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بخثر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a state of being turbid or cloudy, particularly in liquids or fabrics. It also extends to the meaning of scattering or dispersing something, with the reciprocal action of becoming dispersed.

Derived headwords

البَخْثَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    turbidityboth

    Turbidity or cloudiness, especially in water or a garment.

بَخْثَرَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to scatterclassical

    To scatter or disperse something.

تَبَخْثَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to become dispersedclassical

    To become scattered or dispersed.

Parallel reading

البَخْثَرَة، بالثاء المثلثة، أهمله الجوهري
Al-Bakhtharah, with the thaa' muthallathah, was neglected by Al-Jawhari.
وقال الصغاني: هو الكدر في ماء أو ثوب
And Al-Saghani said: it is the turbidity in water or a garment.
ومثله في اللسان
And its like is in Al-Lisan.
وبخثره، إذا بدده وفرقه
And he scattered it (Bakhtharahu), if he dispersed and separated it.
فتبخثر، تفرق
And it became scattered (tabakhthara), it became separated.
لغة في الحاء المهملة، وقد تقدم
A dialectal variant of the letter Haa' muhmalah, and it has preceded.