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ج ث ط

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be very obscure, possibly related to the act of expelling something wet and soft. Its usage is primarily documented in classical lexicography, with significant debate about its authenticity and potential confusion with another root.

Derived headwords

جَثَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to expel wetlyclassical

    To expel something wet and spread out, like excrement.

يَجْثِطُverb
  1. 1.
    expelling wetlyclassical

    The present tense form of the verb 'to expel wetly'.

Parallel reading

جثط بغائطه يجثط
He expelled with his excrement, expelling it wetly.
أهمله الجوهري وصاحب اللسان
Al-Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan neglected it.
وقال ابن عباد: أي رمى به رطبا منبسطا
And Ibn 'Abbad said: meaning he threw it out wet and spread out.
هكذا نقله عنه الصاغاني
Thus Al-Saghani transmitted it from him.
وأنا أخشى أن يكون مصحفا من حبط، بالحاء والموحدة
And I fear that it might be a textual corruption from 'ha-ba-ta', with the letter Ha and Ba.
فتأمل
So ponder.