وطح

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to clinging substances like mud or dirt, and secondarily to forceful pushing or crowding. It also includes a place name.

Derived headwords

الوَطَحnoun

1.
clinging dirt/mudboth
What clings to hooves and bird talons, such as dirt, mud, and similar substances.
2.
forceful pushclassical
A push with the hands, done forcefully.

وَطْحَةnoun

1.
clinging dirt/mud (singular)both
A single instance of what clings to hooves and bird talons, such as dirt, mud, and similar substances.

تَوَاطَحَverb

1.
to share evilclassical
People sharing evil amongst themselves.
2.
to meet/face each otherclassical
To meet or face each other, often in a confrontational or competitive manner.
3.
to crowd (camels)classical
Camels crowding around a watering trough.

المُتَوَاطِحadjective

1.
crowding/meetingclassical
Describing something that is crowding or meeting, such as armies.

الوَطِيحname

1.
fortress nameclassical
A fortress located in the region of Khaybar.

Parallel reading

الوَطَح، وفي التهذيب الوطح، بجزم الطاء: ما تعلق بالأظلاف ومخالب الطير من العرة والطين وأشباه ذلك، واحدته وطحة بجزم الطاء.

Al-waṭaḥ, and in Al-Tahdhib al-waṭḥ, with a sukun on the ṭāʾ: what clings to hooves and bird talons, such as dirt, mud, and similar substances; its singular is waṭḥah, with a sukun on the ṭāʾ.

والوَطَح: الدفع باليدين في عنف.

And al-waṭaḥ: a push with the hands, done forcefully.

وتواطح القوم: تداولوا الشر بينهم؛

And the people تواطحوا: they shared evil amongst themselves;

كأنما ... يتواطحون به على دينار

as if they were... competing over a dinar

يتواطحون أي يتقابلون؛

يتواطحون means they face each other;

وأكبر منهم قائلا بمقالة، ... تفرج بين العسكر المتواطح

And greater than them, speaking a saying, ... creating space between the المتواطح armies.

وتواطحت الإبل على الحوض إذا ازدحمت عليه.

And the camels تواطحت at the trough when they crowded around it.

والوَطِيح: حصن بخيبر؛

And al-waṭīḥ: a fortress in Khaybar;

وفي حديث غزوة خيبر ذكر الوطيح؛ هو بفتح الواو وكسر الطاء وبالحاء المهملة، حصن من حصون خيبر.

And in the hadith of the Battle of Khaybar, al-waṭīḥ is mentioned; it is with a fatḥah on the wāw and a kasrah on the ṭāʾ, and with an unpointed ḥāʾ, a fortress from the fortresses of Khaybar.