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غلث

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

The root غلث primarily relates to mixing or blending, particularly in food and drink. It also extends to the concept of intense fighting or clinging to an opponent, and to the idea of contamination or impurity in food.

Derived headwords

غَلَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to mixboth

    To mix one grain with another, such as wheat with barley.

  2. 2.
    to cling fiercelyclassical

    To cling to someone fiercely, engaging in intense combat.

غَلَثٌnoun
  1. 1.
    mixingboth

    The act of mixing grains, such as wheat and barley.

  2. 2.
    intense fightingclassical

    Fierce and intense combat or struggle.

غَلَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to mixboth

    To mix one grain with another, such as wheat with barley.

  2. 2.
    to cling fiercelyclassical

    To cling to someone fiercely, engaging in intense combat.

مَغْلُوثٌadjective
  1. 1.
    mixedboth

    Describing food or drink that has been mixed, especially grains.

  2. 2.
    contaminatedclassical

    Food that contains impurities like dirt or weeds.

  3. 3.
    tanned (waterskin)classical

    A waterskin tanned using dates or unripe dates.

غَلِيثٌadjective
  1. 1.
    mixed (food)both

    Referring to bread made from a mixture of barley and wheat.

مُغَالِثٌadjective
  1. 1.
    fierce fighterclassical

    A person who is intense and fierce in combat.

Parallel reading

الغلث: الخلط
Al-ghalath: mixing.
يقال غلثت البر بالشعير أغلثه
It is said, 'He mixed wheat with barley,' he mixes it.
فهو مغلوث وغليث
And it is mixed (maghlūth) and mixed (ghalīth).
وفلان يأكل الغليث، إذا كان يأكل خبزا من شعير وحنطة
And so-and-so eats al-ghalīth, if he eats bread made of barley and wheat.
والمغلوث: الطعام الذي فيه المدر والزؤان
And al-maghlūth: food that contains dirt and darnel.
سقاء مغلوث، إذا كان مدبوغا بالتمر أو بالبسر
A maghlūth waterskin, if it was tanned with dates or unripe dates.
والغلث بالتحريك: شدة القتال
And al-ghalath (with harakah): intense fighting.
يقال: غلث فلان بفلان، إذا لزمه يقاتله
It is said: 'So-and-so clung to so-and-so,' meaning he stuck to him fighting him.
ورجل غلث ومغالث: شديد القتال
And a man (rajul) ghalath and mughālith: intense in fighting.
وقد غلث الذئب بغنم فلان، إذا لزمها يفرسها
And the wolf has clung to so-and-so's sheep, if it stuck to them to prey on them.