مغث

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

The root مغث primarily relates to actions of rubbing, kneading, and mixing, often with a connotation of gentleness or light touch. It extends to meanings of harming, slandering, fighting, and even drowning. The root also encompasses terms for illness, specific plants, and a type of fight or dispute.

Derived headwords

مَغَثَverb

1.
to mixboth
To mix a medicine in water, or to knead and rub something with the fingers.
2.
to strike lightlyclassical
To strike someone with a light, non-severe blow, as if tumbling them.
3.
to slanderclassical
To tarnish or defame someone's honor through insults.
4.
to chewclassical
To chew or masticate someone's reputation, meaning to tarnish or spoil it.
5.
to cause evilclassical
To bring about evil or strife.
6.
to fightclassical
To engage in combat or the confusion of brave men in battle.
7.
to drownclassical
To submerge or drown someone in water.
8.
to trifleclassical
To engage in idle talk or play.
9.
to rubclassical
To rub or wrestle intensely.
10.
to affect (illness)classical
For a fever to affect or strike someone.
11.
to affect (rain)classical
For rain to strike and wash over vegetation, altering its taste and color.

المَغْثnoun

1.
kneadingclassical
The act of kneading or rubbing with the fingers.
2.
light strikingclassical
A light blow that is not severe.
3.
defamationclassical
The tarnishing or defaming of honor.
4.
slanderclassical
To spoil or chew up someone's reputation.
5.
evilclassical
Evil, strife, or contention.
6.
fightingclassical
Combat and the confusion of warriors in battle.
7.
drowningclassical
The act of drowning or submerging in water.
8.
triflingclassical
Idle talk or play.
9.
wrestlingclassical
The act of intense rubbing or wrestling.

مُمَغُوثَةadjective

1.
humiliatedclassical
Humiliated or degraded, referring to honor.
2.
feverishclassical
Afflicted with fever.
3.
stricken by rainclassical
Affected by rain, causing it to be washed out and altered in taste and color.

مُمَاغِثadjective

1.
intense wrestlerclassical
A strong and intense wrestler, one who treats others intensely.

المَغَاثnoun

1.
quarrelclassical
A dispute, quarrel, or contention between people.
2.
mildest camel diseaseclassical
The least severe of camel diseases.
3.
treeclassical
A type of tree or plant.
4.
plant rootclassical
The root of a plant, known for its medicinal properties.

المُمَاغَثَةnoun

1.
quarrelclassical
A dispute, quarrel, or contention.

مُغِيثadjective

1.
stricken by rainclassical
Affected by rain, causing it to be washed out and altered in taste and color.

مُغَاثname

1.
nameclassical
A proper name or title.

Parallel reading

يقال: مغث الدواء في الماء يمغثه مغثا: مرثه.

It is said: Maghatha the medicine in water, it mixes it (maghthan): it kneads it.

ومغث الشيء يمغثه مغثا: دلكه ومرسه.

And maghatha the thing, it rubs and kneads it (maghthan).

كنت أمغث له الزبيب غدوة فيشربه عشية، وأمغثه عشية فيشربه غدوة

I used to knead the raisins for him in the morning, and he would drink it in the evening, and I would knead them in the evening, and he would drink them in the morning.

يقال: مغثوا فلانا، إذا ضربوه ضربا ليس بالشديد، كأنهم تلتلوه.

It is said: Maghathuhum fulanan, if they strike him with a blow that is not severe, as if they are tumbling him.

مغثت عرضه بالشتم، ومغث عرضه يمغثه مغثا: لطخه

I slandered his honor with insults, and maghatha his honor, he tarnishes it (maghthan).

ممغوثة أعراضهم ممرطلة

Their honors are humiliated and degraded.

مغثوا عرض فلان، أي شانوه ومضعوه.

They slandered so-and-so's honor, meaning they spoiled and chewed it up.

إذا ما كان مغث أو لحاء

When there is evil or contention.

ورجل مغث ومغيث: شرير، على النسب.

And a man maghth and magheeth: evil, by relation.

ومغثهم بشر مغثا: نالهم.

And maghathahum bi-sharr maghthan: he afflicted them.

مغثته وغتته (ومصحته) وغططته بمعني غرقته، وكلك قمسته.

I drowned him, and submerged him, and sunk him, meaning I drowned him, and likewise I plunged him.

والمغث: العرك في المصارعة.

And al-maghth: the rubbing in wrestling.

ورجل مماغث، إذاك ان يلاح الناس ويلادهم.

And a man mumaghatth, that is, he bothers people and their affairs.

فمغثتهم الحمي

And the fever struck them.

مغث المطر الكلأ يمغثه مغثا: أصابه المطر فغسله فغير طعمه ولونه بصفرة وخبثه وصرعه.

Maghatha the rain the grass, it affects it (maghthan): the rain struck it, washed it, and changed its taste and color with yellowness and foulness, and prostrated it.

بيننا مغاث، أي لحاء وحكاك.

Between us is maghath, meaning contention and bickering.

وهو كغراب: شجرة. وقيراطان من عرقه مقيىء مسهل

And it is like ghurab: a tree. And two qirats of its root are emetic and laxative.