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لطث

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns actions of striking, hitting, or throwing, often with a blunt object or with force. It extends to concepts of being heavy, burdensome, or rough, and metaphorically to the clashing or surging of waves.

Derived headwords

لَطَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to strikeboth

    To strike someone with the flat of the hand or with a wide stick.

  2. 2.
    to throwboth

    To throw something, such as a stone.

  3. 3.
    to weigh heavilyclassical

    For a burden or matter to become heavy or difficult.

لَطْثًاnoun
  1. 1.
    strikingboth

    The act of striking with the flat of the hand or a wide stick.

  2. 2.
    throwingboth

    The act of throwing.

  3. 3.
    heavinessclassical

    The state of being heavy or burdensome.

تَلَاطَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to surgeclassical

    Used to describe waves crashing against each other.

  2. 2.
    to clashclassical

    Used to describe people fighting with swords or hands.

المَلَاطِثnoun
  1. 1.
    burdened onesclassical

    Refers to sellers who are weighed down by their goods or by the difficulty of the transaction.

  2. 2.
    heavy placesclassical

    Places that have become heavy or difficult due to a burden.

مُلَطَّثname
  1. 1.
    Mulaththathboth

    A proper name.

Parallel reading

اللطث الفساد
Al-latth is corruption.
لطثه «1» يلطثه لطثا: ضربه بعرض يده أو بعود عريض
Latthahu yaltathuhu latthan: to strike him with the flat of the hand or with a wide stick.
لطثه بحجر ولطسه إذا رماه
Latthahu bi-hajarin wa latasahu idhā ramāhu: to throw him with a stone, meaning to throw him.
وتلاطث الموج: تلاطم
Wa talāthat al-mawju: the waves surge against each other.
وتلاطث القوم: تضاربوا بالسيوف أو بأيديهم
Wa talāthat al-qawmu: the people clashed with swords or with their hands.
لطثه الحمل والأمر يلطثه لطثا: ثقل عليه وغلظ
Latthahu al-hamlu wal-amru yaltathuhu latthan: the burden and the matter became heavy and difficult for him.
ما زال بيع السرق المهايث ... بالضعف، حتى استوقر الملاطث
The sale of the swift camels continued... with weakness, until the burdened ones became heavy.
الملاطث يعني به البائع
Al-malāthith means by it the seller.
وهي المواضع التي لطثت بالحمل حتى لهدت
And they are the places that were weighed down by the burden until they became exhausted.