رَغُوثٌ
Root: رغث
Full Definition
رَغُوثٌ
Any female suckling; as also
مُرْغِثٌ : or one says شَاةٌ رَغُوثٌ and رَغُوثَةٌ, meaning particularly a ewe suckling: but [the Verbal.Noun]
has been used in relation to the she-camel: or رَغُوثٌ applied to a شاة means only that has brought forth: and one says بِرْذَوْنَةٌ رَغُوثٌ meaning [a hackney-mare] that is sucked, i. q.
; and that scarcely ever raises her head from the manger: [whence] it is said in a prov., آكل الدَّوَابِّ بِرْذَوْنَةٌ
رَغُوثٌ [The most voracious of beasts is a hackneymare that is sucked]: or, as J gives it [in the S, and Z in the A], thus, as verse:
2 Also A child, or young one, that is suckled; a suckling.
[More voracious than a hackney-mare that is sucked]: and مُرْغِثٌ is applied to a woman as meaning suckling: the pl. of رَغُوثٌ is رِغَاثٌ.آكلُ مِنْ بِرْذَوْنَةٍ رَغُوثِ
2 Also A child, or young one, that is suckled; a suckling.
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