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حطء

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes forceful impact, striking, or pushing, often resulting in a fall or being thrown down. It extends to meanings of forceful expulsion, sexual intercourse, and even flatulence, reflecting a core concept of forceful action or emission.

Derived headwords

حطأverb
  1. 1.
    to strike downboth

    To strike someone or something forcefully against the ground, causing them to fall or be thrown down.

  2. 2.
    to pushboth

    To push someone or something forcefully, often with the hand.

  3. 3.
    to have sexual intercourseclassical

    To have sexual intercourse with a woman.

  4. 4.
    to fartclassical

    To emit flatulence.

  5. 5.
    to expel forcefullyclassical

    To expel something forcefully, like a pot boiling over.

حطأ به الأرض حطأ — He struck it against the ground and threw it down.
حطأت رأسه حطأة شديدة — He gave his head a severe push/strike.
حطأ به الأرضverb
  1. 1.
    to strike down to the groundboth

    To strike someone or something forcefully against the ground, causing them to fall or be thrown down.

قد حطأت أم خثيم بأذن — Am Khuthaym struck (it) with an ear.
احتملهverb
  1. 1.
    to bear downclassical

    To bear down on someone or something, causing them to fall or be struck.

احتمله فحطأ به الأرض — He bore down on him and struck him to the ground.
حطأته بيديverb
  1. 1.
    to strike with my handboth

    To strike someone or something with my hand.

  2. 2.
    to push with my handboth

    To push someone or something with my hand.

حطأته بيدي حطأ — I struck him with my hand.
حطأته بيدي أي ضربته — I struck him with my hand.
حطأته بيديverb
  1. 1.
    to strike with my handboth

    To strike someone or something with my hand.

  2. 2.
    to push with my handboth

    To push someone or something with my hand.

حطأته بيدي حطأ — I struck him with my hand.
حطأته بيدي أي ضربته — I struck him with my hand.
الحطءnoun
  1. 1.
    severe fallingclassical

    The state of severe falling or being thrown down.

  2. 2.
    a strikeclassical

    A forceful strike, especially with an open hand.

  3. 3.
    a pushclassical

    A forceful push.

الحطء، مهموز: شدة الصرع — Al-Hatt' (hamzated): severe falling.
حطأverb
  1. 1.
    to strikeboth

    To strike someone or something, especially with an open hand.

  2. 2.
    to pushboth

    To push someone or something forcefully.

حطأه بيده حطأ — He struck him with his hand.
حطأ ظهره بيده مبسوطة — He struck his back with his open hand.
الحطيئةname
  1. 1.
    Al-Hutay'ah (poet)both

    A famous poet, named after the meaning of striking or being struck.

  2. 2.
    short personclassical

    A short person, named for their diminutive stature.

والحطيئة: شاعر معروف — And Al-Hutay'ah: a known poet.
والحطيئة: الرجل القصير، وسمي الحطيئة لدمامته — And Al-Hutay'ah: the short man, and he was named Al-Hutay'ah for his smallness.
حطأةnoun
  1. 1.
    a strikeclassical

    A strike with an open hand, especially on the body.

  2. 2.
    a pushclassical

    A push with an open hand.

الحطأة: ضربة باليد مبسوطة أي الجسد أصابت — Al-Hatah: a strike with an open hand, meaning it hit the body.
حطانيverb
  1. 1.
    he struck meclassical

    He struck me.

فحطاني حطوة — So he struck me a strike.
حطأهverb
  1. 1.
    to strike himboth

    To strike him, especially with an open hand.

  2. 2.
    to push himboth

    To push him forcefully.

أخذ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بقفاي فحطأني حطأة — The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) took me by the nape of my neck and struck me a strike.
حطأ بكverb
  1. 1.
    to push you awayclassical

    To push you away from your opinion or decision.

ما لبثك السهمي أن حطأ بك إذا تشاورتما — The Sahmi did not delay in pushing you away when you consulted each other.
حطأت القدرverb
  1. 1.
    the pot boiled overclassical

    The pot expelled its contents forcefully due to boiling.

حطأت القدر بزبدها — The pot boiled over with its foam.
حطأ بسلحهverb
  1. 1.
    to throw upclassical

    To throw up or expel something.

حطأ بسلحه — He threw up his excrement.
حطأ المرأةverb
  1. 1.
    to have intercourse with the womanclassical

    To have sexual intercourse with the woman.

حطأ المرأة حطأ — He had intercourse with the woman.
حطأverb
  1. 1.
    to fartclassical

    To emit flatulence.

حطأ حطأ — He farted.
حطأ بهاverb
  1. 1.
    to fartclassical

    To emit flatulence.

حطأ بها — She farted.
الحطيءadjective
  1. 1.
    base peopleclassical

    The base or ignoble people.

الحطيء من الناس، مهموز، على مثال فعيل: الرذال من الرجال — Al-Hati' (hamzated), on the pattern of Fa'eel: the base of men.
حطيء نطيءphrase
  1. 1.
    base and ignobleclassical

    A phrase used to describe base and ignoble individuals, likely an emphatic repetition.

حطيء نطيء، إتباع له — Hati' nati', an appositive to it.
أحطئverb
  1. 1.
    to fartclassical

    To emit flatulence.

