رعث

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns dangling ornaments, particularly those attached to earrings or jewelry. It extends to describe decorative elements hanging from objects like howdahs, and metaphorically to features on animals or plants that resemble dangling parts. It also encompasses terms related to well structures and specific types of grapes.

Derived headwords

الرَّعْثَةnoun

1.
earring attachmentboth
That which hangs from the ear, like an earring or similar ornament.
2.
dewlapclassical
The fleshy protuberance hanging under a rooster's beak, also called its beard.
3.
pendantclassical
A dangling ornament, such as a pendant or necklace.

ما علق بالأذن من (القرط) ونحوه — That which hangs from the ear, like an earring or similar ornament.

رَعَاثnoun

1.
earring ornamentsboth
Plural of 'ra'thah', referring to dangling ornaments, especially those worn in the ear.
2.
hanging ornamentsclassical
General term for hanging ornaments, like those on a howdah or jewelry.

وكان يحلينا رعاثا من ذهب ولؤلؤ — And he would adorn us with dangling ornaments of gold and pearls.

رَعْثَةnoun

1.
earring attachmentboth
That which hangs from the ear, like an earring or similar ornament.
2.
dewlapclassical
The fleshy protuberance hanging under a rooster's beak, also called its beard.
3.
pendantclassical
A dangling ornament, such as a pendant or necklace.

ما علق بالأذن من (القرط) ونحوه — That which hangs from the ear, like an earring or similar ornament.

رَعَثَverb

1.
to be adornedboth
A woman adorned herself with earrings or dangling ornaments.
2.
to be bitten slightlyclassical
A snake bit him and took a little from him.

وترعثت المرأة — And the woman adorned herself (with earrings).

تَرَعَّثَتْverb

1.
to adorn oneselfboth
To adorn oneself with dangling ornaments, especially earrings.

إذا تحلت بالرعاث — If she adorned herself with dangling ornaments.

ارْتَعَثَتْverb

1.
to adorn oneselfboth
To adorn oneself with dangling ornaments, especially earrings.

إذا تحلت بالرعاث — If she adorned herself with dangling ornaments.

مُرَعَّثadjective

1.
wearing earringsboth
A child wearing earrings or dangling ornaments.
2.
named Mar'athclassical
A nickname given to Bishr ibn Burd due to ornaments he wore in his ears as a child.
3.
nursingclassical
A nursing woman.

صبي مرعث — A child wearing earrings.

الرَّعْثnoun

1.
white tips of nostrilsclassical
The whitening of the tips of the nostrils of a goat or sheep, which are below the ears.
2.
woolclassical
Wool in general.
3.
hanging ornamentclassical
Anything that hangs, like a pendant or ornament from a howdah.

ابيضاض أطراف زنمتي العنز — The whitening of the tips of the nostrils of a goat.

رَعَثَverb

1.
to whitenclassical
The tips of the nostrils became white.

وقد رعثت — And it (the goat's nostrils) became white.

رَثَّverb

1.
to whitenclassical
The tips of the nostrils became white.

ورثت — And it (the goat's nostrils) became white.

شَاةٌ رَعْثَاءadjective

1.
with white nostril tipsclassical
A sheep or goat that has two white markings below its ears.

شاة رعثاء: لها تحت أذنيها رنمتان — A sheep with white markings: it has two white marks below its ears.

الرَّعْثnoun

1.
woolclassical
Wool in general.
2.
hanging ornamentclassical
Anything that hangs, like a pendant or ornament from a howdah.

الرعث (: العهن) عامة — The 'ra'th' (is) wool in general.

رَعْثَةnoun

1.
hanging ornamentclassical
A hanging ornament, such as a pendant or necklace.

كالرعثة، بالضم — Like the 'ra'thah', with dammah (referring to a pendant).

الرَّاعُوثَةnoun

1.
well stoneclassical
A stone at the top of a well on which the person drawing water stands.
2.
well cleaning stoneclassical
A stone left at the bottom of a well during excavation, for workers to sit on while cleaning.

حجر في أعلى البئر يقوم عليه المستقي — A stone at the top of the well on which the water drawer stands.

