رغث

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of nursing, suckling, and providing milk, particularly for young animals. It extends to related ideas like the physical attributes of a nursing mother, the act of feeding, and even metaphorical applications to worldly sustenance. Secondary meanings involve physical ailments, wounds, and excessive questioning.

Derived headwords

الرَّغُوثnoun

1.
nursing motherboth
A female animal that is nursing or has recently given birth and is lactating.
2.
young animalclassical
The offspring of a nursing mother, particularly a lamb or kid.

فليت لنا مكان الملك عمر ورغوثا حول قبتنا تخور — 'Would that we had in place of King Umar a nursing mother around our tent, moaning.'

أن لا يؤخذ فيها الربى والماخض والرغوث — 'that usury, the pregnant animal, and the nursing animal should not be taken in charity.'

رَغُوثadjective

1.
nursingboth
Describing a female animal that is nursing.

وشاة رغوث ورغوثة: مرضع — 'A sheep, raghuth and raghuthah: a nursing one.'

رَغُوثَةnoun

1.
nursing femaleboth
A female animal, especially a sheep, that is nursing.

وشاة رغوث ورغوثة: مرضع — 'A sheep, raghuth and raghuthah: a nursing one.'

المُرْتَغَثnoun

1.
sucklingclassical
The young animal that is being suckled or nursed.

حتى يرى في يابس الثرياء حث يعجز عن ري الطلي المرتغث — 'until one sees in the dry ground a growth that is unable to water the suckling lamb.'

بِرْذَوْنَة رَغُوثnoun

1.
gluttonous muleclassical
A mule that is excessively greedy for food, constantly eating from the manger.

آكل الدواب برذونة رغوث — 'The most gluttonous of beasts is a nursing mule.'

المَرْغَثnoun

1.
nursing womanclassical
A woman who is nursing or has recently given birth and is lactating.

ليت لنا مكانك برغوثا — 'Would that we had in your place a nursing woman.'

رَغَاثnoun

1.
offspringclassical
The young of a nursing animal, or the nursing animal itself.

وجمع الرغوث رغاث — 'And the plural of ar-raghuth is raghath.'

أَرْغَثَتْverb

1.
to nurseboth
A female animal nursed her young.

أرغثت النعجة ولدها: أرضعته — 'The ewe nursed her lamb: she gave it milk.'

تَرْغَثُونَهَاverb

1.
to nurse (metaphorical)classical
To suckle or feed upon, used metaphorically for worldly sustenance.

ذهب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وأنتم ترغثونها — 'The Messenger of God, peace be upon him, departed, and you were nursing it (the world).'

ارْتَغَثَهَاverb

1.
to suckleboth
To suckle or drink milk from.

وارتغثها إذا رضعها — 'And artaghathaha if he suckled it.'

أَرْغَثْتُهُverb

1.
to nurseboth
To give milk to; to nurse.

وأرغثته: أرضعته — 'And arghathathu: he gave it milk.'

الرَّغْثَاءnoun

1.
vein in breastclassical
A vein or vessel in the breast that produces milk.
2.
tissue under breastclassical
Tissue or flesh beneath the breast.
3.
nippleclassical
The dark part of the nipples.

الرَّغْثَاء، كالعُشْرَاء: عِرْقٌ في الثَّدْيِ يُدِرُّ اللَّبَنَ — 'Ar-raghthaa', like al-'ushraa: a vein in the breast that produces milk.'

أَرْغَثَهُverb

1.
to stabclassical
To stab someone in the raghthaa' (a specific area of the body).

أرغثه: طعنه في رغثائه — 'Arghathahu: he stabbed him in his raghthaa'.'

رَغَثَتْverb

1.
to complain of painclassical
A woman complained of pain in her raghthaa'.

رغثت المرأة ترغث: شكت رغثاءها — 'The woman complained, raghathat, she complained of her raghthaa'.'

رَغَثَverb

1.
to be exhausted by questionsclassical
People asked him excessively until he ran out of what he had.

رغثه الناس: أكثروا سؤاله حتى فني ما عنده — 'People exhausted him: they increased their questioning until he ran out of what he had.'

مَرْغُوثadjective

1.
exhausted by questionsclassical
One who has been excessively questioned until his resources are depleted.

فلان فهو مرغوث — 'So-and-so, and he is marghooth.'

رَغَثَهُverb

1.
to stab repeatedlyclassical
To stab with a spear repeatedly.

رغثه وأرغثه: طعنه بالرمح مرة بعد أخرى — 'Raghathahu wa arghathahu: he stabbed him with a spear, one time after another.'

أَرْض رَغَاثnoun

1.
land needing much rainclassical
Land that only yields or flows from abundant rain.

وأرض رغاث، كغراب، إذا كانت لا تسيل إلا من مطر كثير — 'And ardh raghaath, like ghuraab, if it does not flow except from much rain.'

المَرْغَثnoun

1.
ring positionclassical
The place where a ring sits on a finger.

المَرْغَث، كمُحَمَّد: مَوْضِعُ الخَاتَمِ مِنَ الإصْبَعِ — 'Al-marghath, like Muhammad: the place of the ring on the finger.'

Parallel reading

فليت لنا مكان الملك عمر ورغوثا حول قبتنا تخور

Would that we had in place of King Umar a nursing mother around our tent, moaning.

أن لا يؤخذ فيها الربى والماخض والرغوث

that usury, the pregnant animal, and the nursing animal should not be taken in charity.

وشاة رغوث ورغوثة: مرضع

A sheep, raghuth and raghuthah: a nursing one.

حتى يرى في يابس الثرياء حث يعجز عن ري الطلي المرتغث

until one sees in the dry ground a growth that is unable to water the suckling lamb.

آكل الدواب برذونة رغوث

The most gluttonous of beasts is a nursing mule.

ليت لنا مكانك رغوثا، بل ليت لنا مكانك برغوثا.

Would that we had in your place a nursing mother, nay, would that we had in your place a nursing woman.

وجمع الرغوث رغاث، والرغوث أيضا: ولدها.

And the plural of ar-raghuth is raghath, and ar-raghuth also: its young.

أرغثت النعجة ولدها: أرضعته.

The ewe nursed her lamb: she gave it milk.

ذهب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وأنتم ترغثونها

The Messenger of God, peace be upon him, departed, and you were nursing it (the world).

وارتغثها إذا رضعها.

And artaghathaha if he suckled it.

وأرغثته: أرضعته.

And arghathathu: he gave it milk.

الرَّغْثَاء، كالعُشْرَاء: عِرْقٌ في الثَّدْيِ يُدِرُّ اللَّبَنَ

Ar-raghthaa', like al-'ushraa: a vein in the breast that produces milk.

أرغثه: طعنه في رغثائه

Arghathahu: he stabbed him in his raghthaa'.

رغثت المرأة ترغث: شكت رغثاءها.

The woman complained, raghathat, she complained of her raghthaa'.

رغثه الناس: أكثروا سؤاله حتى فني ما عنده

People exhausted him: they increased their questioning until he ran out of what he had.

رغثه وأرغثه: طعنه بالرمح مرة بعد أخرى

Raghathahu wa arghathahu: he stabbed him with a spear, one time after another.

وأرض رغاث، كغراب، إذا كانت لا تسيل إلا من مطر كثير

And ardh raghaath, like ghuraab, if it does not flow except from much rain.

المَرْغَث، كمُحَمَّد: مَوْضِعُ الخَاتَمِ مِنَ الإصْبَعِ

Al-marghath, like Muhammad: the place of the ring on the finger.