أحطئ، فإنك أنت أقذر من مشى — Fart, for you are more disgusting than anyone who walks.
حطءnoun
  1. 1.
    a pushclassical

    A forceful push.

وقيل: الحطء: الدفع — And it was said: Al-Hatt': a push.
حطء من تمرphrase
  1. 1.
    a load of datesclassical

    A quantity of dates that a person can carry on their back.

حطء من تمر — A load of dates.
حطىverb
  1. 1.
    to throw downclassical

    To throw someone down onto their face.

ألقى الإنسان على وجهه — A person threw himself onto his face.

Parallel reading

ضربها به وصرعه
He struck it with it and threw it down.
قال: قد حطأت أم خثيم بأذن، ... بخارج الخثلة، مفسوء القطن أراد بأذن، فخفف
He said: Am Khuthaym struck (it) with an ear, ... outside the clump, the bursting cotton, he intended with an ear, so it was lightened.
وو الله، لا آتي ابن حاطئة استها، ... سجيس عجيس، ما أبان لسانيا
By God, I will not approach Ibn Hatia's vulva, ... for a long time, it did not reveal its tongue.
الحطء، مهموز: شدة الصرع
Al-Hatt', hamzated: severe falling.
يقال: احتمله فحطأ به الأرض
It is said: He bore down on him and struck him to the ground.
حطأت الرجل حطأ إذا صرعته
You have struck a man down if you have made him fall.
وحطأته بيدي حطأ: إذا قفدته
And I pushed him with my hand, a push: if I made him stumble.
وحطأته بيدي أي ضربته
And I pushed him with my hand, meaning I struck him.
والحطيئة من هذا، تصغير حطأة، وهي الضرب بالأرض
And Al-Hutay'ah is from this, a diminutive of Hatah, which is striking the ground.
الحطأة: ضربة باليد مبسوطة أي الجسد أصابت
Al-Hatah: a strike with an open hand, meaning it hit the body.
والحطيئة منه مأخوذ
And Al-Hutay'ah is derived from it.
وحطأه بيده حطأ: ضربه بها منشورة أي موضع أصابت
And he struck him with his hand, a strike: he struck him with it spread out, meaning the place it hit.
وحطأه: ضرب ظهره بيده مبسوطة
And he struck him: he struck his back with his open hand.
أخذ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بقفاي فحطأني حطأة، وقال اذهب فادع لي فلانا
The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) took me by the nape of my neck and struck me a strike, and said: Go and call so-and-so for me.
وقد روي غير مهموز، رواه ابن الأعرابي: فحطاني حطوة
And it has been narrated without hamza, narrated by Ibn Al-A'rabi: So he struck me a strike.
لا تكون الحطأة إلا ضربة بالكف بين الكتفين أو على جراش «1» الجنب أو الصدر أو على الكتد، فإن كانت بالرأس فهي صقعة، وإن كانت بالوجه فهي لطمة
A Hatah is only a strike with the palm between the shoulders, or on the side of the flank, or the chest, or on the shoulder blade; if it is on the head, it is a blow, and if it is on the face, it is a slap.
حطأت رأسه حطأة شديدة: وهي شدة القفد بالراحة
He gave his head a severe strike: which is the severity of pushing with the palm.
وإن حطأت كتفيه ذرملا
And if he struck his shoulders with force.
يقال حطأه يحطؤه حطأ إذا دفعه بكفه
It is said: He struck him, he strikes him, a strike, if he pushed him with his palm.
ما لبثك السهمي أن حطأ بك إذا تشاورتما
The Sahmi did not delay in pushing you away when you consulted each other.
حطأت القدر بزبدها أي دفعته ورمت به عند الغليان، وبه سمي الحطيئة
The pot boiled over with its foam, meaning it pushed it and threw it when boiling, and Al-Hutay'ah was named from this.
حطأ بسلحه: رمى به
He threw up his excrement: he threw it up.
حطأ المرأة حطأ: نكحها
He had intercourse with the woman, a sexual intercourse: he had sexual intercourse with her.
حطأ حطأ: ضرط
He farted, a fart: he farted.
حطأ بها: حبق
She farted: she farted.
الحطيء من الناس، مهموز، على مثال فعيل: الرذال من الرجال
Al-Hati' from the people, hamzated, on the pattern of Fa'eel: the base of men.
حطيء نطيء، إتباع له
Hati' nati', an appositive to it.
والحطيئة: الرجل القصير، وسمي الحطيئة لدمامته
And Al-Hutay'ah: the short man, and he was named Al-Hutay'ah for his smallness.
أحطئ، فإنك أنت أقذر من مشى، ... وبذاك سميت الحطيئة، فاذرق أي اسلح
Fart, for you are more disgusting than anyone who walks, ... and by that Al-Hutay'ah was named, meaning to fart, i.e., to release wind.
وقيل: الحطء: الدفع
And it was said: Al-Hatt': a push.
حطء من تمر وحتء من تمر أي رفض قدر ما يحمله الإنسان فوق ظهره
A load of dates and a load of dates, meaning a quantity that a person carries on his back.
ألقى الإنسان على وجهه
A person threw himself onto his face.