غلث

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

The root غلث (ghalatha) primarily relates to intense fighting, clinging to something, and mixing or adulterating substances. It also extends to meanings of being overwhelmed, intoxicated, or exhibiting erratic behavior, and can describe plants or food mixtures.

Derived headwords

الغلثnoun

1.
Intense fightingclassical
Refers to severe combat or intense struggle.
2.
Adulterated mixtureboth
A mixture of things, often implying adulteration or impurity, similar to 'alath.

غلثverb

1.
To fight intenselyclassical
To engage in severe fighting or struggle.
2.
To cling toclassical
To adhere firmly to someone or something, especially in combat.
3.
To be sluggish/drowsyclassical
To feel sluggishness, drowsiness, or a state of intoxication.
4.
To fail to igniteclassical
Describing a flint (زند) that fails to produce sparks.
5.
To lieclassical
To tell a lie, especially one that helps one escape a situation.

وقد غلث به غلثا: لزمه، وقاتله — And he fought intensely with him, clinging to him and battling him.

غلث الزند غلثا كفرح: لم يور — The flint failed to ignite, producing no sparks.

غلثاnoun

1.
Intense fightingclassical
The act of fighting intensely or clinging to an opponent.
2.
Failure to igniteclassical
The state of a flint not producing sparks.
3.
A lieclassical
A falsehood told to escape a difficult situation.

الغلثىnoun

1.
Bitter treeclassical
A bitter tree whose fruit is poisonous to wild animals, particularly lions.

كأنها غلثى من الرخم تدفء — As if it were a bitter tree from the vultures, warming themselves.

الغليثnoun

1.
Poisoned baitclassical
Food mixed with poison, intended for animals like vultures.
2.
Adulterated foodboth
Food mixed with barley, or containing dirt and weeds.

كما يسقى الهوزب الأغلاثا — As the old vulture is given poisoned bait.

وفلان يأكل الغليث، إذا كان يأكل خبزا من شعير وحنطة — And so-and-so eats 'al-ghalith', meaning he eats bread made from barley and wheat.

المغلوثnoun

1.
Adulterated foodboth
Food that is mixed with impurities like dirt or weeds.
2.
Tanned skinclassical
A waterskin tanned with dates or unripe dates.

والمغلوث: الطعام الذي فيه المدر والزؤان — And 'al-maghlouth': food that contains dirt and darnel.

سقاء مغلوث: أي مدبوغ بالتمر أو البسر — A 'musqa maghlouth': meaning a waterskin tanned with dates or unripe dates.

اغلنثىverb

1.
To overwhelm with abuseclassical
To overpower someone with beating, cursing, or oppression.

اغلنثى عليهم: إذا علاهم بالضرب والشتم والقهر — He overwhelmed them: meaning he got the better of them with beating, cursing, and oppression.

الغلثnoun

1.
Fierce fighterclassical
A person who fights intensely and tenaciously.
2.
Madmanclassical
Someone who is insane or mentally disturbed.
3.
Drowsiness/Lethargyclassical
A state of being overcome by drowsiness, intoxication, or sluggishness.

المغالثadjective

1.
Fierce fighterclassical
One who fights intensely and clings to an opponent.

كالمغالث — Like the tenacious fighter.

غلث الحلمnoun

1.
False dreamclassical
A dream that is not a true vision, often nonsensical or misleading.

اغتثلverb

1.
To selectclassical
To choose or select a flint from a tree, without knowing if it will produce sparks.

اغتلث زندا، كاعتلثه — He selected a flint, as he selected it.

مغالثة الزنادnoun

1.
Weak flintclassical
Describing a flint that is soft or weak, implying it might not produce sparks.

مهاجنة إذا نسبوا عبيد غضاريط مغالثة الزناد — Ignoble when they are attributed, slaves with soft, weak flints.

اغتلثverb

1.
To fail to igniteclassical
To fail to produce sparks, referring to a flint.
2.
To lieclassical
To tell a lie that helps one escape a situation.

اغتلث زندا — The flint failed to ignite.

الأغلاثnoun

1.
Types of plantsclassical
A category of plants mentioned by Abu Ziyad al-Kilabi, including various desert and common plants.

إنها من الأغلاث، فمنها: العكرش، والحلفاء، والحاج، والينبوت، واللصف، والعشرق، والسفا، والأسل، والبردي، والحنظل والتنوم، والخروع — They are from 'al-aghlath', and among them are: al-Akrash, al-Halfa, al-Hajj, al-Yanbout, al-Lasf, al-'Asharaq, al-Safa, al-Asl, al-Bardi, al-Handhal, al-Tanawwum, and al-Khirwa'.

غلثverb

1.
To cling and preyclassical
Describing a wolf that clings to and preys upon a flock of sheep.

وقد غلث الذئب بغنم آل فلان، إذا لزمها يفرسها — And the wolf clung to and preyed upon the sheep of so-and-so's family, meaning it stayed with them and hunted them.

المغثلثadjective

1.
Approaching illnessclassical
A pain or illness that is close but does not incapacitate the person, and its origin is unclear.

المغثلث: المقارب من الوجع ليس يضجع صاحبه، ولا يعرف أصله — 'Al-Mughalthath': Approaching pain that does not lay its sufferer down, and its origin is unknown.

