روث
Arabic
Etymology
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Noun
رَوْث • (rawṯ) m (collective, singulative رَوْثَة f (rawṯa), plural أَرْوَاث (ʾarwāṯ))
- dung from a solid-hoofed animal, sharn (said of a beast having claws)
- 1951 August 20, Šākir Maḥmūd, “السرقين والسماد في الزراعة قديما”, in مجلة الرسالة:
- راجعنا مقالاتهم في أنواع السرقين والمفاضلة بين ذرق الحمام وأرواث الخيل والبغال والحمير، وأخثاء البقر والجواميس وأبعار الغنم والضأن والماعز، […]
- We have reviewed their articles on the types of manure and the differences between pigeon droppings, dung of horses and mules and asses, and sharn of cows and buffalos and sheep and goats, […]
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Declension
Declension of noun رَوْث (rawṯ)
| Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | رَوْث rawṯ | الرَّوْث ar-rawṯ | رَوْث rawṯ |
| Nominative | رَوْثٌ rawṯun | الرَّوْثُ ar-rawṯu | رَوْثُ rawṯu |
| Accusative | رَوْثًا rawṯan | الرَّوْثَ ar-rawṯa | رَوْثَ rawṯa |
| Genitive | رَوْثٍ rawṯin | الرَّوْثِ ar-rawṯi | رَوْثِ rawṯi |
| Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | رَوْثَة rawṯa | الرَّوْثَة ar-rawṯa | رَوْثَة rawṯat |
| Nominative | رَوْثَةٌ rawṯatun | الرَّوْثَةُ ar-rawṯatu | رَوْثَةُ rawṯatu |
| Accusative | رَوْثَةً rawṯatan | الرَّوْثَةَ ar-rawṯata | رَوْثَةَ rawṯata |
| Genitive | رَوْثَةٍ rawṯatin | الرَّوْثَةِ ar-rawṯati | رَوْثَةِ rawṯati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | رَوْثَتَيْن rawṯatayn | الرَّوْثَتَيْن ar-rawṯatayn | رَوْثَتَيْ rawṯatay |
| Nominative | رَوْثَتَانِ rawṯatāni | الرَّوْثَتَانِ ar-rawṯatāni | رَوْثَتَا rawṯatā |
| Accusative | رَوْثَتَيْنِ rawṯatayni | الرَّوْثَتَيْنِ ar-rawṯatayni | رَوْثَتَيْ rawṯatay |
| Genitive | رَوْثَتَيْنِ rawṯatayni | الرَّوْثَتَيْنِ ar-rawṯatayni | رَوْثَتَيْ rawṯatay |
| Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | رَوْثَات rawṯāt | الرَّوْثَات ar-rawṯāt | رَوْثَات rawṯāt |
| Nominative | رَوْثَاتٌ rawṯātun | الرَّوْثَاتُ ar-rawṯātu | رَوْثَاتُ rawṯātu |
| Accusative | رَوْثَاتٍ rawṯātin | الرَّوْثَاتِ ar-rawṯāti | رَوْثَاتِ rawṯāti |
| Genitive | رَوْثَاتٍ rawṯātin | الرَّوْثَاتِ ar-rawṯāti | رَوْثَاتِ rawṯāti |
| Plural of variety | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَرْوَاث ʾarwāṯ | الْأَرْوَاث al-ʾarwāṯ | أَرْوَاث ʾarwāṯ |
| Nominative | أَرْوَاثٌ ʾarwāṯun | الْأَرْوَاثُ al-ʾarwāṯu | أَرْوَاثُ ʾarwāṯu |
| Accusative | أَرْوَاثًا ʾarwāṯan | الْأَرْوَاثَ al-ʾarwāṯa | أَرْوَاثَ ʾarwāṯa |
| Genitive | أَرْوَاثٍ ʾarwāṯin | الْأَرْوَاثِ al-ʾarwāṯi | أَرْوَاثِ ʾarwāṯi |
Related terms
- رَاثَ (rāṯa, “to dung”)
- رَوْثَة (rawṯa, “Salsola villosa”)
- مَرْوَث (marwaṯ) and مَرَاث (marāṯ, “rectum, tuel, where the dung issues”)
See also
- Thesaurus:Arabic terms for “feces, excrement, dung, ordure, manure”
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “روث”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 564
- Freytag, Georg (1833), “روث”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 205
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “روث”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 945
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “روث”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1177
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “روث”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 505