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وطء

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of stepping, treading, or walking upon something. It extends to concepts of agreement, conformity, and even specific types of food preparations, often involving mashed or mixed ingredients. The root also features in discussions of poetic flaws related to rhyme repetition.

Derived headwords

تَوَضَّأَverb
  1. 1.
    perform ritual ablutionboth

    To perform the minor ritual washing before prayer, as described in the hadith.

مَوْطِئnoun
  1. 1.
    place stepped onclassical

    A place that is trodden upon, specifically referring to something stepped on or walked over.

  2. 2.
    offenseclassical

    Referring to something offensive or harmful that is stepped on or encountered in the path.

لا نتوضأ من موطإ أي ما يوطأ من الأذى في الطريق — We do not perform ablution from something stepped on, meaning what is trodden of harm in the road.
وَطَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    beddingclassical

    The opposite of a covering; it refers to something spread out or laid upon, like bedding.

وَطِيئَةnoun
  1. 1.
    food dishclassical

    A type of food prepared by Arabs, often made from dates.

  2. 2.
    mashed dates with milkclassical

    Dates with their pits removed, mashed with milk.

  3. 3.
    dates and cheeseclassical

    A preparation of dates mixed with cheese.

  4. 4.
    bagclassical

    Something like a large bag or sack, possibly used for carrying provisions.

والوطيئة: تمر يخرج نواه ويعجن بلبن — And al-waṭīʾah: dates from which the pits are removed and kneaded with milk.
والوطيئة: الأقط بالسكر — And al-waṭīʾah: dried cheese with sugar.
أتيناه بوطيئة ، هي طعام يتخذ من التمر كالحيس — We brought him a waṭīʾah, which is a food made from dates like al-ḥays.
فأخرج إلينا ثلاث أكل من وطيئة ؛ أي ثلاث قرص من غرارة — So he brought out to us three morsels from a waṭīʾah; meaning three loaves from a bag.
وَطِيءnoun
  1. 1.
    soft porridgeclassical

    A soft porridge, specifically a smooth 'aṣīdah.

مَوْطَأَ الْعَقِبِphrase
  1. 1.
    much followedclassical

    A curse or prayer for someone to be greatly followed, implying leadership, authority, or wealth that attracts followers.

اللهم إن كان كذب، فاجعله موطأ العقب — O Allah, if he lied, make him one whose heel is trodden upon (i.e., much followed).
وَاطَأَverb
  1. 1.
    agreeboth

    To agree with, to conform to, to be in accord with.

  2. 2.
    match rhymeclassical

    In poetry, to match a rhyme with the same word and meaning.

واطأ الشاعر في الشعر وأوطأ فيه وأوطأه إذا اتفقت له قافيتان على كلمة واحدة معناهما واحد — The poet matched in poetry, and made it match, and made it match him if two rhymes occurred to him on a single word with the same meaning.
أَوْطَأَverb
  1. 1.
    cause to agreeclassical

    To cause to agree or conform; to make something match.

  2. 2.
    repeat rhymeclassical

    In poetry, to repeat a rhyme word and meaning.

إِيطَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    rhyme repetitionclassical

    A flaw in poetry where the same rhyme word is repeated with the same meaning, considered a sign of limited poetic vocabulary.

  2. 2.
    agreementclassical

    Conformity or agreement.

الإيطاء رد كلمة قد قفيت بها مرة نحو قافية على رجل وأخرى على رجل في قصيدة — Al-īṭāʾ is repeating a word that has already been used as a rhyme, such as rhyming with one man and then another man in a poem.
أصله: أن يطأ الإنسان في طريقه على أثر وطء قبله، فيعيد الوطء على ذلك الموضع، وكذلك إعادة القافية هي من هذا — Its origin is that a person steps in his path on a previous footprint, and repeats the step on that spot, and similarly, repeating the rhyme is from this.
ايْتَطَأَverb
  1. 1.
    be mid-monthclassical

    To be around the middle of the lunar month, specifically a day before or after the 15th.

