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طوح

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of perishing, destruction, and being lost or cast about. It extends to meanings of aimless wandering, throwing something away, and being thrown or cast.

Derived headwords

طَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to perishboth

    To be on the verge of destruction, or to have perished, fallen, or gone.

  2. 2.
    to wander aimlesslyboth

    To become lost or bewildered in the land.

يَطُوحُverb
  1. 1.
    to perishboth

    The present tense of 'طَاحَ', indicating perishing or being lost.

يُطِيحُverb
  1. 1.
    to perishboth

    An alternative present tense form of 'طَاحَ', indicating perishing or being lost.

طَوْحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    perishingboth

    The verbal noun for perishing, being lost, or falling.

طَائِحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    perishedboth

    One who has perished or is on the verge of perishing.

طَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to perishboth

    To perish, go, or become lost and cease to exist.

طِيحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    perishingboth

    An alternative verbal noun for perishing or going.

طَوَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to wanderboth

    To cause someone to wander aimlessly or to lead them astray.

  2. 2.
    to cast awayboth

    To throw something away or cast it into a place from which it will not return.

تَطَوَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    to wander aboutboth

    To throw oneself about here and there, or to wander aimlessly.

  2. 2.
    to move back and forthboth

    To come and go in the air, often describing unsteady movement.

تَطْوِيحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    wanderingboth

    The act of causing someone to wander or the state of wandering about.

طَيَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to perishboth

    To cause something to perish or be destroyed.

  2. 2.
    to throwboth

    To throw something away, similar to 'طَوَّحَ'.

طَيْحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    perishingboth

    The state of perishing or destruction.

مُطَوَّحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    cast aboutboth

    One who has been cast about or made to wander in the land.

طَوَّحَ بِثَوْبِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to throw one's garmentboth

    To throw one's garment into a place of destruction or peril.

طَيَّحَ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to throw itboth

    Similar to 'طَوَّحَ بِثَوْبِهِ', to throw something away into a perilous place.

أَطَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to destroyboth

    To cause one's wealth or something else to be destroyed or perish.

طَوَّحَ بِالشَّيْءِverb
  1. 1.
    to throw somethingboth

    To throw something into the air.

طَائِحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    flying handclassical

    A hand that has been severed and is flying, as from a wrist.

  2. 2.
    calamityclassical

    A widespread disaster or event that causes division among people.

تَطَاوَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to throw oneselfboth

    To throw oneself about or to be thrown about.

  2. 2.
    to be tossed aboutboth

    To be tossed about or moved back and forth, like by waves or wind.

طَاوَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to throwboth

    To throw something at someone or to engage in throwing.

مَطَاوِحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    catapultsclassical

    Devices used for throwing or casting things, like catapults.

طَوَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    to wasteboth

    To waste or squander something.

طَيَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    to wasteboth

    To waste or squander something, synonymous with 'طَوَّحَ'.

Parallel reading

أشرف على الهلاك، وقيل: هلك وسقط أو ذهب، وكذلك إذا تاه في الأرض.
He was on the verge of destruction, or it was said: he perished, fell, or went, and likewise if he became lost in the land.
والطائح: الهالك المشرف على الهلاك؛
And the perishing one: the one who has perished, on the verge of perishing;
وكل شيء ذهب وفني: فقد طاح يطيح طوحا وطيحا، لغتان.
And everything that went and perished: it has perished, perishing a perishing and a perishing; two dialects.
وطوحه هو وطوح به: توهه وذهب به هاهنا وهاهنا،
And he caused it to perish, and it was caused to perish: he made it wander and took it here and there,
فتطوح في البلاد إذا رمى بنفسه هاهنا وهاهنا،
So he wandered about in the lands if he threw himself here and there,
أو حمله على ركوب مفازة يخاف فيها هلاكه؛
Or it drove him to traverse a desert where his destruction was feared;
يطوح الهادي به تطويحا
The guide causes him to wander about with him a wandering.
والطيح: الهلاك.
And the perishing: destruction.
والمطوح: الذي طوح به في الأرض أي ذهب به.
And the one cast about: he who was cast about in the land, meaning taken.
وطوحه: بعث به إلى أرض لا يرجع منها؛
And he sent him to a land from which he would not return;
فتطوح إذا ذهب وجاء في الهواء؛
So he moved back and forth if he went and came in the air;
ونشوان من كأس النعاس كأنه، ... بحبلين في مشطونة، يتطوح
And intoxicated from the cup of drowsiness, as if he, ... with two ropes in a swaying boat, was moving back and forth.
وطوح بثوبه: رمى به في مهلكة؛
And he threw his garment: he threw it into a place of destruction;
ويقال: أين طيح بك؟ أي أين ذهب بك؟
And it is said: Where has it taken you? Meaning, where has it gone with you?
يطيح بالفارس المدجج، ذي القونس، ... حتى يغيب في القتم
It rushes with the fully armed rider, the one with the helmet, ... until he disappears in the dust.
أصابت الناس طيحة أي أمور فرقت بينهم، وكان ذلك في زمن الطيحة.
A calamity befell the people, meaning matters that divided them, and that was in the time of the calamity.
أطاح ماله وطوحه أي أهلكه.
He destroyed his wealth and caused it to perish, meaning he ruined it.
وطوح بالشيء: ألقاه في الهواء.
And he threw the thing: he cast it into the air.
فكفاك مني، ... فمن ليد تطاوحها أيادي؟
So one is enough for you from me, ... who can throw hands against many hands?
تطاوحها أي ترامي بها.
Throwing them about means tossing them about.
وتطاوحت بهم النوى أي ترامت.
And the distances tossed them about, meaning they were thrown about.
وطوحته الطوائح: قذفته القواذف.
And the throwers tossed him about: the catapults cast him.
وطوح الشيء وطيحه: ضيعه.
And he wasted the thing and threw it away: he lost it.