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رَثِيْئَةٌ

Root: رثأ

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رَثِيْئَةٌ Sour milk upon which fresh milk is drawn from the udder, so that it becomes thick: or fresh milk poured upon sour, and then stirred about with a [wooden instrument called] مِجْدَح until it becomes thick: or fresh milk upon which sour milk is poured, then left a while, whereupon thin yellow water [or whey] comes forth, and is poured away from it, and then the thick is drunk. One says, الرَّثِيْئَةُ تَفْثَأُ الغَضَبَ What is termed رثيئة stills, or appeases, anger: alluding to [the effect produced by] a small kindness: a saying which originated from a man's being incensed against some persons. and being hungry, and their giving him to drink some رثيئة, whereupon his anger became appeased: (S in art. فثأ:) hence it became a proverb.

def.2 See also رَثْأَةٌ.
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