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نَثَّ

Root: نث

Form: 1

Full Definition

نَثَّI , [Present.T نَثِثَ ] Verbal.Noun نثٌّ, It distilled, or let flow, the oily matter that was in it: [as also مَثَّ].
2 نَثَّ, Present.T نَثِثَ Verbal.Noun نَثِيثٌ and نَثٌّ; and نَثْنَثَ ; It exuded the clarified butter that was in it: like مَثَّ.
3 وَأَنْتَ تَنِثُّ نَثِيثَ الحَمِيتِ (accord. to one reading, نَثَّ الحميت, TA) And thou sweatest like the butter-skin.
4 نَثَّ, Present.T نَثِثَ Verbal.Noun نَثِيثٌ, He sweated by reason of fatness, and appeared as though he were anointed: as also مَثَّ: or he sweated by reason of his bigness, and his abundance of flesh.
5 نَثَّ, [Present.T نَثُثَ ] or نَثْنَثَ , He wiped his hand with a napkin: as also مَثَّ.
6 نَثَّ, [Present.T نَثُثَ ] He anointed a wound: as also مَثَّ.
7 نَثَّ, Present.T نَثُثَ and نَثِثَ the latter [which deviates from a constant rule] thought by MF to be a mistake, he not knowing any authority for it except the K, and disallowed by the T, Verbal.Noun نَثٌّ; and , Verbal.Noun تَنْثِيثٌ; He divulged, or spread, dispersed, disseminated, news, tidings, or information, or what was talked of: like بَثَّ: or he spread what should rather be concealed than spread. [See also نَثَا.]
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