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فثث

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a type of wild grain or plant that could be baked into bread, especially during times of famine. It also encompasses the act of preparing and baking this grain.

Derived headwords

فَثّnoun
  1. 1.
    wild grain/plantclassical

    A type of wild plant whose grain is baked and eaten, particularly during times of scarcity or famine.

  2. 2.
    bread from wild grainclassical

    Bread made from the grain of the plant described above, often characterized as being coarse.

فَثْثnoun
  1. 1.
    wild grain/plantclassical

    A type of wild plant whose grain is baked and eaten, particularly during times of scarcity or famine.

  2. 2.
    bread from wild grainclassical

    Bread made from the grain of the plant described above, often characterized as being coarse.

افتثّverb
  1. 1.
    to bake grainclassical

    To bake the grain of the wild plant (فَثّ) into bread.

Parallel reading

الفَثّ: نبتٌ يختبز حبّه ويؤكل في الجدب، وتكون خبزته غليظة شبيهة بخبز الملة.
Al-fathth: A plant whose grain is baked and eaten during famine, and its bread is coarse, resembling the bread baked on embers.
حرمية لم تختبز أمها فثا ولم تستضرم العرفجا
A woman from the Haramiyyah tribe whose mother did not bake fath (grain) nor kindle the 'Arfaj plant.