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لطس

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of striking, hitting, or pounding with a broad or heavy object. It extends to concepts of crushing, trampling, and the tools used for such actions, like large stones or heavy mallets.

Derived headwords

لَطَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to strikeboth

    To strike something with a broad object.

  2. 2.
    to poundboth

    To pound or trample severely.

لَطْسnoun
  1. 1.
    strikingboth

    The act of striking something with a broad object.

  2. 2.
    poundingboth

    Severe pounding or trampling.

حجر لطاسadjective
  1. 1.
    stone-breakingclassical

    A stone used for breaking other stones.

المِلْطَسnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy stoneboth

    A large stone used for pounding nuts or crushing things.

  2. 2.
    malletboth

    A tool, often a large stone, used for breaking rocks.

  3. 3.
    grindstone toolclassical

    A tool used for grinding millstones.

المِلْطَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy stoneboth

    A large stone used for pounding nuts or crushing things.

  2. 2.
    malletboth

    A tool, often a large stone, used for breaking rocks.

  3. 3.
    pickaxeclassical

    A pickaxe used for breaking rocks.

  4. 4.
    hoofboth

    A heavy-treading hoof or horseshoe.

  5. 5.
    long objectclassical

    A long object, possibly referring to a tool or animal part.

المَلاطِسnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy stonesboth

    Plural of ملطس, large stones used for pounding or crushing.

المَلاطِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    chiselsclassical

    Iron chisels used for carving or chipping away at stones.

يَلْطِسُهُverb
  1. 1.
    he strikes itboth

    He strikes it (with a broad object).

يَلْطِسُverb
  1. 1.
    he strikesboth

    He strikes (with a broad object).

أَلاطِسُverb
  1. 1.
    I trampleboth

    I trample or pound.

تَلَطَّسُverb
  1. 1.
    it gets smearedclassical

    It gets smeared or stained (by something).

تَلْطِسُverb
  1. 1.
    she strikesboth

    She strikes (with a broad object).

المِلْطَس ذو الخُلْفَيْنnoun
  1. 1.
    long object with a tailclassical

    A long object, possibly a tool or animal, characterized by a long tail or extension.

المِطْقَسnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy stoneclassical

    A large, broad stone.

Parallel reading

اللطس: الضرب للشيء بالشيء العريض
Al-lats: striking something with a broad object.
لطسه يلطسه لطسا
He struck it, striking it, a striking.
وحجر لطاس: تكسر به الحجارة
And a stone-breaker: it breaks stones with it.
والملطس والملطاس: حجر ضخم يدق به النوى مثل الملدم والملدام
And al-malṭas and al-malṭās: a huge stone with which nuts are pounded, like al-maldam and al-maldām.
والملطاس: معول يكسر به الصخر
And al-malṭās: a pickaxe with which rock is broken.
قال ابن شميل: الملاطيس المناقير من حديد ينقر بها الحجارة، الواحدة ملطاس
Ibn Shumayl said: Al-malāṭīs are iron chisels with which stones are chipped, the singular is malṭās.
قال أبو خيرة: الملطس ما نقرت به الأرحاء
Abu Khayrah said: Al-malṭas is what you chip millstones with.
وتردي على صم صلاب ملاطس، ... شديدات عقد، لينات متان
And you fall upon hard, solid, broad stones, ... intensely bound, soft, firm.
قال الفراء: ضربه بملطاس، وهي الصخرة العظيمة، لطس بها
Al-Farra' said: He struck him with a malṭās, which is a great rock, he struck him with it.
ابن الأعرابي: اللطس اللطم
Ibn al-A'rābī: Al-lats is slapping.
فجعل أخفاف الإبل ملاطس: تهوي على شراجع عليات، ... ملاطس الأخفاف أفتليات
And he made the camels' hooves malāṭis: falling upon the high vertebrae, ... malāṭis of the hooves are strong.
أراد أنها تضرب بأخفافها تلطس الأرض أي تدقها بها
He meant that they strike with their hooves, trampling the earth, meaning pounding it with them.
واللطس: الدق والوطء الشديد
And al-lats: severe pounding and trampling.
وسقيت بالماء النمير، ولم ... أترك ألاطس حمأة الحفر
And I gave them to drink with pure water, and I did not leave trampling the mud of the pits.
قال أبو عبيدة: معنى ألاطس أتلطخ بها
Abu Ubaydah said: The meaning of 'alāṭis is to smear myself with it.
ولطسه البعير بخفه: ضربه أو وطئه
And the camel struck him with its hoof: it hit him or trampled him.
والملطس والملطاس: الخف أو الحافر الشديد الوطء
And al-malṭas and al-malṭās: the hoof or the horseshoe that treads heavily.
وربما سمي خف البعير ملطاسا
And sometimes the camel's hoof is called malṭās.
والملطاس: الصخرة العظيمة، والمدق الملطاس، والملطاس: حجر عريض فيه طول
And al-malṭās: the great rock, and the pounding stone al-malṭās, and al-malṭās: a broad stone with length.