حط

1 حَطَّهُ حط حطه حطة , (S, Msb, TA,) aor. حَطُ3َ , (Msb, TA,) inf. n. حَطٌّ, (Msb, K, TA,) He put it down, syn. وَضَعَهُ, (K, * TA,) and أَنْزَلَهُ, (Msb, TA,) from a high to a lower place; (Msb;) namely a load, or any other thing from a back; (TA;) a camel's saddle, (S, Msb, TA,) or other thing; (Msb;) a horse's saddle; and a bow; (S, TA;) as also ↓ احتطّهُ. (K, * TA.) You say, حَطَّ الأَحْمَالَ عَنِ الدَّوَابِّ He put down the loads from the beasts. (L.) And حَطَّ عَنْهُ وِزْرَهُ [ He put down from him his heavy burden: or (tropical:) his heavy burden of sin ]: (S, * K, * TA:) if a real load be intended, this is proper; but if an ideal thing, it is tropical; (TA;) [as when you say,] حُطَّ عَنَّا ذُنُوبَنَا [(tropical:) Put Thou down from us the burden of our sins ]. (K.) And حَطَّ رَحْلَهُ [lit. He put down his camel's saddle; ] meaning (tropical:) he stayed, or abode. (TA.) And حَطَّ alone, [elliptically,] (assumed tropical:) He alighted; or alighted and abode; (S, TA;) فِى مَكَانٍ in a place. (TA.) ― -b2- He threw it down; namely a thing. (TA.) [ He paid it down; namely money.] ― -b3- He made it to descend, or to go down, or downwards, or down a declivity, (S, K, * TA,) from above to below. (K, TA.) Imra-el-Keys says, [describing a horse in motion,] كَجُلْمُودِ صَخْرٍ حَطَّهُ السَّيْلُ مِنْ عَلِ [ Like a mass of rock which the torrent has made to descend from above ]. (TA.) ― -b4- [(assumed tropical:) He lowered him, or degraded him. ] ― -b5- حَطَّ مِنَ الثَّمَنِ كَذَا (tropical:) He abated of the price so much; syn. أَسْقَطَ; (Mgh, Msb;) لَهُ to him. (Msb.) And حَطَّ مِنْهُ حَطِيطَةً وَافِيَةً (tropical:) [ He made a large abatement of it ]. (TA.) [See حَطِيطَةٌ.] And حَطَطْتُ مِنَ الدَّيْنِ (tropical:) I abated [somewhat] of the debt. (Msb.) [See also 10.] ― -b6- حَطَّهُ is also syn. with حَتَّهُ: as in a trad. where it is said of Mohammad, that he sat by a dry branch of a tree, فَقَالَ بِيَدِهِ وَ حَطَّ وَرَقَهَا [ And he made a sign with his hand, and removed its leaves ]; meaning, scattered its leaves. (AA, TA.) And so in the phrase, الزُّبْدُ يُحَطُّ عَنِ اللَّبَنِ [ The froth is removed, or skimmed off, from the milk ]. (TA.) -A2- حَطَّ السِّعْرُ, aor. حَطِ3َ , (L, TA, [but I think it more probable that the aor. is حَطِ3َ , agreeably with analogy, like as some say of قَطَّ, which, accord. to Sh, signifies the same, or nearly so, but accord. to others, the contr. of حَطَّ,] inf. n. حَطٌّ and حُطُوطٌ, (L, K,) (tropical:) The price was, or became, low, or cheap; (L, K, TA;) it abated; (Fr, TA in art. قط;) and so ↓ انحطّ. (Fr ubi suprà, S, * TA.) -A3- حَطَّ البَعِيرُ, (S, K,) فِى السَيْرِ, (S,) inf. n. حِطَاطٌ, (S, K,) (tropical:) The camel bore upon his nose-rein (S, K) towards one side, (K,) in going; (S;) as also ↓ انحطّ: (K:) or, accord. to AA, انحطّت النَّاقَةُ فِى سَيْرِهَا signifies (assumed tropical:) the she-camel was quick in her pace; (S, TA;) and so حَطَّت: (TA:) and حِطَاطٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) vehement running. (TA.) [From what next follows, it seems that the verb in this sense is of the measure فَعِلَ, aor. حَطَ3َ .] ― -b2- The poet 'Amr-Ibn-El-Ahtam uses the phrase, حَطِّى فِى هَوَاىَ, meaning (assumed tropical:) Rest thou upon my love, and incline my way. (TA.) And it is said in a trad., فَحَطَّتْ اـِلَى الشَّابِّ (assumed tropical:) And she inclined with her heart towards the youth. (TA.) ― -b3- حَطَّ فِى عِرْضِ فُلَانٍ (assumed tropical:) He launched forth into, or pressed on in, the reviling of such a one. (TA.) ― -b4- حَطَّ فِى الطَّعَامِ (tropical:) He ate the food; (K, TA;) as also ↓ حطّط, (Sgh, K,) inf. n. تَحْطِيطٌ: (TA:) or he ate much of the food. (A, TA.) -A4- حَطَّ الجِلْدَ, inf. n. حَطٌّ, He polished, or smoothed, the skin; and figured, or decorated, it; (K, TA;) and ruled it, or made lines upon it; (TA;) with the مِحَطّ. (K, TA.)