غَثٌّ

Lean, or meagre; (S, A, O, K;) as also ↓ غَثِيثٌ; (S, O, K;) both applied to flesh-meat; and the former, with ة, to a شَاة [i. e. sheep or goat]: (S, O:) plural غِثَاثٌ. (MA.)

Hence, i. e. as being likened to flesh-meat thus termed, كَلَامٌ غَثٌّ (assumed tropical:) Speech, or language, that is [meagre,] without grace, or beauty. (Ham p. 757.) One says, فِى الكَلَامِ الغَثُّ وَالسَّمِينُ (assumed tropical:) [In speech, or the speech, is what is meagre and what is vigorous; or] what is good and what is bad [or rather what is bad and what is good]. (Msb.) And حَدِيثُكُمْ غَثٌّ وَسِلَاحُكُمْ رَثٌّ (assumed tropical:) [Your talk, or discourse, is meagre, or bad, and your weapons are old and worn out]. (A.) And قَوْمٌ غَثَثَةٌ (assumed tropical:) [A people, or party, meagre, or bad, in speech: غَثَثَةٌ being plural of غَثٌّ, like as بَرَرَةٌ is of بَرٌّ]. (A. [The meaning that I have given is there indicated by the context.])