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لطح

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a type of striking or hitting, often with the open hand or a similar gentle but firm action. It can also refer to a light, dry residue that is rubbed off.

Derived headwords

لَطْحnoun
  1. 1.
    strikingclassical

    A type of striking or hitting, similar to لطخ (latakha) when dry and rubbed off without leaving a trace.

  2. 2.
    gentle strikeboth

    A light, non-severe strike, often with the palm of the hand.

لَطَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike gentlyboth

    To strike someone with an open hand, a blow that is not severe.

  2. 2.
    to strike to the groundboth

    To strike someone or something forcefully to the ground.

لطحه ولطخه يلطحه لطحا — He struck him with an open hand, a blow that was not severe.
لطحت الرجل بالأرض — I struck the man to the ground.
لطح به إذا ضرب به الأرض — He was struck to the ground.
يَلْطَحُverb
  1. 1.
    strikes (he)both

    He strikes (present tense of لطح).

لَطْحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    strikingboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) of لطح, referring to the act of striking.

لطحه ولطخه يلطحه لطحا — He struck him with an open hand, a blow that was not severe.
لَطْحnoun
  1. 1.
    strikingclassical

    A gentle strike, similar to حطء (hata'a), with the palm of the hand on the back.

اللطح مثل الحطء، وهو الضرب اللين على الظهر ببطن الكف — Al-latḥ is like al-ḥaṭ'u, which is a gentle strike on the back with the palm of the hand.

Parallel reading

كاللطخ إذا جف وحك ولم يبق له أثر.
Like latakha (to smear) when it dries and is rubbed off, leaving no trace.
وقد لطحه ولطخه يلطحه لطحا: ضربه بيده منشورة ضربا غير شديد
And he struck him with an open hand, a blow that was not severe.
الأزهري: اللطح كالضرب باليد.
Al-Azhari said: Al-latḥ is like striking with the hand.
يقال منه: لطحت الرجل بالأرض؛
It is said from it: I struck the man to the ground;
وهو الضرب ليس بالشديد ببطن الكف ونحوه؛
It is a strike that is not severe, with the palm of the hand or the like;
ومنهم حديث ابن عباس: أن النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، كان يلطح أفخاذ أغيلمة بني عبد المطلب ليلة المزدلفة ويقول: أبني لا ترموا جمرة العقبة حتى تطلع الشمس.
And among them is the hadith of Ibn Abbas: That the Prophet, peace be upon him, used to tap the thighs of the young boys of Banu Abd al-Muttalib on the night of Muzdalifah and say: 'My sons, do not throw stones at the Jamrat al-Aqabah until the sun rises.'
ابن سيده: ولطح به الأرض يلطحها لطحا: ضرب.
Ibn Sidah said: And latḥa bihi al-arḍa (he struck it to the ground) means to strike.
الجوهري: اللطح مثل الحطء، وهو الضرب اللين على الظهر ببطن الكف،
Al-Jawhari said: Al-latḥ is like al-ḥaṭ'u, which is a gentle strike on the back with the palm of the hand,
قال: ويقال: لطح به إذا ضرب به الأرض.
He said: And it is said: latḥa bihi (he was struck with it) if he was struck to the ground.