الرَّاعُوفَةnoun

1.
well stoneclassical
A stone at the top of a well on which the person drawing water stands.
2.
well cleaning stoneclassical
A stone left at the bottom of a well during excavation, for workers to sit on while cleaning.

حجر يترك في أسفل البئر إذا حفرت، يجلس عليه من يريد تنقيتها، وهو الراعوفة، بالفاء — A stone left at the bottom of the well when it is dug, on which the one who wants to clean it sits, and it is the 'ra'ufah', with fa'.

الأَرْعُوثَةnoun

1.
well stoneclassical
A stone at the top of a well on which the person drawing water stands.

كالأرعوثة بالضم — Like the 'ar'uthah', with dammah.

الرَّعْثَاءadjective

1.
long-berried grapesclassical
A type of grape with long berries, likened to the dewlap.

عنب له حب طوال — Grapes that have long berries.

رَعَثَتْهُ الحَيَّةverb

1.
to bite slightlyclassical
A snake bit him and took a little from him.

رعثته الحية: قرمته ونالت منه قليلا — The snake bit him: it nibbled him and took a little from him.

المُرَعَّثadjective

1.
wearing earringsboth
A child wearing earrings or dangling ornaments.
2.
nursingclassical
A nursing woman.

المرعث، كمعظم: لقب بشار بن برد — Al-Mur'ath, like Mu'azzam: the nickname of Bishr ibn Burd.

رَعْثُ الرُّمَّانnoun

1.
pomegranate blossomclassical
The blossom of the pomegranate, also called its 'jullnar'.

تفتح رعث الرمان: زهره، وهو جلناره، وهو مجاز — The opening of the pomegranate's 'ra'th': its blossom, which is its 'jullnar', and this is metaphorical.

الرَّعُوثnoun

1.
nursing womanclassical
A nursing woman.

الرعوث: كل مرضعة — Al-Ra'uth: every nursing woman.

Parallel reading

ما علق بالأذن من (القرط) ونحوه

That which hangs from the ear, like an earring or similar ornament.

وكل خليل عليه الرعا ث والحبلات كذوب ملق

And every friend is burdened with dangling ornaments and trinkets, being deceitful and fawning.

الرعثة (: عثنون الديك) الناتىء تحت منقاره، وهو لحيته

The 'ra'thah': the dewlap of the rooster, the protuberance under its beak, which is its beard.

يقال صاح ذو الرعثات، وديك مرعث

It is said, 'He cried out, the one with the dewlap,' and 'a rooster with a dewlap'.

ماذا يؤرقنهي والنوم يعجبني من صوت ذي رعثات ساكن الدار

What keeps me awake, while sleep appeals to me, from the sound of the one with the dewlap, the resident of the house?

الرعثة بفتح فسكون كما قبله (التلتله) هاكذا في سائر أمهات اللغة، كالتهذيب، والمحكم واللسان فلا عبرة بقول شيخنا: فيه إغراب (تتخذ من جف الطلعة يشرب بها)

The 'ra'thah' (with fatha and sukun, as before) is the 'tiltalah' (a type of ornament), as found in all major lexicons like Al-Tahdhib, Al-Muḥkam, and Al-Lisān, so there is no heed to what our shaykh said: it is unusual.

وترعثت المرأة

And the woman adorned herself (with earrings).

صبي مرعث

A child wearing earrings.

رقراقة كالرشإ المرعث

Glistening like a gazelle fawn adorned with earrings.

كارتعثت: إذا تحلت بالرعاث

As if she adorned herself: if she adorned herself with dangling ornaments.

قالت أم زينب بنت نبيط: كنت أنا وأختاي في حجر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فكان يحلينا رعاثا من ذهب ولؤلؤ

Umm Zaynab bint Nabīt said: 'I and my two sisters were in the lap of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and he used to adorn us with dangling ornaments of gold and pearls.'

الرعثة في أسفل الأذن، والشنف في أعلى الأذن، والرعثة: درصة تعلق في القرط.

The 'ra'thah' is at the bottom of the ear, and the 'shanf' is at the top of the ear, and the 'ra'thah' is a pendant that hangs from the earring.

