روث

Arabic

Etymology

Per Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou, “it is a phonetic variant of ر ب ث (r-b-ṯ) given that the beasts need to halt in order that they may dung”, but such variation is of course rather found in begedkefet-affected Aramaic: see رُبَيْثَاء (rubayṯāʔ), all terms of that root—rarities, altogether—derive from Aramaic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rawθ/

Noun

رَوْث • (rawṯ) m (collective, singulative رَوْثَة f (rawṯa), plural أَرْوَاث (ʔarwāṯ))

1. 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, […]

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 ʔarwāṯ	الْأَرْوَاث al-ʔarwāṯ	أَرْوَاث ʔarwāṯ
Nominative	أَرْوَاثٌ ʔarwāṯun	الْأَرْوَاثُ al-ʔarwāṯu	أَرْوَاثُ ʔarwāṯu
Accusative	أَرْوَاثًا ʔarwāṯan	الْأَرْوَاثَ al-ʔarwāṯa	أَرْوَاثَ ʔarwāṯa
Genitive	أَرْوَاثٍ ʔarwāṯin	الْأَرْوَاثِ al-ʔarwāṯi	أَرْوَاثِ ʔarwāṯi

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

• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 564
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “روث”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (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^[2] (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^[3] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 945
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “روث”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[4], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1177
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “روث”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 505