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ثَطٌّ

Root: ثط

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ثَطٌّ and أَثَطُّ , but the former is the more correct and the more common, or the former only, the latter being vulgar, but AZ asserted his having heard the latter, [and the latter only is mentioned in the Mgh,] A man having no hair upon the sides of his face, but only upon his chin; syn. كَوْسَجٌ: or having a scanty beard: or the former signifies having little hair in the beard, and in the eyebrows: or [when you mean the latter] you say رَجُلٌ ثَطُّ الحَاجِبَيْنِ, a man having thin, or scanty, eyebrows; as also أَثَطُّ الحَاجِبَيْنِ; the mention of the eyebrows being indispensable; and اِمْرَأَةٌ ثَطَّةُ الحَاجِبَيْنِ [a woman having thin, or scanty, eyebrows]: pl. أَثْطَاطٌ and ثُطَّانٌ and ثِطَطَةٌ and ثُطُطٌ, [all of which may be of either sing.,] and ثِطَاطٌ, which is of the former sing., and ثُطٌّ, which is of the latter. You say also اِمْرَأَةٌ A woman having no إِسْب, i. e. hair on the pubes; in the copies of the K incorrectly written اِسْت. And عَارِضٌ أَثَطُّ A side of the cheek, or of the face, having the hair falling off.
2 Also, the former, Heavy in the belly; slow; applied to a man.

def.2 The former also signifies Human excrement or ordure; or thin human excrement or ordure; syn. سَلْحٌ. [See also ثَلْطٌ.]
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