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مرث

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the action of manipulating or working something with the hands, often involving a soft or yielding substance. It extends to meanings of patience and persistence, particularly in disputes, and also to the act of a child sucking or chewing on its finger.

Derived headwords

مَرَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to manipulate datesclassical

    To work dates with one's hand, often to soften or mash them.

  2. 2.
    to suck/chew fingerclassical

    A child sucking or chewing on its finger.

مَرْثًاnoun
  1. 1.
    manipulationclassical

    The act of manipulating or working something with the hand, as in the case of dates.

مَرَسَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to knead/mashclassical

    An alternative pronunciation or related term for manipulating or mashing something, like dates.

مَرَدَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to mash/workclassical

    Another variant pronunciation or related term for working or mashing something.

مُمَرِّثadjective
  1. 1.
    patient in disputeclassical

    Describing a person who is patient and persistent in arguments or disputes.

مُمَارِثnoun
  1. 1.
    patient onesclassical

    The plural of 'mumarith', referring to people who are patient and persistent in disputes.

Parallel reading

مرث التمر بيده يمرثه مرثا، لغة في مرسه، إذا ماثه ودافه
He manipulated dates with his hand, working them, a variant of 'marasahu', meaning he mashed and softened them.
وربما قيل مرده
And perhaps it is said 'mardahu'.
ورجل ممرث، أي صبور على الخصام، والجمع ممارث
And a man is 'mumarith', meaning patient in dispute, and the plural is 'mumarithun'.
ومرث الصبي إصبعه، إذا لاكها
And the child 'maratha' his finger, if he chewed it.
فرجعتهم شتى كأن عميدهم * في المهد يمرث ودعتيه مرضع
So I returned them scattered, as if their leader * in the cradle was chewing, and his wet nurse was soothing him.