رَثَأَ
Root: رثأ
Form: 1
Full Definition
رَثَأَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun رَثْءٌ, He drew milk from the udder upon sour milk, so that it thickened, and became what is termed
رَثِيْئَة: or he mixed fresh milk with sour milk: or, as some say, he made milk to become what is termed
رَثِيْئَة: or it has this last signification, and also signifies he mixed [in an absolute sense]. [Az says,] I heard an Arab of the desert, of Benoo-Mudarris, say to a servant of his, اِرْثَأْ لِى لُبَيْنَةً أَشْرَبُهَا [Mix thou for me a little milk so as to make
رَثِيْئَة, which I will drink]. And you say, رَثَأَ القَوْمَ and رَثَأَ لَهُمْ He made for the party
رَثِيْئَة.
2 [Hence,] هُمْ يَرْثَؤُونَ رَأْيَهُمْ, and رَثَؤُوا رَأْيَهُمْ, Verbal.Noun as above,
3 And [hence also, perhaps, as رثيئة is said to be beaten with a مِجْدَح in the mixing of it,] He beat with a staff, or stick.
def.2 It became stilled, or appeased.
def.3 He became affected with the disease termed رَثْأَة.
def.4 Also, Verbal.Noun as above, a dial. var. of رَثَى, meaning He eulogized a man after his death [in verse or otherwise; or he wept for him, or over him, enumerating his good qualities or actions]: and in like manner one says of a woman eulogizing her husband after his death; Verbal.Noun مَرْثِئَةٌ: ISk mentions an Arab woman's saying رَثَأْتُ زَوْجِى بِأَبْيَاتٍ [I eulogized my husband after his death with verses]; pronouncing the verb with ء; but it is originally without ء: Fr says that her doing this arose from her finding them to say رَثَأْتُ اللَّبَنَ and her therefore supposing المَرْثِيَة to be from the same source: or, accord. to Fr, their chasteness of speech sometimes induced them to pronounce with ء that which is [properly] without ء; and thus they said رَثَأْتُ المَيِّتَ and لَبَّأْتُ بِالحَجِّ and حَلَّأْتُ السَّوِيقَ. (TA in art. رثو.)
2 [Hence,] هُمْ يَرْثَؤُونَ رَأْيَهُمْ, and رَثَؤُوا رَأْيَهُمْ, Verbal.Noun as above,
3 And [hence also, perhaps, as رثيئة is said to be beaten with a مِجْدَح in the mixing of it,] He beat with a staff, or stick.
def.2 It became stilled, or appeased.
def.3 He became affected with the disease termed رَثْأَة.
def.4 Also, Verbal.Noun as above, a dial. var. of رَثَى, meaning He eulogized a man after his death [in verse or otherwise; or he wept for him, or over him, enumerating his good qualities or actions]: and in like manner one says of a woman eulogizing her husband after his death; Verbal.Noun مَرْثِئَةٌ: ISk mentions an Arab woman's saying رَثَأْتُ زَوْجِى بِأَبْيَاتٍ [I eulogized my husband after his death with verses]; pronouncing the verb with ء; but it is originally without ء: Fr says that her doing this arose from her finding them to say رَثَأْتُ اللَّبَنَ and her therefore supposing المَرْثِيَة to be from the same source: or, accord. to Fr, their chasteness of speech sometimes induced them to pronounce with ء that which is [properly] without ء; and thus they said رَثَأْتُ المَيِّتَ and لَبَّأْتُ بِالحَجِّ and حَلَّأْتُ السَّوِيقَ. (TA in art. رثو.)
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