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مثع

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes an ugly or unpleasant gait, particularly associated with women. It can also refer to a foul-smelling hyena or a specific type of unpleasant walking.

Derived headwords

المَثْعُnoun
  1. 1.
    ugly gaitclassical

    An ugly and unpleasant manner of walking, specifically attributed to women.

المَثْعَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    ugly gaitclassical

    An ugly and unpleasant manner of walking, potentially referring to the gait itself or the woman walking.

  2. 2.
    foul-smelling hyenaclassical

    A hyena that is foul-smelling or putrid.

مَثَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to walk uglyclassical

    To walk with an ugly and unpleasant gait.

مَثَعَتْverb
  1. 1.
    she walked uglyclassical

    She (a woman) walked with an ugly and unpleasant gait.

مَثْعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    ugly gaitclassical

    The act or manner of walking with an ugly gait.

Parallel reading

المثع، محركة: مشية قبيحة للنساء
Al-math'u, with harakah: an ugly gait for women.
كتاب المجمل
Kitab al-Mujmal.
مثعت المرأة، وكل ماش، مثعا: مشت مشية قبيحة
The woman walked, and every walker, math'an: she walked an ugly gait.
وهي المثعاء
And she is al-math'aa.
الفعل كفرح عن أبي عمرو
The verb is like 'faraha' according to Abu Amr.
ومنع ونصر، كلاهما عن شمر
And 'amana' and 'nasara', both according to Shamir.
وأنشد للمعني
And he recited for al-Ma'ani:
كالضبع المثعاء
Like the foul-smelling hyena.
عناها السدم
Al-Sadim meant it.
تحفر منه جانبا وينهدم
She digs a side from it and it collapses.
المثعاء: الضبع المنتنة
Al-math'aa: the putrid hyena.
كما في اللسان والعباب
As in Al-Lisan and Al-Abab.