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وتح

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

شَىْءٌ وَتْحٌ ذ , and ↓ وَتِحٌ, (S, K,) and ↓ وَتَحٌ, and ↓ وَتِيحٌ, (K,) A little, or small, and paltry, mean, or contemptible, thing. (S, K.) One says also شَىْءٌ وَتَحٌ وَعْرٌ A small, or little, or scanty, thing: the latter of the two epithets being an imitative sequent; (S;) or, correctly, a corroborative. (Marg. note in a copy of the S.) ― -b2- ↓ مَا أَغْنَى وعَنِّى وَتَحَةً, a phrase like ما اغنى عنّى عَبَكَةً, (L,) or He, or it, was of no profit, or advantage, to me. (L, K.) ― -b3- طَعَامٌ وَتْحٌ Food in which is no good; like وَحْتٌ. (L.) ― -b4- ↓ رَجُلٌ وَتحٌ A vile, mean, or contemptible, man. (S.)

Derived headwords

شَىْءٌ وَتْحٌ
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شَىْءٌ وَتَحٌ وَعْرٌ
ما اغنى
عنّى عَبَكَةً
طَعَامٌ وَتْحٌ