Appendix:Arabic roots/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: ?
  • Passive participle: مَوْثُور (mawṯūr)
• 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 (ʔawṯar, “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^[1] (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^[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 434–435
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “و ث ر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2920–2921
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “و ث ر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1374