ن ث ط

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of pressing or pushing something down to make it firm or stable. It also extends to the emergence of plants from the earth and, metaphorically, to the stabilization of the earth itself.

Derived headwords

نَثَطَverb

1.
to press downboth
To press something with your hand onto the ground until it is firm and stable.
2.
to splitclassical
To split or cleave something, as in the stabilization of the earth by mountains.

النَّثْطnoun

1.
pressing downboth
The act of pressing something with your hand onto the ground until it is firm and stable.
2.
plant emergenceboth
The growth of plants themselves as they break through and appear from the earth.
3.
stabilityboth
The state of being firm or stable.
4.
splittingclassical
The act of splitting or cleaving, particularly in the context of the earth being split by mountains.
5.
burdenclassical
Something that makes one heavy or burdened.

النُّثُوطnoun

1.
stabilityboth
The state of being firm or stable.

التَّنْثِيطnoun

1.
making stableclassical
The act of making something stable or firm.

Parallel reading

هو غمزك الشيء بيدك على الأرض حتى يثبت ويطمئن

It is your pressing something with your hand onto the ground until it is firm and stable.

وقد نثطه، أي غمزه بيده

And he pressed it, meaning he pressed it with his hand.

والنثط: النبات نفسه حين يصدع الأرض ويظهر

And al-nathṭ: the plant itself when it splits the earth and appears.

والنثط: سكون الشيء، كالنثوط، بالضم

And al-nathṭ: the stability of a thing, like al-nutūṭ, with dammah.

وقد نثط نثطا ونثوطا

And it became stable, with nathṭan and nutūṭan.

النثط: الإثقال

Al-nathṭ: the burdening or making heavy.

إن الله عز وجل لما مد الأرض مادت، فثنطها بالجبال أي شقها فصارت كالأوتاد لها

When Allah, the Exalted, spread out the earth, it shook, so He stabilized it with mountains, meaning He split it, and it became like pegs for it.

ونثطها بالآكام فصارت كالمثقلات لها

And He burdened it with hills, so it became like burdens for it.

فجعل النثط شقا، وجعل النثط إثقالا

So he made al-thanṭ a splitting, and he made al-nathṭ a burdening.

والنثط: خروج النبات والكمأة من الأرض

And al-nathṭ: the emergence of plants and truffles from the earth.

وقد نثطت الأرض، أي صدعت

And the earth has emerged, meaning it has split.

والتنثيط: التسكين

And al-tanthīṭ: the making stable.