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نتن

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of foulness, particularly bad smells. It extends to describe things that are putrid, rotten, or generally offensive to the senses.

Derived headwords

أَنْتَنَverb
  1. 1.
    verbboth

    verb

ثَتِنَverb
  1. 1.
    to become foulclassical

    To become foul or putrid, similar to the meaning of أَنْتَنَ.

ثَتِنَتْverb
  1. 1.
    became foulclassical

    Past tense verb indicating that something became foul or putrid.

ثَتِنَتْ لَثَتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    his gum became foulclassical

    Specifically refers to the gum becoming foul or putrid, indicating a localized foulness.

Parallel reading

أَنْتَنَ اللحمُ
The meat became foul.
ثتن اللحم بالكسر: أنتن
The meat became foul (with kasra): it became putrid.
يقال منه: ثتنت لثته
It is said from it: his gum became foul.
قال ولثة قد ثتنت مسخمه
And a gum, he said, had become foul, blackened.