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وطث

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of striking or crushing forcefully, often with the feet or a heavy object. It implies breaking or pulverizing something through intense pressure or impact.

Derived headwords

وَطَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike heavilyboth

    To strike something with great force, particularly with the feet or a heavy object, causing it to break or be crushed.

وَطْثًاnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy strikingclassical

    The act of striking heavily or forcefully, as described by the root.

مُوطُوثadjective
  1. 1.
    heavily struckclassical

    Something that has been struck or crushed with great force.

وَطَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to crushclassical

    To crush or break something by stepping on it or applying heavy pressure. This is considered a variant or dialectal pronunciation of 'waṭatha'.

مُوطُوسadjective
  1. 1.
    crushedclassical

    Something that has been crushed or broken by being trodden upon or subjected to heavy force.

Parallel reading

الوطث: الضرب الشديد بالخف
Al-waṭth: The severe striking with the hoof.
تطوي الموامي، وتصك الوعثا
It traverses the deserts, and strikes the rugged ground.
بجبهة المرداس، وطثا وطثا
Upon the forehead of the hard rock, striking it heavily.
الوَطْث الضرب الشديد بالرجل على الأرض
Al-waṭth is the severe striking of the ground with the foot.
لغة في الوطس أو لثغة
A dialectal variant of al-waṭs or a lisp.
وزعم يعقوب أن ثاء وطث بدل من سين وطس
And Ya'qub claimed that the 'th' of waṭath is a substitute for the 's' of waṭas.
وهو الكسر
And it is the breaking.
الوطث والوطس: الكسر
Al-waṭth and al-waṭs: The breaking.
وطثه يطثه وطثا
He struck it heavily, he strikes it heavily, with heavy striking.
فهو موطوث
And it is heavily struck.
ووطسه، فهو موطوس إذا توطأه حتى يكسره
And he crushed it, and it is crushed, if he treads upon it until he breaks it.