وتح

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes scarcity, littleness, and worthlessness, applying to food, possessions, and general things. It also extends to the act of consuming or giving sparingly, and in some contexts, to hardship or reaching one's limit.

Derived headwords

طعام وتحnoun

1.
worthless foodclassical
Food that is considered to have no goodness or value.

الوتحnoun

1.
a small amountclassical
A small quantity of anything.

الوتيحnoun

1.
a small amountclassical
A small quantity of anything.

شيء وتحadjective

1.
trivial, worthlessclassical
Something that is insignificant, of little value, or contemptible.

وتحverb

1.
to be little, scarceclassical
To be small in quantity or value.

أعطى عطاء وتحاverb

1.
to give a meager giftclassical
To bestow a gift that is small or insignificant.

وتح عطاؤهverb

1.
his gift became meagerclassical
His gift became small or insignificant.

أوتح عطاءهverb

1.
to make a gift meagerclassical
To make a gift small or insignificant.

أوتح الرجلverb

1.
to become poorclassical
For a man to have his wealth diminish or become scarce.
2.
to exert oneselfclassical
To be strained, exhausted, or pushed to one's limit.

توتح الشرابverb

1.
to drink sparinglyclassical
To drink a liquid little by little.

وتحةnoun

1.
a small amountclassical
A small, insignificant thing or amount.

أوتحverb

1.
to make meagerclassical
To make something small or scarce.
2.
to exert, strainclassical
To cause hardship or to reach one's limit.

أوتحت منيverb

1.
it reached me, strained meclassical
It affected me greatly, or caused me hardship.

شيء وتح وعرadjective

1.
very little, scarceclassical
Extremely small in quantity, insignificant.

وتح ووعرadjective

1.
scarce and roughclassical
Describing something as both little in quantity and rough or difficult.

الوتوحةnoun

1.
scarcity, meagernessclassical
The state of being small in quantity or insignificant.

رجل وتحadjective

1.
contemptible, baseclassical
A man who is base, ignoble, or contemptible.

أوتح فلان عطيتهverb

1.
he made his gift meagerclassical
He reduced the quantity or value of his gift.

التوتيحnoun

1.
making meagerclassical
The act of making something small or insignificant.

أوتح له الشيءverb

1.
to make something seem smallclassical
To diminish the perceived size or importance of something.

توتحت من الشرابverb

1.
I drank sparinglyclassical
I drank a small amount of the liquid.

Parallel reading

طعام وتح: لا خير فيه كوحت.

Worthless food: there is no good in it, like 'awhit.

والوتح والوتح والوتيح: القليل من كل شيء.

And al-watuḥ and al-watuḥ and al-wutayḥ: a little of everything.

وشيء وتح ووتح أي قليل تافه.

And something waṭḥ and wateḥ means little and trivial.

وقد وتح، بالضم، يوتح وتاحة.

And it became waṭaḥa, with damma, yutaḥu and wataḥan.

ويقال: أعطى عطاء وتحا؛

And it is said: he gave a meager gift;

ووتح عطاؤه، وقد وتح عطاءه وأوتحه فوتح وتاحة ووتوحة ووتحة.

and his gift became meager, and he made his gift meager, and he made it meager, so it became meager and meagerness and meagerness.

وأوتح الرجل: قل ماله.

And the man's wealth diminished: his wealth became little.

وتوتح الشراب: شربه قليلا قليلا.

And he drank the beverage sparingly: he drank it little by little.

وما أغنى عني وتحة، بفتح التاء، كقولك ما أغنى عني عبكة، وقيل: معناه ما أغنى عني شيئا.

And what use is a waḥḥah (with fatha on the ta') to me, like you say 'what use is 'abakah to me', and it was said: it means 'what use is anything to me'.

وأوتح الرجل: جهده وبلغ منه؛

And the man was strained: he was exerted and reached his limit;

قرقمهم عيش خبيث أوتحا هذه رواية ثعلب، ورواه ابن الأعرابي: أوتخا، وفسره بما فسر به ثعلب أوتحا؛

A wicked life made them suffer greatly, this is the narration of Tha'lab, and Ibn al-A'rabi narrated it: 'awṭakhan', and he interpreted 'awṭaḥan' as Tha'lab did;

قال: وأوتح جهدهم وبلغ منهم.

He said: And it exerted them and reached them.

وأوتحت مني: بلغت مني وكأنه أبدل الحاء من الخاء.

And it strained me: it reached me, and it is as if ha was substituted for kha.

وشيء وتح وعر إتباع له أي نزر قليل.

And something waṭḥ and 'ar is an echo of it, meaning very little.

ورجل وتح: بكسر التاء، أي خسيس.

And a man waṭiḥ: with kasra on the ta', meaning base.

وأوتح فلان عطيته أي أقلها، وكذلك التوتيح.

And so-and-so made his gift meager, meaning he reduced its quantity, and likewise al-tatyīḥ.

وأوتح له الشيء إذا قلله.

And he made the thing seem small to him if he diminished it.

وتوتحت من الشراب: شربت شيئا قليلا.

And I drank sparingly of the beverage: I drank a little.