رَغُوثٌ
1.
Any female suckling; (JK, S, K;) as also
مُرْغِثٌ: (K:) or one says شَاةٌ رَغُوثٌ and رَغُوثَةٌ, meaning particularly a ewe suckling: but [the verbal noun]
إِرْغَاثٌ has been used in relation to the she-camel: or رَغُوثٌ applied to a شاة means only that has brought forth: (TA:) and one says بِرْذَوْنَةٌ رَغُوثٌ meaning [a hackney-mare] that is sucked, i. q.
مَرْغُوثَةٌ; (S, TA;) and that scarcely ever raises her head from the manger: [whence] it is said in a prov., اكل الدَّوَابِّ بِرْذَوْنَةٌ
رَغُوثٌ [The most voracious of beasts is a hackneymare that is sucked]: or, as J gives it [in the S, and Z in the A], thus, as verse:
[More voracious than a hackney-mare that is sucked]: and مُرْغِثٌ is applied to a woman as meaning suckling: the plural of رَغُوثٌ is رِغَاثٌ. (TA.)اكلُ مِنْ بِرْذَوْنَةٍ رَغُوثِ
2.
Also A child, or young one, that is suckled; a suckling. (TA.)