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Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes characteristics related to the mouth and gums, specifically a fleshy or red gum. It extends to describe a greedy or eager person, a foul-smelling or dirty individual, and a person with everted lips. Additionally, it denotes a smooth, easy path.

Derived headwords

الدلثعnoun
  1. 1.
    fleshy gumsclassical

    A person with abundant flesh in their gums.

  2. 2.
    red gumsclassical

    A person whose gums are red, possibly due to eagerness or bleeding.

  3. 3.
    greedy personclassical

    An intensely eager and greedy individual.

  4. 4.
    foul-smelling personclassical

    A man who is foul-smelling and dirty.

  5. 5.
    everted lipsclassical

    A person with everted or protruding lips.

دلاثعnoun
  1. 1.
    fleshy gums (pl.)classical

    The plural form of 'الدلثع', referring to people with fleshy gums.

الدلثعadjective
  1. 1.
    fleshyclassical

    Describing a person who is fleshy, particularly around the gums.

  2. 2.
    greedyclassical

    Describing someone who is very greedy or eager.

  3. 3.
    foul-smellingclassical

    Describing a man who is foul-smelling and dirty.

  4. 4.
    everted lipsclassical

    Describing someone with everted lips.

دلثعadjective
  1. 1.
    fleshyclassical

    Describing a person with much flesh, especially in the gums.

دلثعnoun
  1. 1.
    easy pathclassical

    A smooth and easy road, without any difficult terrain.

دلنثعadjective
  1. 1.
    clear pathclassical

    Describing a path that is clear and easy to traverse.

Parallel reading

هو الكثير لحم اللثة
He is one with abundant flesh in his gums.
والجمع دلاثع
And the plural is 'daltha'.
ودلاثع حمر لثاتهم ... أبلين شرابين للحزر
And their gums are red and fleshy... they have drunk two drinks for the thirst.
الدلثع: الحريص الشره
The 'daltha'' is the greedy, the eager one.
أي احمرت لثاتهم من حرصهم على شرب اللبن
Meaning their gums became red from their eagerness to drink milk.
وقيل: هو الأحمر اللثة، الضخم تضب لثته وتسيل دما
And it was said: He is one with red gums, whose gums are swollen and bleed.
ويكسر فيهما، عن أبي عمرو، والأصمعي
And it is pronounced with a kasra in both cases, according to Abu Amr and Al-Asma'i.
الدلثع: الطريق السهل
The 'daltha'' is the easy path.
هو أسهل طريق يكون في سهل أو حزن لا حطوط فيه ولا هبوط
It is the easiest path, whether on flat ground or rough terrain, with no ascents or descents.
الدلثع، بالكسر: المنتن القذر من الرجال
The 'daltha'' (with kasra): the foul-smelling, dirty one among men.
المنقلب الشفة
The one with everted lips.
رجل دلثع: كثير اللحم
A 'daltha'' man: fleshy.
وطريق دلنثع، كسفرجل: واضح
And a 'dalnath'' road, like 'safargal': clear.