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مَاثَ

Root: ميث

Form: 1

Full Definition

مَاثَI , Present.T يَمِيثُ, (Verbal.Noun مَيْثٌ, K,) i. q. مَاثَ, Present.T يَمُوثُ, Verbal.Noun مَوْثٌ; [in the CK, for المَوْثُ is put المَوْتُ;] as also ميّث , Verbal.Noun تَمْيِيثٌ; and , Verbal.Noun إِمَاثَةٌ; but this is disapproved by IAth; and امتاث , Verbal.Noun إِمْتِيَاثٌ; and , [for إِنْمَاثَ,] Verbal.Noun إِمِّيَاثٌ; [but the last form I have only found used intransitively;] He steeped a thing in water, and mashed it with his hand: he mixed and moistened a thing in water: or ماث and ميّث , he steeped anything, such as saffron, and dates, and raisins, and the preparation of churned milk called أَقِط, in water, so that it dissolved, and mashed it with his hand.
2 مَاثَ He dissolved salt in water; and in like manner clay, or loam.
3 اللّٰهُمَّ مِثْ قُلُوبَهُمْ كَمَا يُمَاثُ المِلْحُ فِى المَاءِ [O God, dissolve their hearts, like as salt is dissolved in water!]
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