ثغغ

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of speaking unclearly, with a jumbled or unarticulated manner. It also extends to the biting action of a young child before their teeth emerge and the general concept of disarray or lack of order.

Derived headwords

ثَغْثَغَةnoun

1.
Jumbled speechboth
Speaking with mixed-up words, without clear articulation.
2.
Infant bitingclassical
The biting action of a baby before their teeth have erupted.
3.
Disorderclassical
A state of lacking order or system.
4.
Investigationclassical
The act of searching or inquiring into something.

{ثغثغ كلامه} ثغثغة: خلط فيه ولم يبينه — He jumbled his speech, mixing it up and not clarifying it.

تَغْتَغَverb

1.
To speak unclearlyclassical
To mix up words and speak without clear articulation, similar to ثغثغ.

وكذلك تغتغ بالتاء — And likewise, one says تغتغ with the letter Ta'.

المُثَغْثَغadjective

1.
Jumbled speechclassical
Describing speech that is mixed up and lacks order.
2.
Young youthclassical
In the prime of youth, after the initial stages.
3.
Damp with salivaclassical
One whose saliva dampens their mouth, unable to bite effectively due to lack of teeth.

وهو ثغثغ وثغثاغ الكلام، أي: مخلطه — And it is a jumbling and mixing of speech, meaning, mixed up.

المثغثغ بعد أفانين الشباب البرزغ — The one in the prime of youth, after the varied stages of adolescence.

ثَغْثَاغnoun

1.
Jumbled speechclassical
A confused or mixed-up manner of speaking.

وهو ثغثغ وثغثاغ الكلام، أي: مخلطه — And it is a jumbling and mixing of speech, meaning, mixed up.

Parallel reading

{ثغثغ كلامه}

He jumbled his speech

ثغثغة: خلط فيه ولم يبينه

Thagthagha: mixing it up and not clarifying it

وكذلك تغتغ بالتاء

And likewise, one says taghtagha with the letter Ta'

كما تقدم

as has been previously mentioned

قال ابن عباد: وهو ثغثغ وثغثاغ الكلام، أي: مخلطه

Ibn Abbad said: and it is thagthagh and thagthag of speech, meaning, mixed up.

وقال الليث: {الثغثغة: عض الصبي قبل أن يشقأ نابه ويثغر

And Al-Layth said: Al-thagthagha: is the biting of a child before its tooth emerges and erupts

قال رؤبة: وعض عض الأدرد

Ru'bah said: and the biting of the toothless one

المثغثغ بعد أفانين الشباب البرزغ

Al-muthaghmgh is after the varied stages of youth.

والثغثغة: الكلام لا نظام له قاله ابن دريد

And Al-thagthagha: is speech without order, said Ibn Duraid

ولا بقيل الكذب المثغثغ

And not from the sayings of the jumbled liar

وقال ابن عباد: الثغثغة: التفتيش

And Ibn Abbad said: Al-thagthagha: is the investigation.

وقال الجوهري: الثغثغة: فعل المتكلم المحرك أسنانه في فمه والمضطرب اضطرابا شديدا، فلم يبين كلامه

And Al-Jawhari said: Al-thagthagha: is the action of the speaker moving their teeth in their mouth and being greatly agitated, so they do not clarify their speech

ومننه قول رؤبة السابق ذكره

And from it is the previously mentioned saying of Ru'bah

والمثغثغ: الذي ببل بريقه، ولا يؤثر فيما يعض، لأنه لا أسنان له، قاله الليث

And Al-muthaghmgh: is one whose saliva dampens, and does not affect what it bites, because it has no teeth, said Al-Layth