Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

ثَغَرَهُ

Root: ثغر

Form: 1

Full Definition

ثَغَرَهُI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun ثَغْرٌ, He broke it; namely, a part of a wall; he demolished it: this is [said to be] the primary signification: he demolished it, or pulled it down; namely, a wall: and he broke it so as to make a gap in it, or a hollow in its edge.
2 Also, Present.T as above, He broke his ثَغْر [or front teeth], or his teeth. And ثُغِرَ, in the pass. form, Verbal.Noun ثُغُورٌ, He had his ثَغْر [or front teeth] broken.
3 ثَغَرْتُ سِنَّهُ I pulled out his tooth. And ثُغِرَ He had a tooth, or teeth, pulled out.
4 Also ثُغِرَ, Verbal.Noun ثَغْرٌ, He shed his central milk-teeth, or his ثَغْر [or front teeth]: or أَثْغَرَ has this latter meaning, or اِتَّغَرَ ; and ثَغِرَ, or اِتَّغَرَ , or اِتَّغَرَ , signifies he shed his teeth: ثُغِرَ is said to have this last signification in the Kifáyet el-Mutahaffidh; and and are there said to have the contr. signification, explained below [see 8].
5 ثُغِرَ also signifies He had his mouth bruised; and so .

def.2 ثَغَرَ الثُّلْمَةَ, Present.T ـَ He stopped up, or obstructed, the gap, or breach: thus the verb bears two contr. significations. And ثَغَرْنَاهُمْ We stopped up, or obstructed, against them the gaps, or passes of the mountain; we stopped up, or obstructed, against them the place of exit, so that they knew not what way to take.


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