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غثو

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes things that are light, scattered, or worthless, often associated with debris carried by water or the decay of organic matter. It can also refer to the abundance of such material in a valley.

Derived headwords

الغَثاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    debris, detritusboth

    Light, scattered refuse, such as foam, dirt, or decaying leaves, carried by a flood.

  2. 2.
    worthless thingsclassical

    Figuratively, refers to worthless or insignificant matters.

غَثاءً أَحْوىphrase
  1. 1.
    dry and witheredclassical

    A description of something that has become dry, brittle, and withered, like the debris seen on a flood.

الأَغْثاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    debris (plural)both

    The plural form of غثاء, referring to multiple pieces of refuse or detritus.

غَثاverb
  1. 1.
    to be abundant with debrisclassical

    A valley becomes filled with abundant debris, such as dung, leaves, and reeds.

  2. 2.
    to decay, to spoilclassical

    Meat spoils due to its thinness or leanness.

يَغْثوverb
  1. 1.
    it is abundant with debrisclassical

    The present tense form of غثا, indicating a valley being filled with debris.

  2. 2.
    it decays, it spoilsclassical

    The present tense form of غثا, indicating meat spoiling.

غَثْواًnoun
  1. 1.
    abundance of debrisclassical

    The state or action of a valley becoming filled with debris.

Parallel reading

الغثاء، كغراب وزنار: القمش، والزبد، والقذر، والهالك، والبالي
Al-ghathā', like 'ghurāb' and 'zinār': the refuse, the foam, the dirt, the perished, and the decayed.
من ورق الشجر المخالط زبد السيل إذا جرى
from the leaves of trees mixed with the foam of the flood when it runs.
والجمع الأغثاء
And the plural is al-aghthā'.
فجعله غثاء أحوى
And He made it [like] dry, withered debris.
أي جففه حتى صيره هشيما جافا كالغثاء الذي تراه فوق السيل
Meaning He dried it until He turned it into dry, brittle material, like the debris you see on top of the flood.
وقيل: معناه أخرج المرعى أحوى أي أخضر فجعله غثاء أي يابسا بعد ذلك
And it was said: its meaning is that it brought forth vegetation, 'aḥwā' meaning green, then made it 'ghathā'' meaning dry thereafter.
ما له غثاء وعمله هباء وسعيه جفاء
He has nothing of value; his work is dust, and his striving is futile.
غثا الوادي يغثو غثواً إذا كثر فيه البعر والورق والقصب
The valley became filled with debris (ghathā) when dung, leaves, and reeds became abundant in it.
غثا اللحم غثوا: فسد من هزاله
Meat spoiled (ghathā) due to its leanness.