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غرث

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the state of hunger and the act of causing hunger. It describes the feeling of hunger in individuals and groups, and extends metaphorically to describe a slender waist.

Derived headwords

غَرَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to be hungryboth

    To experience the sensation of hunger.

غَرْثnoun
  1. 1.
    hungerboth

    The state or feeling of hunger.

غَرْثَانadjective
  1. 1.
    Hungry.both

    Hungry.

غَرْثَىadjective
  1. 1.
    The feminine form is 'gharṭhā'.both

    The feminine form is 'gharṭhā'.

غَرَاثَىadjective
  1. 1.
    hungry (pl.)classical

    A plural form, similar to 'gharṭā', describing people who are hungry.

غُرْثَانadjective
  1. 1.
    Hungry.both

    Hungry.

غُرَّاثadjective
  1. 1.
    hungry (pl.)classical

    A plural form for hungry people.

غَرْثَى (الوشاح)adjective
  1. 1.
    slender-waistedclassical

    Describing a woman with a slender waist, so much so that her sash does not fill it, metaphorically linked to the concept of 'gharṭān' (hungry).

تَغْرِيثnoun
  1. 1.
    causing hungerboth

    The act of making someone or something hungry; starving.

Parallel reading

الجوع.
Hunger.
وقد غرث بالكسر يغرث فهو غرثان
And he was hungry, he is hungry, so he is hungry.
وقوم غرثى وغراثى
And a people who are hungry and hungry.
مثل صحارى
Like ṣaḥārā (deserts).
وغراث.
And ghurrāth (hungry people).
وامرأة غرثى ونسوة غراث.
And a woman who is hungry and women who are hungry.
وامرأة غرثى الوشاح، لأنها دقيقة الخصر لا يملأ وشاحها، فكأنه غرثان.
And a woman with a hungry sash, because she has a slender waist that her sash does not fill, so it is as if she is hungry.
والتغريث: التجويع.
And at-taghrīth: causing hunger.
يقال: غرث كلابه، أي جوعها.
It is said: 'He starved his dogs', meaning he made them hungry.