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طلث

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of flowing or passing, particularly water. It also extends to the idea of exceeding a certain number or limit, and describes a person who is weak, ignorant, and lacking in both intellect and physical strength.

Derived headwords

طَلَثَverb
  1. 1.
    flowedclassical

    Said of water, meaning it flowed or streamed.

يَطْلُثُverb
  1. 1.
    flowsclassical

    Present tense of the verb meaning to flow, specifically referring to water.

طُلُوثًاnoun
  1. 1.
    flowingclassical

    The verbal noun (masdar) for the act of water flowing or streaming.

طَلَثَverb
  1. 1.
    exceededclassical

    Said of a man, meaning he exceeded a certain number, particularly fifty.

تَطْلِيثًاnoun
  1. 1.
    exceedingclassical

    The verbal noun (masdar) for the act of exceeding a number or limit.

الطَّلِثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    ignorant and weak personclassical

    A person who is ignorant and weak, both in intellect and physical body.

Parallel reading

طلث الماء يطلث
Water flowed, it flows.
وقال ثعلب: أي سال
And Tha'lab said: meaning it flowed.
وقال أبو عمر و: وكذا وزب يزب وزوبا
And Abu 'Amr said: and likewise 'wazaba' means 'yazubu' with 'wazuban'.
طلث الرجل على كذا تطليثا
The man exceeded such and such, exceeding.
طلث الرجل على الخمسين
The man exceeded fifty.
ورمث عليها، إذا زاد عليها
And he added to it, meaning he increased upon it.
والطلثة، بالضم: الرجل الجاهل الضعيف العقل والبدن
And 'al-talithah', with dammah on the ta', refers to a man who is ignorant and weak in mind and body.
قاله ابن الأعرابي
Ibn al-A'rabi said this.