ايتطأ الشهر، وذلك قبل النصف بيوم وبعده بيوم — The month is being approached mid-month, which is a day before or after the half.

Parallel reading

لا نتوضأ من موطإ أي ما يوطأ من الأذى في الطريق، أراد لا نعيد الوضوء منه، لا أنهم كانوا لا يغسلونه.
We do not perform ablution from something stepped on, meaning what is trodden of harm in the road; he meant we do not repeat the ablution from it, not that they did not wash it.
والوطاء: خلاف الغطاء.
And al-waṭāʾ: the opposite of a covering.
والوطيئة: تمر يخرج نواه ويعجن بلبن.
And al-waṭīʾah: dates from which the pits are removed and kneaded with milk.
والوطيئة: الأقط بالسكر.
And al-waṭīʾah: dried cheese with sugar.
وفي الصحاح: الوطيئة: ضرب من الطعام.
And in Al-Ṣiḥāḥ: al-waṭīʾah: a type of food.
التهذيب: والوطيئة: طعام للعرب يتخذ من التمر.
Al-Tahdhīb: And al-waṭīʾah: food for the Arabs made from dates.
قال شمر قال أبو أسلم: الوطيئة: التمر، وهو أن يجعل في برمة ويصب عليه الماء والسمن، إن كان، ولا يخلط به أقط، ثم يشرب كما تشرب الحسية.
Shammir said, Abu Aslam said: Al-waṭīʾah: dates, which is when they are put in a pot and water and ghee are poured over them, if available, and no dried cheese is mixed with it, then it is drunk like al-ḥasiyyah is drunk.
وقال ابن شميل: الوطيئة مثل الحيس: تمر وأقط يعجنان بالسمن.
And Ibn Shumayl said: Al-waṭīʾah is like al-ḥays: dates and dried cheese kneaded with ghee.
المفضل: الوطيء والوطيئة: العصيدة الناعمة، فإذا ثخنت، فهي النفيتة، فإذا زادت قليلا، فهي النفيثة بالثاء «3»، فإذا زادت، فهي اللفيتة، فإذا تعلكت، فهي العصيدة.
Al-Mufaḍḍal: Al-waṭīʾ and al-waṭīʾah: the soft 'aṣīdah, and if it thickens, it is al-nafītah, and if it increases a little, it is al-nafīthah with thāʾ, and if it increases more, it is al-lafītah, and if it becomes chewy, it is al-'aṣīdah.
وفي حديث عبد الله بن بسر، رضي الله عنه: أتيناه بوطيئة ، هي طعام يتخذ من التمر كالحيس.
And in the hadith of Abdullah bin Busr, may Allah be pleased with him: We brought him a waṭīʾah, which is a food made from dates like al-ḥays.
والوطيئة، على فعيلة: شيء كالغرارة.
And al-waṭīʾah, on the pattern fa'īlah: something like a large bag.
غيره: الوطيئة: الغرارة يكون فيها القديد والكعك وغيره.
Others: Al-waṭīʾah: the large bag in which dried meat and cakes and other things are kept.
وفي الحديث: فأخرج إلينا ثلاث أكل من وطيئة ؛ أي ثلاث قرص من غرارة.
And in the hadith: So he brought out to us three morsels from a waṭīʾah; meaning three loaves from a bag.
وفي حديث عمار أن رجلا وشى به إلى عمر، فقال: اللهم إن كان كذب، فاجعله موطأ العقب أي كثير الأتباع، دعا عليه بأن يكون سلطانا، ومقدما، أو ذا مال، فيتبعه الناس ويمشون وراءه.
And in the hadith of Ammar that a man slandered him to Umar, so he said: O Allah, if he lied, make him one whose heel is trodden upon (i.e., much followed), he prayed against him that he be a sultan, a leader, or wealthy, so people would follow him and walk behind him.
واطأ الشاعر في الشعر وأوطأ فيه وأوطأه إذا اتفقت له قافيتان على كلمة واحدة معناهما واحد، فإن اتفق اللفظ واختلف المعنى، فليس بإيطاء.
The poet matched in poetry, and made it match, and made it match him if two rhymes occurred to him on a single word with the same meaning; if the wording matched but the meaning differed, it is not īṭāʾ.