الرعث محركة ويسكن: ابيضاض أطراف زنمتي العنز والشاة، وهما تحت الأذنينه.

The 'ra'th' (vowels movable and static): the whitening of the tips of the nostrils of a goat and a sheep, which are below their ears.

وقد رعثت، كفرح رعثا

And it (the goat's nostrils) became white, like 'faraha', with 'ra'than'.

ورثت، مثل (منع) رعثا

And it became white, like 'mana'a', with 'ra'than'.

وشاة رعثاء: لها تحت أذنيها رنمتان.

And a 'ra'thā'' sheep: it has two white marks below its ears.

الرعث (: العهن) عامة، واحده رعثة، وقيل: هو العهن (يعلق من الهودج) ونحوه؛ زينة لها، كالذباذب.

The 'ra'th': wool in general, its singular is 'ra'thah', and it is said: it is wool that hangs from a howdah or similar object; an adornment for it, like tassels.

وقيل: هو كل معلق رعث ورعثة (كالرعثة، بالضم)، عن كخراع، وخص بعضهم به القرحط والقلادة ونحوهما.

And it is said: it is every hanging thing, 'ra'th' and 'ra'thah' (like 'ra'thah', with dammah), according to Khasra', and some have specified it to be the amulet and necklace and similar items.

قال الأزهري: وكل معلاق كالقرط ونحوه يعلق من أذن، أو قلادة، فهو رعاث، والجمع رعث ورعاث ورعث، الأخيرة جمع الجمع.

Al-Azhari said: And every hanging thing like an earring or similar, that hangs from an ear, or a necklace, it is 'ra'th', and the plural is 'ra'th', 'ra'thāth', and 'ra'th', the last being the plural of the plural.

والراعوثة: حجر في أعلى البئر يقوم عليه المستقي

And the 'ra'uthah': a stone at the top of the well on which the water drawer stands.

وفي بعض مصنفات الغريب: حجر يترك في أسفل البئر إذا حفرت، يجلس عليه من يريد تنقيتها، وهو الراعوفة، بالفاء، حكي ذلك عن بعضهم

And in some strange word compilations: a stone left at the bottom of the well when it is dug, on which the one who wants to clean it sits, and it is the 'ra'ufah', with 'fa', this is narrated from some of them.

كالأرعوثة بالضم، مثل الأرعوفة، وفي حديث سحر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم (ودفن تحتع راعوثة البئر) قال ابن الأثير: هاكذا جاء في روية، والمشهور بالفاءه، وهي هي، وسيذكعر في موضعه.

Like the 'ar'uthah', with dammah, similar to 'ar'ufah', and in the hadith about the Prophet's magic (And under it was buried the 'ra'uthah' of the well), Ibn Al-Athir said: This is how it came in one narration, and the famous version is with 'fa', and it is the same thing, and it will be mentioned in its place.

الرعثاء: عنب له حب طوال، على التشبيه بالزنمتين.

The 'ra'thā'': grapes that have long berries, by analogy with the dewlap.

شاة تحت أذنيها زنمتان

A sheep with two dewlaps below its ears.

ورعثته الحية، كمنعه: قرمته ونالت منه قليلا

And the snake bit him, like 'man'a' (prevented): it nibbled him and took a little from him.

المرعث، كمعظم: لقب بشار بن برد، سمي بذلك لرعاث كانت (له) في صغره في أذنه.

Al-Mur'ath, like Mu'azzam: the nickname of Bishr ibn Burd, he was named that because of the dangling ornaments he had in his ear in his childhood.

وتفتح رعث الرمان: زهره، وهو جلناره، وهو مجاز.

And the opening of the pomegranate's 'ra'th': its blossom, which is its 'jullnar', and this is metaphorical.

والرعوث: كل مرضعة، كالمرعث، كذا في الأساس. قلت: ولعله لغة في الغين، كما سيأتي، أو هو تصحيف.

And 'al-Ra'uth': every nursing woman, like 'al-Mur'ath', as stated in Al-Asas. I say: perhaps it is a variant pronunciation of 'ghayn', as will be mentioned later, or it is a misspelling.