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تحتح

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a sound or action related to something being loose, shaky, or making a rattling noise. It can refer to the sound of something falling or being unstable, and by extension, to a weak or unsteady state.

Derived headwords

تَحْتَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to rattle, shakeboth

    To make a rattling sound, or to shake or be loose.

  2. 2.
    to fall with a rattleclassical

    To fall down making a rattling noise, often implying instability.

تَحْتَحَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    rattling soundboth

    The sound of something rattling or shaking.

  2. 2.
    instability, loosenessclassical

    A state of being loose, shaky, or unstable.

Parallel reading

تَحْتَحَ الشيءُ إِذَا تَحَرَّكَ وَأَحْدَثَ صَوْتاً
The thing rattled when it moved and made a sound.
وَتَحْتَحَ إِذَا سَقَطَ مُتَحَرِّكاً
And it rattled when it fell, moving.
وَالتَّحْتَحَةُ صَوْتُ مَا سَقَطَ
And the rattling is the sound of something that fell.
وَقَدْ يُقَالُ ذَلِكَ لِمَا لَا يَثْبُتُ
And this may be said of something that is not firm.