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ث ع ط

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes things that are spoiled, putrid, or corrupted, particularly food and water. It can also refer to fine, shifting sand and the act of crushing or grinding.

Derived headwords

الثَّعِيطnoun
  1. 1.
    fine shifting sandclassical

    Fine sand that is carried by the wind.

ثَعِطَverb
  1. 1.
    to spoil, become putridboth

    Meat or other food becomes spoiled and putrid.

  2. 2.
    to become corruptedclassical

    Used metaphorically for things becoming corrupted or spoiled.

يأكل لحما بائتا قد ثعطا — He eats stale meat that has become putrid.
ثَعَطٌnoun
  1. 1.
    putridity, spoilageboth

    The state of meat, water, or other things becoming spoiled and putrid.

شربت منه بين كره وتعط — I drank from it between reluctance and putridity.
ثَعِطَتْ شَفَتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to swell and crackclassical

    A lip becomes swollen and cracked.

الثَّعْطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    spoiled eggclassical

    A rotten, putrid egg.

التَّثْعِيطnoun
  1. 1.
    crushing, grindingclassical

    The act of crushing or grinding something, like date pits.

يثعطن العراب فهن سود — They crush the date pits, so they are black.
ماءٌ ثَعِطٌadjective
  1. 1.
    putrid waterboth

    Water that is spoiled and has a foul smell.

Parallel reading

دقاق رمل سيال تنقله الريح
Fine shifting sand carried by the wind.
اللحم المتغير المنتن
Spoiled, putrid meat.
وقد ثعط: تغير
And it became spoiled: it changed.
أنشدني أبو بكر: يأكل لحما بائتا قد ثعطا أكثر منه الأكل حتى خرطا
Abu Bakr recited to me: He eats stale meat that has become putrid, eating more of it until it was crushed.
وكذلك الجلد، إذا أنتن وتقطع
And likewise the skin, if it becomes putrid and disintegrates.
الثعط، بالتحريك: مصدر ثعط اللحم، أي أنتن
Al-tha't, with vowelization: the masdar of tha'ta the meat, meaning it became putrid.
وكذلك الماء
And likewise the water.
ومن هل على غشاش وفلط شربت منه بين كره وتعط
From a watering place with deception and impurity, I drank from it between reluctance and putridity.
ثعطت شفته، أي ورمت وتشققت
His lip became affected (tha'atat), meaning it swelled and cracked.
الثعطة، كفرحة: البيضة المذرة
Al-tha'tah, like farhah: the rotten egg.
وهي الفاسدة المنتنة
And it is the spoiled, putrid one.
التثعيط: الدق والرضخ
Al-tath'eet: crushing and grinding.
أي يرضخن ويدققن كما يرضخ النوى
Meaning they crush and grind as date pits are crushed.
ماء ثعط: منتن متغير
Putrid water: foul-smelling and changed.