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عثق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of mixing, intermingling, and abundance, particularly in the context of clouds and fertile land.

Derived headwords

مُنْعَثِقadjective
  1. 1.
    intermingledclassical

    Describing something, such as clouds, that is mixed or intertwined with itself.

أَعْثَقَتْverb
  1. 1.
    became fertileclassical

    Said of land when it becomes abundant and fertile, a usage specific to the Hudhail dialect.

Parallel reading

سحاب منعثق: مختلط بعضه ببعض.
Intermingled clouds: some of them mixed with others.
وأعثقت الارض: أخصبت، بلغة هذيل.
And the land became fertile: abundant, in the dialect of Hudhail.