مَاثَ

, aorist يَمِيثُ, (verbal noun مَيْثٌ, K,) i. q. مَاثَ, aorist يَمُوثُ, verbal noun مَوْثٌ; (S, K;) [in the CK, for المَوْثُ is put المَوْتُ;] as also ↓ ميّث, verbal noun تَمْيِيثٌ; (K;) and ↓ اماث, verbal noun إِمَاثَةٌ; but this is disapproved by IAth; (TA;) and ↓ امتاث, verbal noun إِمْتِيَاثٌ; (K;) and ↓ إِمَّاثَ, [for إِنْمَاثَ,] verbal noun إِمِّيَاثٌ; (TA;) [but the last form I have only found used intransitively;] He steeped a thing in water, and mashed it with his hand: (TA:) he mixed and moistened a thing in water: (S, K:) or ماث and ↓ ميّث, he steeped anything, such as saffron, and dates, and raisins, and the preparation of churned milk called أَقِط, in water, so that it dissolved, and mashed it with his hand. (Lth.)

مَاثَ He dissolved salt in water; (ISk, Lth;) and in like manner clay, or loam. (ISk.)

اللّٰهُمَّ مِثْ قُلُوبَهُمْ كَمَا يُمَاثُ المِلْحُ فِى المَاءِ [O God, dissolve their hearts, like as salt is dissolved in water!] (TA, from a tradition)