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رثن

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes continuous, successive rain, often with pauses in between. It also relates to land that has been affected by such rain, becoming wet and fertile.

Derived headwords

الرَّثَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Successive rainclassical

    Continuous rain that falls in succession, with intervals of calm between the downpours.

مُرْثِنَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Rain-soakedclassical

    Describing land that has been heavily rained upon, implying it is wet and possibly fertile.

تُرْثِنَاverb
  1. 1.
    To be rained uponclassical

    The passive form indicating that land has been subjected to continuous rain.

Parallel reading

الرَّثَان من المطر: القطار المتتابعة، يفصل بينهن سكون.
Al-rathān of rain: successive downpours, with calm separating them.
أرض مرثنة ثرثينا.
A land rained upon, having been rained upon.