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وثخ

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to wetness, moisture, and softness, often in the context of water, mud, or tender vegetation. It can also extend to concepts of weakness or being mixed.

Derived headwords

الوَثْخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    moistureboth

    A dampness or wetness from water.

الوَثِيخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mixed tender grassclassical

    What is mixed from types of tender grass in the spring.

  2. 2.
    thin bones with fatclassical

    What is thin from bones and mixed with fat.

  3. 3.
    muddy landclassical

    Land that is muddy or miry.

  4. 4.
    thickened milkclassical

    What has thickened from milk.

مَوْثُوخ الخَلْقadjective
  1. 1.
    weakly createdclassical

    A person of weak creation or constitution.

مَوْثُوخَهُadjective
  1. 1.
    weakly createdclassical

    A person of weak creation or constitution.

المِثْيَخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    stickclassical

    A stick or staff, possibly derived from this root.

Parallel reading

يقال في الحوض بلة وهلة ووثخة.
It is said about a basin: 'a dampness, a wetness, and a moisture.'
نقل الأزهري عن النوادر: الوثيخة والوثيغة: ما اختلط من أجناس العشب الغض في الربيع.
Al-Azhari narrated from Al-Nawadir: 'Al-wathīkhah and al-wathīghah: what is mixed from types of tender grass in the spring.'
والوثيخة أيضا: ما رق من العظام واختلط بالودك.
And al-wathīkhah also: what is thin from bones and mixed with fat.
والوثيخة أيضا: الأرض ذات الوحل.
And al-wathīkhah also: the land possessing mud.
وما ثخن من اللبن.
And what has thickened from milk.
ويقال رجل موثوخ الخلق وموثخه كمعظمه: ضعيفه.
And it is said: a man 'mawthūkh al-khalq' and 'mawthūkhuhu' (like 'mu'aẓẓamuhu'): weak.
ومنهم من جعل المثيخة بمعنى العصا من هاذه المادة.
And among them are those who considered 'al-mithyakhah' to mean a stick from this root.