غثر

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a dusty, grayish-green color, often associated with dirt or algae. It also extends to describe people of low social standing and a sticky, sweet substance with an unpleasant odor.

Derived headwords

الأَغْثَرadjective

1.
Dusty, grayish-greenboth
Describing a color that is close to dusty or grayish-green, similar to 'aghbar' (dusty).

أَغْثَرnoun

1.
Lowly personclassical
A person of low standing or base origin, used as a singular form corresponding to the plural 'ghatharah'.

طُحْلُبnoun

1.
the green growth that covers water (algae)both
the green growth that covers water (algae)
2.
the water became covered with algae (like 'daḥraja')both
the water became covered with algae (like 'daḥraja')

الغَثْرَةnoun

1.
Grayish-green colorboth
A color that tends towards green and dustiness.
2.
Lowly peopleclassical
Refers to the base or lowly people, used as a collective noun.

الغَثْرَاءnoun

1.
Lowly peopleclassical
The base or lowly people, similar to 'ghatharah'.

الغَثْرnoun

1.
Lowly peopleclassical
The base or lowly people, similar to 'ghatharah'.

الغَيْثَرَةnoun

1.
Lowly peopleclassical
The base or lowly people, possibly an original form of 'ghatharah' with the 'ya' removed.
2.
Struggle, scuffleclassical
A mutual struggle or scuffle between people during combat.

المَغْثُورnoun

1.
Sticky substanceboth
A substance exuded by the 'urfut' and 'ramth' plants, resembling gum or molasses, which is sweet, edible, and has an unpleasant odor.

المِغْثَرnoun

1.
Sticky substanceclassical
A variant pronunciation or spelling for 'al-maghthur', referring to the same sticky, sweet substance.

Parallel reading

الأغثر، قريب من الأغبر.

Al-aghthar, close to al-aghbar (dusty).

ويسمى الطحلب أغثر.

And algae is called aghthar.

والغثرة: غبرة إلى خضرة.

And al-ghathrah: dustiness tending towards green.

والغثراء والغثر: سفلة الناس، الواحد أغثر، مثل أحمر وحمر، وأسود وسود.

And al-ghathra' and al-ghathr: the base people, the singular is aghthar, like ahmar (red) and humr (red ones), and aswad (black) and sud (black ones).

كذلك الغيثرة.

Likewise is al-ghaytharah.

" رعاع غثرة "

" Rabble, base people "

ونرى أن أصله غيثرة حذفت منه الياء.

And we think its origin is ghaytharah from which the 'ya' was removed.

وكانت بين القوم غيثرة شديدة.

And there was a severe struggle between the people.

قال ابن الأعرابي: هي مداوسة القوم بعضهم بعضا في القتال.

Ibn al-A'rabi said: It is the people grappling with each other in combat.

والمغثور: لغة في المغفور، وهى شئ ينضحه العرفط والرمث مثل الصمغ، وهو حلو كالعسل يؤكل، وربما سال لثاه على الثرى مثل الدبس، وله ريح كريهة.

And al-maghthur: a dialectal variant of al-maghfur, it is something exuded by the 'urfut' and 'ramth' plants like gum, it is sweet like honey and eaten, and its sap might flow onto the ground like molasses, and it has an unpleasant odor.

والمغثر، بكسر الميم: لغة فيه حكاها يعقوب.

And al-mighthar, with a kasrah on the mim: a dialectal variant for it, narrated by Ya'qub.