ضيط

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a specific manner of walking characterized by swaying the shoulders and body, often associated with a heavy or fleshy physique. It also extends to terms for a person with such a gait, a proud or swaggering walk, and, by extension, a merchant.

Derived headwords

ضَاطَverb

1.
to walk with a swayboth
To walk, moving the shoulders and body, often due to having much flesh and softness.

ضَيْطًاnoun

1.
swaying walkboth
The act of walking with a sway of the shoulders and body, characteristic of someone with much flesh and softness.

ضَيْطَانًاnoun

1.
swaying walkboth
The act of walking with a sway of the shoulders and body, characteristic of someone with much flesh and softness.

ضَيْطَانadjective

1.
swaying in gaitboth
Describing a person who walks with a sway of the shoulders and body.
2.
fleshy and softboth
Describing a person with much flesh and softness.

ضَيْطَانnoun

1.
swaying personboth
A person who walks with a swaying gait.
2.
fleshy personboth
A person characterized by much flesh and softness.

ضَيْكَانnoun

1.
swaying walkclassical
A variant pronunciation for the act of walking with a sway of the shoulders and body.

ضَيَّاطadjective

1.
swaying in gaitboth
Describing someone who walks with a swaying, unsteady gait.
2.
proud walkerboth
Describing someone who walks with a swagger or proud bearing.

ضَيَّاطnoun

1.
swaying personboth
A person who walks with a swaying, unsteady gait.
2.
proud walkerboth
A person who walks with a swagger or proud bearing.
3.
merchantclassical
A trader or merchant.

ضَيْطَاءadjective

1.
heavy (camel)classical
Describing a female camel that is heavy, similar to a 'fatlaa' (a type of rope or something twisted/heavy).

Parallel reading

ضَاطَ الرجل في مشيه فهو يضيط ضيطا وضيطانا

The man walked with a sway in his gait, and he walks with a swaying gait, a swaying walk.

مشى فحرك منكبيه وجسده حين يمشي مع كثرة لحم ورخاوة

He walked, moving his shoulders and body when he walked, due to much flesh and softness.

الضيطان أن يحرك منكبيه وجسده حين يمشي مع كثرة لحم

Al-Dhaytan is to move one's shoulders and body when walking, due to much flesh.

وهما لغتان معروفتان

And these are two known dialects/pronunciations.

ورجل ضيطان كثير اللحم رخوه

And a dhaytan man is one with much flesh and softness.

والضياط: المتمايل في مشيته

And al-Dhayyat: the one who sways in his gait.

وقيل: الضخم الجنبين العظيم الاست كالضيطان

And it was said: the one with broad flanks and a large posterior, like the dhaytan.

حتى ترى البجباجة الضياطا ... يمسح لما حالف الإغباطا بالحرف من ساعده المخاطا

Until you see the stout one, the swaying one... wiping when he joined the prosperity with the letter from his forearm, the smooth one.

والضياط: المتبختر

And al-Dhayyat: the swaggerer.

والضياط: التاجر

And al-Dhayyat: the merchant.

والمعروف الضفاط

And the known one is al-Daffat.

والضيطاء من الإبل مثل الفتلاء: وهي الثقيلة

And al-Dhaytaa' from the camels is like al-Fatlaa': meaning she is heavy.