رطم

8 ارتطم ذ He stuck fast فِى الوَحْلِ [ in the mire ]. (TA.) You say, ارتطمت الدَّابَّةُ فِى الوَحْلِ [ The beast stuck fast in the mire ], and فى الخَبَارِ [ in the soft ground ], (TA in art. تع,) and فى الرَّمْلِ [ in the sand ]. (S and K in that art.) And ارتطمت بِهِ فَرَسُهُ His mare's feet sank [in the mire, or soft ground, or sand,] with him. (TA.) ― -b2- And hence, (TA,) ارتطم فِى أَمْرٍ (tropical:) He became involved in an affair, or a case, from which he could not extricate himself (K, * TA) unless with confusion, or perplexity, cleaving to him. (TA.) ― -b3- And ارتطم عَلَيْهِ أَمْرٌ, (S,) or الأَمْرُ, (K,) (tropical:) An affair, or a case, or the affair, or case, was such that he could not extricate himself from it; (S, K;) it wearied him, and the ways thereof were obstructed against him, so that he could not extricate himself from it. (TA.) ― -b4- And ارتطم It (a thing) was, or became, pressed together, or compressed: and it was, or became, heaped up, piled up, or accumulated, one part upon another; (K;) as also ↓ تراطم. (TA.) -A2- ارتطم السَّلْحَ He suppressed, or retained, the excrement; as also ↓ترطّمهُ. (K.)