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ث ل ط

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of defecation, specifically producing thin or liquid excrement. It extends to the substance itself and the act of smearing someone with it. The term is often applied to animals like cattle and elephants, but can also refer to humans.

Derived headwords

ثَلَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to defecate thinlyboth

    To pass thin or liquid excrement. This is often used for animals like cattle, camels, and elephants, but can also apply to humans.

ثَلَطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    thin defecationboth

    The act or substance of passing thin or liquid excrement.

يَثْلُطُverb
  1. 1.
    he defecates thinlyboth

    Present tense of the verb 'to defecate thinly'.

ثَلَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to smear with excrementclassical

    To throw or smear someone with thin excrement or dung.

المُثَلَّطnoun
  1. 1.
    anusclassical

    The place of exit for excrement, referring to the anus.

Parallel reading

ثَلَطَ الثور والبعير والصبي، يَثْلُطُ، من حد ضرب، ثَلَطًا: سَلَحَ رقيقا
The bull, camel, and boy defecated, yalthuṭu, from the root ḍaraba, thalaṭan: meaning to pass thin excrement.
إذا ألقى بعره رقيقا
When it passes its dung thinly.
يقال للإنسان إذا رقّ نجوه: هو يَثْلُطُ ثَلَطًا
It is said of a human whose excrement is thin: he is yalthuṭu thalaṭan.
فَبَالَتْ وَثَلَطَتْ
She urinated and defecated thinly.
وأكثر ما يقال للإبل والبقر والفيلة
And it is most often said of camels, cattle, and elephants.
أنهم كانوا يبعرون بعرًا وأنتم تثلطون ثلطًا
They used to pass dry dung like 'abara, while you pass thin excrement.
أي كانوا يتغوطون يابسا كالبعر لأنهم كانوا قليلي المآكل والأكل، وأنتم تثلطون
Meaning they used to defecate dryly like 'abara because they ate little and varied food, while you defecate thinly.
إشارة إلى كثرة المآكل وتنوعها
An indication of abundant and varied food.
وثَلَطَ فلانًا: رماه بالثَّلَطِ، أي الرقيق من الرجيع ولطخه به
And he smeared so-and-so with thalaṭa: meaning he threw the thin excrement at him and smeared him with it.
الثَّلَطُ: رقيق سلح الفيل ونحوه من كل شيء إذا كان رقيقا
Al-thalaṭu: is the thin excrement of an elephant and similar things, if it is thin.
يا ثَلَطَ حامضة تروح أهلها ... عن ماسط وتندت القلاما
O thin excrement of a sour [plant] that visits its people... from a mat and the small shoots became moist.
واعتاص بابا قيئه ومُثَلَّطَه
And the entrance of its vomit and its anus became difficult.