علث

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

The root 'alath' primarily relates to mixing, confusion, and entanglement. It extends to concepts of indiscriminate eating, unclear origins, and intense, clinging combat.

Derived headwords

عَلَثَverb

1.
to mixboth
To mix things together, often indiscriminately.

أَعْلَثَverb

1.
to mixboth
To cause things to be mixed.

عَلَثَverb

1.
to be unclearclassical
Used for a fire drill (زند) that does not ignite or produce sparks.

اِعْتَلَثَverb

1.
to take indiscriminatelyclassical
To take a piece of wood for a fire drill without knowing if it will ignite or is solid.

يَعْتَلِثُverb

1.
to not choose carefullyclassical
To not carefully select the source or material for something, like a fire drill.

العَلَثnoun

1.
mixingboth
The act of mixing, or a mixture.

العَلَثnoun

1.
intense fightingclassical
Intense combat and clinging to it.

العَلِيثnoun

1.
mixed breadclassical
Bread made from a mixture of barley and wheat.

الغَلِيثnoun

1.
mixed breadclassical
Bread made from a mixture of barley and wheat (used interchangeably with العليث).

العَلاثَةnoun

1.
mixture of foodclassical
A mixture of ghee (samin) and dried yogurt (aqat).

العَلاثَةname

1.
male nameclassical
A male given name from the tribe of Banu al-Akhwas.

عَلاثَةnoun

1.
mixtureboth
Any two things that have been mixed together.

الأعْلاثnoun

1.
mixed wood piecesclassical
Mixed pieces of wood, such as from the 'marrkh' and dry branches, used for striking fire.

Parallel reading

علثت البر بالشعير أعلثه.

I mixed barley with wheat, and I mixed it.

وفلان يأكل العليث والغليث بالعين والغين، إذا كان يأكل خبزا من شعير وحنطة.

And so-and-so eats 'al-alith' and 'al-ghalith' (with 'ayn' and 'ghayn'), meaning he eats bread made from barley and wheat.

والعلاثة: سمن وأقط يخلط.

And 'al-alathah' is ghee and dried yogurt mixed together.

وكل شيئين خلطتهما فهما علاثة.

And anything you mix together is a 'alathah'.

وعلاثة: اسم رجل من بنى الاخوص ابن جعفر بن كلاب بن ربيعة بن عامر.

And 'Alathah' is the name of a man from Banu al-Akhwas, son of Ja'far ibn Kilab ibn Rabi'ah ibn 'Amir.

وعلث الزند، إذا لم يور.

And the fire drill ('alath') is when it does not ignite.

اعتلث الرجل زندا من الشجر: أخده ولم يدر أيوري أم يصلد.

The man took a fire drill from the wood: he took it without knowing if it would ignite or was solid.

وفلان يعتلث الزناد، إذا لم يتخير منكحه.

And so-and-so takes fire drills indiscriminately, meaning he does not choose its source carefully.

والأعلاث: قطع الشجر المختلطة، مما يقدح به، من المرخ واليبيس.

And 'al-a'lath' are mixed pieces of wood, from which fire is struck, from the 'marrkh' and dry wood.

والعلث بالتحريك: شدة القتال واللزوم له بالعين والغين جميعا.

And 'al-alath' (with harakah) is the intensity of fighting and clinging to it, using both 'ayn' and 'ghayn'.