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طنثر

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe the act of eating rich food to the point of becoming heavy or sluggish. It also refers to the state of being overweight or full from such eating.

Derived headwords

طَنَثَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat until heavyclassical

    To eat rich, fatty food to the extent that one's body becomes heavy and sluggish.

تَطَنثَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to become heavy from eatingclassical

    To become heavy and sluggish as a result of eating rich food.

طَنَثْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    nameclassical

    A name or designation, possibly related to the act of eating until heavy.

نَطَثَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat until heavyclassical

    An inversion of the verb طنثر, used with the same meaning of eating rich food to the point of becoming heavy.

Parallel reading

طَنَثَرَ: أكل الدسم حتى تثقل جسمه
To eat rich food until one's body becomes heavy.
وقد تطنثر
And he became heavy from eating.
وطنثرة: اسم
And Tantharah: a name.
ولا تزاد النون ثانية إلا بثبت
And the second 'nun' is not added except with certainty.
واستعمل أيضا قلبه نطثر
And its inversion, natḥara, was also used.