وَعْثٌ

A place that is even and soft, (S, K,) such as is termed دَهْسٌ, (K,) or كَثِيرُ الدَّهَسِ, (S,) in which the feet sink, (S, K,) and upon which it is troublesome to walk: (S:) or sand in which the feet of camels, &c., sink: (ISd:) and [in like manner] ↓ وَعْثَاءُ signifies that in which the hoofs of horses and the like, and the feet of camels, sink, consisting of fine sand, and what is termed دَهَاس, of small pebbles: (Az, from Khálid Ibn-Kulthoom:) or وَعْثٌ signifies whatever is soft and even: (As:) or sand that is not much in quantity: or a soft place: plural وُعْثٌ and وُعُوثٌ: and [in like manner] ↓ نَقًا مُوَعَّثٌ an extended and gibbous tract of sand, which is soft, and in which the feet sink. (TA.)

Also وَعْثٌ and ↓ وَعِثٌ and ↓ مُوَعَّثٌ A difficult road. (K.)

هُوَ يَمْشِى فِى الوَعْثِ, and فِى الوُعُوثِ, He walks along a tract such as is called دَهَاس, (and along tracts of that kind,) in which walking is laborious. (TA.)

وَعْثٌ (tropical:) A bone broken, (S, K,) and chipped, or notched. (S.)

وَعْثٌ Leanness: (K:) soft leanness. (TA.)

وَعْثٌ A corrupt and confused state of an affair: plural وُعُوثٌ. (L.)

وَعْثٌ (tropical:) Anything inconvenient, troublesome, difficult, or toilsome. (Msb.)

إِمْرَأَةٌ وَعْثَةٌ A woman who is fat, (K,) or fleshy; (S;) as though the fingers would sink into her, by reason of her softness and fleshiness. (TA.) امراة وَعْثَهُ الأَرْدَافِ (tropical:) A woman having soft buttocks. (ISd.) Ru-beh says,

تُمِيلُهَا أَعْجَازُهَا الأَوَاعِثُ

[Her soft buttocks make her to bend]. Here اواعث may be plural of وَعْثٌ, contr. to analogy; or it may be plural of أَوْعُثٌ, which may be plural of وَعْثٌ. (ISd.) ↓ وَعْثَاءُ also signifies the same as وَعْثٌ. (ISd.)

[For the prov.]

عَلَى مَا خُيِّلَتْ وَعْثُ القَصِيمِ

(TA,) [see 2, in article خيل.]