وقيل: واطأ في الشعر وأوطأ فيه وأوطأه إذا لم يخالف بين القافيتين لفظا ولا معنى، فإن كان الاتفاق باللفظ والاختلاف بالمعنى، فليس بإيطاء.
And it was said: He matched in poetry, and made it match, and made it match him if he did not differ between the two rhymes in wording or meaning; if the agreement was in wording and the difference in meaning, it is not īṭāʾ.
وقال الأخفش: الإيطاء رد كلمة قد قفيت بها مرة نحو قافية على رجل وأخرى على رجل في قصيدة، فهذا عيب عند العرب لا يختلفون فيه، وقد يقولونه مع ذلك.
And Al-Akhfash said: Al-īṭāʾ is repeating a word that has already been used as a rhyme, such as rhyming with one man and then another man in a poem; this is a flaw among the Arabs, they do not disagree on it, yet they may still say it.
قال النابغة: أو أضع البيت في سوداء مظلمة، ... تقيد العير، لا يسري بها الساري ثم قال: لا يخفض الرز عن أرض ألم بها، ... ولا يضل على مصباحه الساري
Al-Nābighah said: Or I place the verse in a dark blackness... restraining the wild ass, the night traveler does not journey by it. Then he said: It does not lower the sustenance from land it has afflicted... nor does the night traveler go astray by its lamp.
قال ابن جني: ووجه استقباح العرب الإيطاء أنه دال عندهم على قلة مادة الشاعر ونزارة ما عنده، حتى يضطر إلى إعادة القافية الواحدة في القصيدة بلفظها ومعناها، فيجري هذا عندهم، لما ذكرناه، مجرى العي والحصر.
And Ibn Jinni said: The reason for the Arabs' disapproval of al-īṭāʾ is that it indicates to them the poet's limited vocabulary and scarcity of what he possesses, to the point that he is compelled to repeat the same rhyme in the poem with its wording and meaning; this is considered by them, for the reason we mentioned, akin to a defect and constraint.
وأصله: أن يطأ الإنسان في طريقه على أثر وطء قبله، فيعيد الوطء على ذلك الموضع، وكذلك إعادة القافية هي من هذا.
And its origin is that a person steps in his path on a previous footprint, and repeats the step on that spot, and similarly, repeating the rhyme is from this.
وقد أوطأ ووطأ وأطأ فأطأ، على بدل الهمزة من الواو كوناة وأناة وآطأ، على إبدال الألف من الواو كياجل في يوجل، وغير ذلك لا نظر فيه.
And he said 'awṭa'a, waṭa'a, aṭa'a, fa'aṭa', with the hamza substituted for the wāw like 'kunāh' and 'anāh' and 'āṭa'a', with the alif substituted for the wāw like 'yājal' in 'yūjal', and other than that is not considered.
قال أبو عمرو بن العلاء: الإيطاء ليس بعيب في الشعر عند العرب، وهو إعادة القافية مرتين.
Abu Amr bin Al-Ala said: Al-īṭāʾ is not a flaw in poetry among the Arabs, and it is repeating the rhyme twice.
قال الليث: أخذ من المواطأة وهي الموافقة على شيء واحد.
Al-Layth said: It is derived from al-muwāṭaʾah, which is agreement on one thing.
وروي عن ابن سلام الجمحي أنه قال: إذا كثر الإيطاء في قصيدة مرات، فهو عيب عندهم.
And it is narrated from Ibn Sallam Al-Jumahi that he said: If al-īṭāʾ is repeated many times in a poem, it is a flaw among them.
أبو زيد: ايتطأ الشهر، وذلك قبل النصف بيوم وبعده بيوم، بوزن ايتطع.
Abu Zayd: The month is approached mid-month, which is a day before or after the half, on the pattern of 'aytata'a'.