ثَأْثَأَ
Root: ثأ
Form: R. Q. 1
Full Definition
ثَأْثَأَ
He watered camels to their satisfaction: (S, M, K; but in some copies of the S, the verb is made trans. by means of بِ:) or he watered them so as to quench their thirst, but not so as to satisfy them.
2 Also, contr., He kept camels thirsty; i. e. he did not water them at all; or he watered them little, so that they were not satisfied.
3 He extinguished fire.
4 He stilled another's anger. And ثَأْثَأَ عَنْهُ غَضَبَهُ He quenched his anger. [Or this may be rendered He dispelled from him his anger: agreeably with what follows.]
5 He removed a thing from its place.
6 ثَأْثَأَ عَنِ القَوْمِ He repelled from, or defended, the people, or company of men, and rendered them reciprocal aid.
7 ثَأْثَأَ, Verbal.Noun ثَأْثَأَةٌ, also signifies He restrained, or withheld, a man from (عَنْ) another man, or from (عَنْ) a thing, or an affair.
def.2 ثَأْثَأَتِ الإِبِلُ The camels drank to their satisfaction: or drank, but not so as to satisfy themselves.
2 And, contr., The camels thirsted.
3 And ثَأْثَأَ It became stilled; said of anger.
4 See also R. Q. 2.
def.3 ثَأْتَأَ بِالتَّيْسِ, Verbal.Noun ثَأْثَآءٌ, like تَأْتَآءٌ, He called the he-goat to copulate.
2 Also, contr., He kept camels thirsty; i. e. he did not water them at all; or he watered them little, so that they were not satisfied.
3 He extinguished fire.
4 He stilled another's anger. And ثَأْثَأَ عَنْهُ غَضَبَهُ He quenched his anger. [Or this may be rendered He dispelled from him his anger: agreeably with what follows.]
5 He removed a thing from its place.
6 ثَأْثَأَ عَنِ القَوْمِ He repelled from, or defended, the people, or company of men, and rendered them reciprocal aid.
7 ثَأْثَأَ, Verbal.Noun ثَأْثَأَةٌ, also signifies He restrained, or withheld, a man from (عَنْ) another man, or from (عَنْ) a thing, or an affair.
def.2 ثَأْثَأَتِ الإِبِلُ The camels drank to their satisfaction: or drank, but not so as to satisfy themselves.
2 And, contr., The camels thirsted.
3 And ثَأْثَأَ It became stilled; said of anger.
4 See also R. Q. 2.
def.3 ثَأْتَأَ بِالتَّيْسِ, Verbal.Noun ثَأْثَآءٌ, like تَأْتَآءٌ, He called the he-goat to copulate.
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