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عثن

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to smoke, vapor, and fine particles, extending to the initial stages of phenomena like wind and rain, and also to specific physical features like long hairs under a camel's chin.

Derived headwords

العَثَانnoun
  1. 1.
    smokeboth

    Refers to smoke, the visible vapor and particles produced by burning.

  2. 2.
    dustclassical

    Sometimes used to refer to dust or fine particles suspended in the air.

عَثِنَverb
  1. 1.
    to smokeboth

    The fire smokes, emitting vapor and particles.

عَثْنًاnoun
  1. 1.
    smokingboth

    The act or process of smoking, as in a fire emitting smoke.

العَثْنُونnoun
  1. 1.
    long hairsclassical

    Refers to long, fine hairs found under the chin of a camel.

  2. 2.
    beginningclassical

    The initial part or beginning of something, such as wind or rain.

  3. 3.
    fine rainclassical

    Specifically refers to rain that falls between the clouds and the ground, similar to fine drizzle.

عَثَانِينnoun
  1. 1.
    long hairsclassical

    Plural of عثنون, referring to the long hairs under a camel's chin.

  2. 2.
    fine rainclassical

    Plural of عثنون, referring to fine rain falling between clouds and earth.

Parallel reading

العثان: الدخان
Al-'uthān: smoke.
جمعهما عواثن ودواخن
Their plural is 'awāthin and dawākhi.
وكذلك العثن، ولا يعرف لهما نظير
And likewise al-'uthn, and neither has a known parallel.
وقد عثنت النار تعثن (1) بالضم، إذا دخنت
And the fire has smoked, emitting smoke (with damma), when it produced smoke.
وربما سموا الغبار عثانا
And sometimes they call dust 'uthān.
وعثنت ثوبي بالبخور تعثينا
And I perfumed my garment with incense, perfuming it.
والعثنون: شعيرات طوال تحت حنك (*) البعير
And al-'uthnūn: long hairs under the camel's chin.
يقال: بعير ذو عثانين، كما قالوا لمفرق (1) الرأس مفارق
It is said: a camel with 'uthānīn, just as they called the parting of the hair a mufāriq.
وعثنون الريح والمطر: أولهما
And the 'uthnūn of the wind and rain: their beginning.
أبو زيد: العثا نين: المطر بين السحاب والارض، مثل السبل، وأحدها عثنون
Abū Zayd: Al-'uthānīn: rain between the clouds and the earth, like fine drizzle, and one of them is 'uthnūn.