و ث ر

و ث ر

Arabic

Root

و ث ر • (w-ṯ-r)

1. related to things being smooth and cushy

Derived terms

• Form I: وَثُرَ‎ (waṯura, “to be cushy, to be cozy, to be comfortable, to be smooth”)
  • Verbal noun: وَثَارَة‎ (waṯāra)
  • Active participle: وَاثِر‎ (wāṯir)
• Form I: وَثَرَ‎ (waṯara, “to make smooth”)
  • Verbal noun: وَثْر‎ (waṯr)
  • Active participle: وَاثِر‎ (wāṯir)
  • Passive participle: مَوْثُور‎ (mawṯūr)
• Form II: وَثَّرَ‎ (waṯṯara, “to make smooth”)
  • Verbal noun: تَوْثِير‎ (tawṯīr)
  • Active participle: مُوَثِّر‎ (muwaṯṯir)
  • Passive participle: مُوَثَّر‎ (muwaṯṯar)

• وَثِر‎ (waṯir, “cushy, cozy, comfortable, smooth”)
• وَثِير‎ (waṯīr, “cushy, cozy, comfortable, smooth”)
• أَوْثَر‎ (ʾawṯar, “more cushy, more cozy, more comfortable, more smooth”)
• وِثَار‎ (wiṯār) and وَثَار‎ (waṯār, “smoothness; smooth bed”)
• وِثْر‎ (wiṯr, “smooth piece of textile”)
• مِيثَرَة‎ (mīṯara, “saddle-pillow”)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “و ث ر”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 779
• Freytag, Georg (1837), “و ث ر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 434–435
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “و ث ر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2920–2921
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “و ث ر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1374