare a mixed food, often referring to a specific dish like 'al-'abithah'.

اعْبَثِيverb
  1. 1.
    to mix it (food)classical

    To prepare a mixed food, similar to 'abkili'.

العَبَائِثnoun
  1. 1.
    mixed thingsclassical

    Plural noun referring to mixed substances or foods.

عَبِيْثَةadjective
  1. 1.
    mixed in lineageclassical

    Describing someone whose lineage is mixed or has questionable origins.

عَبِيْثَةُ النَّاسِnoun
  1. 1.
    people's mixturesclassical

    Refers to the mixed groups or crowds of people.

عَبِيْثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mixture in a containerclassical

    A mixture of grains, such as wheat and barley, found in a container.

عَبِيْثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mingled flockclassical

    Describes a flock of sheep that has mingled with another flock, becoming mixed together.

العَوْبَثَانِيadjective
  1. 1.
    mixed (food)classical

    An adjective describing a food made from a mixture of ingredients like flour, ghee, dates, and milk.

Parallel reading

العبث: اللعب.
Al-'abath: playing.
وقد عبث بالكسر يعبث عبثا.
And he played, breaking (the 'ayn), he plays, playing.
والعبثة بالتسكين: المرة الواحدة.
And al-'abathah (with sukun on the 'th'): the single instance.
والعبث: الخلط.
And al-'abath: mixing.
وقد عبثه بالفتح يعبثه عبثا: خلطه.
And he mixed it (with fath on the 'ayn), he mixes it, mixing: he mixed it.
والعبث أيضا: اتخاذ العبيثة: قال أبو صاعد الكلابي: العبيثة: الأقط يفرغ رطبه حين يطبخ على جافه فيخلط به.
And al-'abath also: preparing al-'abithah: Abu Sa'id al-Kilabi said: Al-'abithah: it is dried yogurt whose liquid is poured over its solid part when cooking, and it is mixed with it.
يقال عبثت المرأة، إذا فرغته على المشر ليحمل يابسه رطبه.
It is said, the woman prepared (food), when she poured it over the mixture to carry its dry and its wet parts.
يقال أبكلي واعبثى.
It is said, 'abkili' and 'i'bathī'.
وطاحت الالبان والعبائث
And the milks and the mixed things were ruined.
وفلان عبيثة، أي مؤتشب، يعني في نسبه خلط ومغمز.
And so-and-so is 'abithah, meaning of mixed lineage, meaning in his lineage there is mixing and a defect.
وعبيثة الناس: أخلاطهم.
And 'abithah of people: their mixtures.
وجاء فلان بعبيثة في وعائه، أي بر وشعير قد خلطا.
And so-and-so came with a mixture in his container, meaning wheat and barley that have been mixed.
وظلت الغنم عبيثة واحدة وبكيلة واحدة، وهو أن الغنم إذا لقيت غنما أخرى دخلت فيها واختلط بعضها ببعض.
And the sheep remained as one mingled flock and one mixed group, which is when sheep encounter other sheep and enter among them and mix with each other.
وأما قول الشاعر السعدى: إذا ما الخصيف العوبثانى ساءنا * تركناه واخترنا السديف المسرهدا
As for the saying of the poet al-Sa'di: If the mixed food ('al-khaseef al-'awbathani') displeases us, we leave it and choose the well-prepared fat.
فيقال: هو دقيق وسمن وتمر، يخلط باللبن الحليب.
It is said: it is flour, ghee, and dates, mixed with fresh milk.