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ثرطء

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something heavy, short, and possibly clumsy or slow. It is related to terms for a specific type of person and potentially a quadrupedal animal.

Derived headwords

الثَّرْطِئَةnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy and short personclassical

    A term referring to a person, whether male or female, who is characterized by being heavy and short in stature.

الغرقيءnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy and short personclassical

    Similar to الثَّرْطِئَة, this term describes a person who is heavy and short.

Parallel reading

الثَّرْطِئَة بالكسر وقد حكيت بغير همز وضعا
Al-tharṭi'ah (with kasrah), and it has been narrated without hamzah as a natural word.
قال الأزهري إن كانت الهمزة أصلية فالكلمة رباعية وإن لم تكن أصلية فهي ثلاثية
Al-Azhari said: If the hamzah is original, then the word is quadriliteral, and if it is not original, then it is triliteral.
والغرقيء مثله
And al-gharqī' is similar to it.
الرجل الثقيل والقصير
The heavy and short man.
من الرجال والنساء
Of men and women.