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شثث

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

The root شثث primarily refers to a type of plant, often described as fragrant but bitter in taste, used in tanning. It also extends to meanings of abundance, broken mountain terrain, and specific types of trees.

Derived headwords

الشَّثُّnoun
  1. 1.
    A fragrant plantboth

    A plant known for its pleasant fragrance but bitter taste, used in tanning leather.

  2. 2.
    Abundanceclassical

    A large quantity or abundance of everything.

  3. 3.
    Mountain shrubclassical

    A type of shrub that grows in the mountains of the Hijaz, Tihamah, and Najd.

  4. 4.
    Tall date palmclassical

    A tall date palm tree.

  5. 5.
    Broken mountain terrainclassical

    What breaks off from the top of a mountain, remaining like a battlement.

بواد يمان ينبت الشث فرعه وأسفله بالمرخ والشبهان — In a Yemeni valley, the Shath grows its branches, and its base is with Marakh and Shubhan.
فمنهن مثل الشث يعجبك ريحه وفي غيبه سوء المذاقة والطعم — Some of them are like the Shath, you admire its scent, but its inner part has a bad taste and flavor.
أليس في الشث والقرظ ما يطهره — Is there not in the Shath and the Qarth what purifies it?
يكون بين شث وطباق — It will be between Shath and Tabaq.
حديثها إذ طال فيه النث أطيب من ذوب مذاه الشث — Its story, when the Nuth is prolonged, is more pleasant than the melted honey of the Shath.
إذا ما رفعنا شثة وصرائم — When we lifted a Shathah and some enclosures.
شَثَّةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    A single plant of Shathclassical

    A single plant of the Shath species.

إذا ما رفعنا شثة وصرائم — When we lifted a Shathah and some enclosures.
شَثَاثٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Broken mountain terrain (plural)classical

    Plural of Shath, referring to pieces broken off from the top of a mountain, resembling battlements.

Parallel reading

الشَّثُّ: الكثير من كل شيء.
The Shath: abundance of everything.
الشَّثُّ (نبت طيب الريح) مر الطعم (يدبغ به)
The Shath (a plant with a good smell) bitter in taste (used for tanning).
وينبت في جبال الغور وتهامة ونجد.
And it grows in the mountains of Al-Ghawr, Tihamah, and Najd.
فمنهن مثل الشث يعجبك ريحه وفي غيبه سوء المذاقة والطعم
Some of them are like the Shath, you admire its scent, but its inner part has a bad taste and flavor.
الشَّثُّ من شجر الجبال
The Shath is from the trees of the mountains.
أنه مر بشاة ميتة، فقال عن جلدها: أليس في الشث والقرظ ما يطهره
He passed by a dead sheep and said about its skin: Is there not in the Shath and the Qarth what purifies it?
والقرظ: ورق السلم يدبغ بهما
And the Qarth: the leaves of the Salam tree, used for tanning with them.
إن الشب، يعني بالباء الموحدة، هو من الجواهر التي أنبتها الله تعالى في الأرض، يدبغ به، شبه الزاج
Indeed, the Shabb, meaning with the unpointed baa, is among the substances that God Almighty caused to grow on earth, used for tanning, similar to alum.
الدباغ بكل ما دبغت به العرب من قرظ وشب، بالباء الموحدة.
Tanning with everything the Arabs tanned with, from Qarth and Shabb, with the unpointed baa.
ذكر رجلا يلي الأمر بعد السفياني، فقال يكون بين شث وطباق
He mentioned a man who would rule after Al-Sufyani, and said he would be between Shath and Tabaq.
الطباق: شجرة تنبت بالحجاز إلى الطائف، أراد أن مخرجه ومقامه المواضع التي ينبت بها الشث والطباق
Al-Tabaq: a tree that grows in the Hijaz towards Taif; he meant that his origin and dwelling place were the areas where Shath and Tabaq grow.
الشَّثُّ: النخل العسال
The Shath: the tall date palm.
حديثها إذ طال فيه النث أطيب من ذوب مذاه الشث
Its story, when the Nuth is prolonged, is more pleasant than the melted honey of the Shath.
الشَّثُّ أيضا: ما تكسر من رأس الجبل، فبقي كهيئة الشرفة
The Shath also: what breaks off from the top of the mountain, remaining like a battlement.
الشث شجر مثل شجر التفاح القصار في القدر، ورقه شبيه بورق الخلاف، ولا شوك له، وله برمة موردة صغيرة فيها ثلاث حبات، أو أربع، سود مثل الشينيز، ترعاه الحمام إذا انتثر، واحدته شثة
The Shath is a tree like short apple trees in size, its leaves resemble poplar leaves, and it has no thorns. It has a small reddish bulb containing three or four black seeds like Chinese seeds, which doves eat when they fall. Its singular is Shathah.
فذالك ما كنا بسهل ومرة إذا ما رفعنا شثة وصرائم
That is what we were in ease and hardship when we lifted a Shathah and some enclosures.
قيل: الشث: جوز البر
It was said: The Shath is wild walnuts.