رَثِيْئَةٌ
Root: رثأ
Full Definition
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.
def.2 See also رَثْأَةٌ.