Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

مَاثَ, aor. يَمِيثُ, (inf. n. مَيْثٌ, Ḳ,) i. q. مَاثَ, aor. يَمُوثُ, inf. n. مَوْثٌ; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) [in the CK, for المَوْثُ is put المَوْتُ;] as alsoميّث↓, inf. n. تَمْيِيثٌ; (Ḳ;) andاماث↓, inf. n. إِمَاثَةٌ; but this is disapproved by IAth; (TA;) andامتاث↓, inf. n. إِمْتِيَاثٌ; (Ḳ;) andإِمَّاثَ↓, [for إِنْمَاثَ,] inf. n. إِمِّيَاثٌ; (TA;) [but the last form I have only found used intransitively;] He steeped a thing in water, and mashed it with his hand: (TA:) he mixed and moistened a thing in water: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or ماث andميّث↓, he steeped anything, such as saffron, and dates, and raisins, and the preparation of churned milk called أَقِط, in water, so that it dissolved, and mashed it with his hand. (Lth.)

مَاثَ He dissolved salt in water; (ISk, Lth;) and in like manner clay, or loam. (ISk.)

ٱللّٰهُمَّ مِثْ قُلُوبَهُمْ كَمَا يُمَاثُ المِلْحُ فِى المَاءِ [O God, dissolve their hearts, like as salt is dissolved in water!] (TA, from a trad.)

ميّث: see 1.

‡ He rendered a man gentle. (TA.)

‡ He rendered a man submissive. (TA.)

‡ It (fortune, or misfortune,) rendered a man expert and submissive. (TA.)

[And so] تميّث↓ ‡ He (a man) became submissive, and languid, or flaccid. (TA.)

تميّثت الأَرْضُ The ground became softened (and cooled, Ṣ,) by rain. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) [See also مَاثَتِ الأَرْضُ, in art. موث.] See 2.

انماث, [inf. n. إِنْمِيَاثٌ;] (ISk;) and إِمَّاثَ, inf. n. إِمِّيَاثٌ; (Lth;) It (salt) became dissolved in water; (ISk, Lth;) and in like manner, clay, or loam. (ISk.)

See 1.

امتاث, (inf. n. إِمْتِيَاثٌ, TA,) He attained to an easy state of life; (Ḳ;) or a pleasant life. (TA.)

امتاث He steeped in water, and mashed with his hand, and drank, the preparation of churned milk called أَقِط. (Ḳ.)

See 1.

مَيِّثٌ Soft. (Ḳ.)

رَجُلٌ مَيِّثُ القَلْبِ ‡ A man of soft, or gentle, heart. (TA.)

مَيْثَاءُ Even, or plain, or soft, land: pl. مِيثٌ: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) you say, أَرْضٌ مَيْثَآءُ, and أَرَاضٍ مِيثُ: (A:) [see also مِيثَآءُ, in art. موث:] an even, or a plain, or soft, tract of sand: and a hill of good soil: (L:) and a [water-course such as is called] تَلْعَة, that becomes as large as half, or twothirds, of the valley. (L, Sh, in TA, voce تلعة.)

مُسْتَمِيثٌ The thin pellicle that adheres to the white of an egg. (AA, Ḳ.) [See also مُسْتَمِيتٌ, in art. موت.]