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دثث

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes weakness, lightness, and a gentle or intermittent nature, particularly concerning rain. It also extends to meanings of gentle or painful striking, throwing, and physical ailments like twisting or a mild cold.

Derived headwords

الدثnoun
  1. 1.
    weak rainboth

    Rain that is weak and light.

  2. 2.
    gentle throwingclassical

    Throwing something from a distance, often from behind clothing.

  3. 3.
    painful strikingclassical

    A painful blow or strike.

  4. 4.
    flankclassical

    The side of the body.

  5. 5.
    pushingclassical

    The act of pushing or shoving.

  6. 6.
    rumorclassical

    A piece of information or a rumor, often spread.

  7. 7.
    twistingclassical

    A twisting or sprain in the side or body, without a disease.

دثاثnoun
  1. 1.
    weak rain (pl.)both

    Plural of 'dathth', referring to light or weak rain.

  2. 2.
    bird catchersclassical

    Those who hunt birds using a throwing stick or similar device.

دثتverb
  1. 1.
    to be weak (rain)both

    The sky or rain became weak and light.

  2. 2.
    to be twistedclassical

    A person became twisted or sprained in the body.

تدثverb
  1. 1.
    to rain lightlyboth

    The sky rained lightly or weakly.

  2. 2.
    to strike painfullyclassical

    Fever struck him painfully.

  3. 3.
    to throwclassical

    To throw something, like with a stick.

الدثةnoun
  1. 1.
    weak rainboth

    Referring to light or weak rain.

  2. 2.
    mild coldclassical

    A slight cold or head congestion.

الدثاثnoun
  1. 1.
    bird catchersclassical

    Those who hunt birds with a throwing implement.

دثهverb
  1. 1.
    to throw gentlyclassical

    To throw something from a distance, often behind clothing.

  2. 2.
    to strike painfullyclassical

    To strike someone painfully.

يدثهverb
  1. 1.
    to throw gentlyclassical

    He throws gently or from a distance.

  2. 2.
    to strike painfullyclassical

    He strikes painfully.

مدثوثةadjective
  1. 1.
    weakened (land)both

    Land that has been affected by weak or light rain.

دثاثةnoun
  1. 1.
    twisted tongueclassical

    A twisting or impediment in the tongue.

Parallel reading

أضعف (المطر) وأخفه
It is weak (rain) and light.
وقد دثت السماء تدث
And the sky rained lightly.
وهي الدثة للمطر (الضعيف، كالدثاث) بالكسر
And it is 'ad-daththah' for weak rain, like 'ad-dathath' (with kasra).
الدث: الرك من المطر
The 'dathth' is a gentle fall of rain.
قلفع روض شربت دثاثا منبثة تفزها انبثاثا
A lush meadow that drank a scattered, light rain, making it flourish.
ودثتهم السماء تدثهم دثا
And the sky rained upon them lightly.
أصابتنا السماء بدث لا يرضي الحاضر ويؤذي المسافر
Rain struck us with a light shower that neither pleased the settled nor harmed the traveler.
وأرض مدثوثة، وقد دثت دثا
And a land affected by light rain, and it rained lightly upon it.
الدث: الرمي المقارب (من وراء الثياب)
The 'dathth' is throwing from a distance (from behind clothes).
ودثه بالعصا: ضربه
And he struck him with a stick.
ودثته الحمى تدثه دثا: أو جعته
And the fever afflicted him, causing him pain.
الدث والدف: الجنب
The 'dathth' and 'dafaf' mean the flank.
وقد دث الرجل دثا ودثة
And the man suffered a twisting or sprain.
والدثاث: صيادو الطير بالمخذفة
And 'ad-dathath' are bird catchers using a throwing stick.
والدثة بالضم: الزكام القليل
And 'ad-duththah' (with damma) is a mild cold.
والدثاثة: الالتواء في اللسان
And 'ad-dathathah' is a twisting of the tongue.