Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

وَثْءٌ

Root: وثا

Full Definition

وَثْءٌ and وَثْأَةٌ A breaking of the flesh without separation of the parts, (وَصْمٌ,) not reaching to the bone, producing a swelling: or a pain in the bone, without fracture: or a dislocation and concussion of the joints, which affects the hand, without fracture: or [an injury] resembling dislocation; in the flesh as a fracture in a bone: or a bruising or breaking of the flesh without breaking the bone: or a bruising of the skin and flesh, reaching to the bone, without its breaking: or a bruising of the bone, without breaking: in which last sense, Lth uses also the word وَثَأٌ. The ـُ in وَثْءٌ is sometimes omitted, and the word is written وَثٌ, like يَدٌ and وَثْىٌ .دَمٌ is condemned as vulgar. وَثٌ is authorized by As; but وَثْىٌ and وَثْوٌ are disallowed by him.


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