رثن

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a sequence of rain, often with pauses, and the resulting state of the land. It also extends to a woman's action of applying makeup to her face.

Derived headwords

الرَّثَانnoun

1.
Successive rainclassical
A sequence of rain that falls one after another, with pauses of stillness in between.

رَثَّانnoun

1.
Successive rainclassical
A sequence of rain that falls one after another, with pauses of stillness in between.

مِرْثَنَةadjective

1.
Land with weak rainclassical
Land that has been struck by weak rain, or a sequence of rain with pauses.

مَرْثُونَةadjective

1.
Land struck by weak rainclassical
Land that has been struck by a weak rain (رَثْنَة), meaning it has been mixed or affected by successive rain.

تَرِثْنَتverb

1.
To apply makeupclassical
A woman applied makeup to her face, specifically covering it with a thick application.

رَثَنَتْverb

1.
To rain successivelyclassical
The land was rained upon successively, with pauses in between.

Parallel reading

القطار المتتابعة من المطر يفصل بينهن سكون

Successive sequences of rain, with stillness separating them.

يفصل بينهن ساعات أقل ما بينهن ساعة وأكثر ما بينهن يوم وليلة

Separated by hours, the least being an hour and the most being a day and a night.

أرض أصابها مطر ضعيف

Land that was struck by weak rain.

أرض مرثونة: أصابتها رثنة، أي مركوكة، أصابها رثان ورثام

A land that has been rained upon: it was struck by a weak rain, meaning it was mixed or affected by successive rain and a continuous downpour.

وترثنت المرأة: طلت وجهها بغمرة

And the woman applied makeup to her face, covering it thickly.

رثنت الأرض ترثينا

The land rained successively upon us.

والقياس رثنت كطلت وبغشت وطشت وما أشبه ذلك

And the analogy is 'rathanat' like 'talat', 'baghasht', and 'tasht', and what resembles that.