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غ ث م ر

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the idea of spoiling, corrupting, or ruining something, particularly possessions or food. It also extends to describing something of poor quality, like coarse fabric or unrefined grain, and in a classical sense, someone who diminishes or undermines rights.

Derived headwords

غَثْمَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to spoil, ruinboth

    To spoil or ruin one's possessions, implying wastefulness or destruction.

أَفْسَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to spoil, corruptboth

    To cause something to become spoiled, corrupt, or ruined.

غثمر الرجل ماله، إذا أفسده — A man spoiled his wealth, meaning he corrupted it.
المِغْثَمَرnoun
  1. 1.
    coarse fabricclassical

    A garment that is poorly woven and rough to the touch.

  2. 2.
    unrefined foodclassical

    Food that has not been cleaned or sifted, still containing its husk or chaff.

المغثمر، بفتح الميم الثانية: الثوب الردئ النسج الخشن الملمس — The maghthamar (with fath on the second mim): a poorly woven, rough-textured garment.
غثمر الطعام: لم ينق ولم ينخل فهو مغثمر، أي بقشره عن ابن السكيت — Food is maghthamar: it has not been cleaned or sifted, so it is maghthamar, meaning with its husk, according to Ibn al-Sikkit.
مُغَثْمَرadjective
  1. 1.
    spoiled, ruinedboth

    Describing something that has been spoiled or ruined.

  2. 2.
    unrefinedclassical

    Describing food that is unrefined or uncleaned.

فهو مغثمر، أي بقشره عن ابن السكيت — so it is maghthamar, meaning with its husk, according to Ibn al-Sikkit.
وإنه لنبت مغثمر — And it is a maghthamar plant.
المِغْثَمِرnoun
  1. 1.
    diminisher of rightsclassical

    One who diminishes, undermines, or unjustly takes away people's rights.

ومغثمر لحقوقها هضامها — and a diminisher of its rights, one who devours them.
هَضَّامadjective
  1. 1.
    devouring, consumingclassical

    One who devours or consumes rights, implying unjust appropriation.

ومغثمر لحقوقها هضامها — and a diminisher of its rights, one who devours them.
مُغْضَمِرadjective
  1. 1.
    diminishing rightsclassical

    One who diminishes or undermines rights (variant reading).

ورواه أبو عبيد: ومغذمر — Abu Ubaid narrated it as: and mughdhimar.

Parallel reading

غثمر الرجل ماله، إذا أفسده.
A man spoiled his wealth, meaning he corrupted it.
والمغثمر، بفتح الميم الثانية: الثوب الردئ النسج الخشن الملمس.
And the maghthamar (with fath on the second mim): a poorly woven, rough-textured garment.
(عمدا كسوت مرهبا مغثمرا ... ولو أشاء حكته محبرا)
(Intentionally I clothed Marhab with a coarse garment... and if I wished, I could have rubbed it with ink.)
يقول: ألبسته المغثمر لأدفع به العين.
He says: I clothed him with the maghthamar to ward off the evil eye.
وغثمر الطعام: لم ينق ولم ينخل فهو مغثمر، أي بقشره عن ابن السكيت.
Food is maghthamar: it has not been cleaned or sifted, so it is maghthamar, meaning with its husk, according to Ibn al-Sikkit.
وقال الليث: المغثمر، أي بكسر الميم الثانية: حاطم الحقوق ومتهضمها،
And Al-Layth said: Al-maghthamar (with kasr on the second mim): one who destroys rights and diminishes them,
ومقسم يعطي العشيرة حقها ... ومغثمر لحقوقها هضامها
And a divider who gives his clan its due... and a diminisher of its rights, one who devours them
ورواه أبو عبيد: ومغذمر.
And Abu Ubaid narrated it as: and mughdhimar.
عن أبي زيد: إنه لنبت مغثمر
From Abu Zayd: Indeed, it is a maghthamar plant.