يتغلثverb

1.
To be obsessed withclassical
To be excessively fond of or preoccupied with someone.

فلان يتغلث بي — So-and-so is obsessed with me.

غلثverb

1.
To disgorgeclassical
Describing a bird that vomits or disgorges something it had swallowed.

غلث الطائر كفرح هاع ورمى من حوصلته شيئا كان استرطه — The bird disgorged, and threw from its crop something it had swallowed.

غلثةnoun

1.
A lieclassical
A falsehood told to escape a difficult situation.

اغتلث للقوم غلثة: كذب لهم كذبا نجا به — He told the people a 'ghalthah': he lied to them with a lie by which he escaped.

Parallel reading

كالعلث بالمهملة في غالب معانيه

Like 'al-'alath' with unpointed letters in most of its meanings.

وبالتحريك: شدة القتال

And with vowelization: intense fighting.

وقد غلث به غلثا: لزمه، وقاتله

And he fought intensely with him, clinging to him and battling him.

كسكرى: شجرة مرة يدبغ بها

Like 'sakra': a bitter tree used for tanning.

وإذا أطعم ثمرها السباع قتلتها

And if wild animals eat its fruit, it kills them.

كأنها غلثى من الرخم تدفء

As if it were a bitter tree from the vultures, warming themselves.

الغليث: ما يسوى للنسر مسموما

'Al-Ghalith': what is prepared as poisoned bait for the vulture.

أي مخلوطا بالسم، كاللغيث

Meaning mixed with poison, like 'al-laghith'.

كما يسقى الهوزب الأغلاثا

As the old vulture is given poisoned bait.

أراد بالهوزب النسر المسن

By 'al-hawzaba', he meant the old vulture.

الغليث أيضا الطعام يغش بالشعير، كالمغلوث

'Al-Ghalith' also refers to food adulterated with barley, like 'al-maghlouth'.

يقال: غلثت البر بالشعير أغلثه، بالكسر، فهو مغلوث وغليث

It is said: 'Ghalaththa al-barr bil-sha'eer' (I adulterated the wheat with barley), 'ughlithuhu', with kasra, so it is 'maghlouth' and 'ghalith'.

وفلان يأكل الغليث، إذا كان يأكل خبزا من شعير وحنطة

And so-and-so eats 'al-ghalith', meaning he eats bread made from barley and wheat.

والمغلوث: الطعام الذي فيه المدر والزؤان

And 'al-maghlouth': food that contains dirt and darnel.

اغلنثى عليهم: إذا علاهم بالضرب والشتم والقهر

He overwhelmed them: meaning he got the better of them with beating, cursing, and oppression.

ككتف: الشديد القتال اللزوم لمن طالب

Like 'katif': the one who fights intensely and clings to whoever demands.

كالمغالث وفي نسخة كالغالث، وكلاهما وردا

Like 'al-mughalith', and in one version 'al-ghalith', and both have been reported.

الغلث: المجنون

'Al-Ghalath': the madman.

ومن به نشوة عن الطعام والشراب، وتمايل وتكسر عن النعاس وكسل

And one who has intoxication from food and drink, and sways and breaks from drowsiness and laziness.

غلث الحلم: شيء تراه في النوم مما ليس برؤيا صادقة

'Ghalath al-hulm': something you see in a dream that is not a true vision.

اغتلث زندا، كاعتلثه

He selected a flint, as he selected it.

أي انتخبه من شجرة لا يدري أيوري أم لا

Meaning he chose it from a tree, not knowing if it would produce sparks or not.

مهاجنة إذا نسبوا عبيد غضاريط مغالثة الزناد

Ignoble when they are attributed, slaves with soft, weak flints.

أي رخوو الزناد

Meaning soft flints.

غلث الزند غلثا كفرح: لم يور، كاغتلث

The flint failed to ignite, 'ghalaththa' as in 'fariha': it did not produce sparks, like 'ightalath'.

سقاء مغلوث: أي مدبوغ بالتمر أو البسر

A 'musqa maghlouth': meaning a waterskin tanned with dates or unripe dates.

إنها من الأغلاث، فمنها: العكرش، والحلفاء، والحاج، والينبوت، واللصف، والعشرق، والسفا، والأسل، والبردي، والحنظل والتنوم، والخروع

They are from 'al-aghlath', and among them are: al-Akrash, al-Halfa, al-Hajj, al-Yanbout, al-Lasf, al-'Asharaq, al-Safa, al-Asl, al-Bardi, al-Handhal, al-Tanawwum, and al-Khirwa'.

وقد غلث الذئب بغنم آل فلان، إذا لزمها يفرسها

And the wolf clung to and preyed upon the sheep of so-and-so's family, meaning it stayed with them and hunted them.

المغثلث: المقارب من الوجع ليس يضجع صاحبه، ولا يعرف أصله

'Al-Mughalthath': Approaching pain that does not lay its sufferer down, and its origin is unknown.

فلان يتغلث بي

So-and-so is obsessed with me.

غلث الطائر كفرح هاع ورمى من حوصلته شيئا كان استرطه

The bird disgorged, and threw from its crop something it had swallowed.

اغتلث للقوم غلثة: كذب لهم كذبا نجا به

He told the people a 'ghalthah': he lied to them with a lie by which he escaped.