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لتء
Root entry · 9 derived lemmasThe root لتء primarily denotes the act of striking, hitting, or throwing. It extends to related concepts like piercing, wounding, and even the act of giving birth or being born, metaphorically seen as a forceful expulsion.
Derived headwords
لَتَأَverb
- 1.to strikeboth
To strike or hit something forcefully.
- 2.to pierceboth
To pierce or wound with a projectile like an arrow.
لَتَأَverb
- 1.to have intercourseclassical
To have sexual intercourse with a woman.
لَتَأَverb
- 1.to give birthclassical
For a mother to give birth to a child.
لَتَأَverb
- 1.to be bornclassical
For a child to be born.
لَتْءnoun
- 1.strikingboth
The act of striking or hitting.
- 2.piercingboth
The act of piercing or wounding.
لَتْءnoun
- 1.intercourseclassical
Sexual intercourse.
لَتْءnoun
- 1.birthclassical
The act of giving birth or being born.
لَتِيءnoun
- 1.pierced oneclassical
One who has been struck or pierced, especially by an arrow.
المُلَتَّىnoun
- 1.the one struckclassical
The one who has been struck or hit.
Parallel reading
لتأ في صدره يلتأ لتأ: دفع
He struck in his chest, striking, striking: he pushed.
ولتأ المرأة يلتؤها لتأ: نكحها
And he had intercourse with the woman, having intercourse with her, intercourse: he married her.
ولتأه بسهم لتأ: رماه به
And he struck him with an arrow, striking: he shot him with it.
ولتأت الرجل بالحجر إذا رميته به
And you strike a man with a stone if you throw it at him.
ولتأته بعيني لتأ إذا أحددت إليه النظر
And you strike him with your eyes, striking, if you fix your gaze upon him.
تراه، إذا أمه الصنو لا ... ينوء اللتيء الذي يلتؤه
You see him, when his brother is not... he does not bear the one struck, whom he strikes.
قال: اللتيء، فعيل من لتأته إذا أصبته
He said: Al-lati'u, fa'il from 'he struck him' if you hit him.
واللتيء الملتي: المرمي
And al-lati'u al-multati: the one thrown.
ولتأت به أمه: ولدته
And his mother gave birth to him: she bore him.
يقال: لعن الله أما لتأت به، ولكأت به، أي رمته
It is said: May God curse a mother who gave birth to him, and who struck him, meaning she threw him.