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خثى

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the dung or excrement of cattle. It also refers to the act of producing such dung.

Derived headwords

خَثْيnoun
  1. 1.
    cattle dungboth

    The excrement or dung specifically produced by cattle.

أَخْثَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    cattle dung (pl.)both

    The plural form of 'khathay', referring to multiple instances or piles of cattle dung.

خَثَىverb
  1. 1.
    to dung (cattle)both

    The act of cattle producing excrement.

خَثْيًاnoun
  1. 1.
    dunging (act)both

    The verbal noun or مصدر, signifying the act of cattle dunging.

Parallel reading

الخثي للبقر
The khathay is for cattle.
والجمع أخثاء مثل حلس وأحلاس
And the plural is akhthā', like his (hils) and ahlās (plural of hils).
والخثي بالفتح: المصدر
And al-khathay, with the fatḥah, is the verbal noun (masdar).
تقول: خثى البقر يخثى خثيا
You say: The cattle dunged, they dung, dunging.