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طيح

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of perishing, destruction, and going astray. It extends to the idea of something being lost, ruined, or scattered, and by extension, a person who is lost or on the verge of ruin.

Derived headwords

طَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to go astrayboth

    To become lost, to wander aimlessly, or to deviate from the right path.

  2. 2.
    to perishboth

    To cease to exist, to be destroyed, or to be annihilated.

طَيْحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    going astrayboth

    The act or state of being lost or having gone astray.

  2. 2.
    perishingboth

    The act or state of perishing or being destroyed.

طَاحَ نَفْسَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to lose oneselfboth

    To become lost, disoriented, or to lose one's way.

طَاحَ الشَّيْءُverb
  1. 1.
    the thing perishedboth

    The object or thing ceased to exist, was destroyed, or vanished.

أَطَاحَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to perishboth

    To make something perish, to destroy it, or to cause it to be annihilated.

  2. 2.
    to make go astrayclassical

    To cause someone or something to go astray or be lost.

يُطِيحُverb
  1. 1.
    causes to perishboth

    The present tense form indicating the action of causing something to perish or be destroyed.

الطَّائِحُadjective
  1. 1.
    perishingboth

    Describing something that is perishing or on the verge of destruction.

  2. 2.
    doomedboth

    On the brink of ruin or destruction; facing imminent peril.

طَوَّحَتْهُمْverb
  1. 1.
    calamities destroyed themclassical

    Calamities or misfortunes caused their destruction or ruin.

طَيَّحَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    calamitiesclassical

    Destructive events or misfortunes.

  2. 2.
    scattered thingsclassical

    Things that are scattered far and wide.

المُطَيِّحُadjective
  1. 1.
    corruptclassical

    Describing someone or something that is morally corrupt or spoiled.

  2. 2.
    ruinedclassical

    In a state of ruin or destruction.

طَيَّحَ بِثَوْبِهِverb
  1. 1.
    threw his garmentclassical

    To cast or throw one's garment away.

Parallel reading

طَاحَ طيحا: تاه، وطيح نفسه.
He went astray, and lost himself.
وطاح الشيء طيحا: فني وذهب.
And the thing perished and went away.
وأطاحه هو: أفناه وأذهبه
And he caused it to perish and made it go away.
نضربهم، إذا اللواء رنقا، ... ضربا يطيح أذرعا وأسوقا
We strike them, when the banner flutters, ... a striking that causes limbs and forearms to perish.
ليبك يزيد ضارع لخصومة، ... ومختبط مما تطيح الطوائح
Let Yazid weep for a contender in a dispute, ... and one confused by what the calamities cause to perish.
والطائح: المشرف على الهلاك، والفعل كالفعل.
And the one perishing is one who is overlooking destruction, and the verb is like the verb.
وطوحتهم طيحات: أهلكتهم خطوب.
And calamities destroyed them with destructions.
وذهبت أموالهم طيحات أي متفرقة بعيدة.
And their wealth went away scattered, meaning dispersed and far.
والمطيح: الفاسد.
And the corrupt one is the spoiled one.
وطيح بثوبه: رمى به.
And he threw his garment: he cast it away.