← Back to Lisan al-Arab

عطط

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of splitting, tearing, or cutting, often in a lengthwise or crosswise manner without complete separation. It extends to meanings of being long, strong, or fast, and also includes specific terms for animal young and sounds.

Derived headwords

عَطَّverb
  1. 1.
    to tear, to ripboth

    To tear a garment or something similar lengthwise or crosswise, sometimes without complete separation.

  2. 2.
    to fell, to overcomeclassical

    To knock someone down or overcome them in an argument or action.

عَطًّاnoun
  1. 1.
    a tear, a ripboth

    The act or instance of tearing something lengthwise or crosswise.

  2. 2.
    overcomingclassical

    The act of felling or overcoming someone.

مَعْطُوطadjective
  1. 1.
    tornboth

    Describing something that has been torn or ripped.

  2. 2.
    overcomeclassical

    Describing someone who has been overcome in argument or action.

عَطِيطadjective
  1. 1.
    tornclassical

    Describing something that has been torn or ripped.

اعْتَطَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    to tear itclassical

    To tear something, often with emphasis on the action.

عَطْطَطَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to tear it intenselyclassical

    To tear something intensely or repeatedly, indicating a strong action.

انْعِطَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    tearing, splittingclassical

    The act or process of tearing or splitting.

  2. 2.
    bending, flexingclassical

    The act of bending or flexing without breaking.

انْعَطَّverb
  1. 1.
    to tear, to splitclassical

    To become torn or split.

  2. 2.
    to bend, to flexclassical

    To bend or flex without breaking.

تَعْطِيطnoun
  1. 1.
    tearingclassical

    The act of tearing, often used in a specific context like tearing leather strips.

الرَّهَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    torn leatherclassical

    Leather that is torn into strips, used for clothing by children and women.

العُطُوطadjective
  1. 1.
    tallclassical

    Describing someone or something that is tall.

  2. 2.
    fast-movingclassical

    Describing rapid movement, like a swift departure.

الأَعَطّadjective
  1. 1.
    tallclassical

    Describing someone or something that is tall.

العَطَطnoun
  1. 1.
    cut garmentsclassical

    Torn or cut garments, particularly large cloths or wraps.

العَطَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    lionclassical

    A term for a lion, implying strength and ferocity.

  2. 2.
    brave warriorclassical

    A brave and strong warrior.

  3. 3.
    large and strongclassical

    Describing someone who is large, strong, and formidable.

مَعْتُوتadjective
  1. 1.
    overpoweredclassical

    Describing someone who has been overcome in speech or action.

انْعِطَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    bending, flexingclassical

    The act of bending or flexing, especially of a flexible object like a branch.

العَطُودadjective
  1. 1.
    strongclassical

    Describing something or someone that is strong or intense.

العَطْعَطnoun
  1. 1.
    kidclassical

    A young goat.

العَطْعَطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sound imitationclassical

    An imitation of a sound, particularly the bleating of a kid or the cries of people in battle.

  2. 2.
    success in battleclassical

    The sound made by victorious combatants, signifying their triumph.

Parallel reading

شق الثوب وغيره عرضا أو طولا من غير بينونة
To tear a garment or something else lengthwise or crosswise without complete separation.
عط ثوبه يعطه عطا، فهو معطوط وعطيط
He tore his garment, tearing it a tear; it became torn and ripped.
اعيته وعططه إذا شقه، شدد للكثرة
He tore it and tore it intensely if he ripped it, intensified for abundance.
والانعطاط: الانشقاق
And al-in'iṭāṭ: the splitting.
وانعط هو؛ قال أبو النجم: كأن، تحت درعها المنعط، ... شطا رميت فوقه بشط
And it split; Abu al-Najm said: As if, beneath her tunic, the torn part... was a strip I threw upon a strip.
وقال المتنخل: بضرب في القوانس ذي فروغ، ... وطعن مثل تعطيط الرهاط
And al-Mutanakhkhil said: With a strike in the skulls with openings, ... and a stab like the tearing of leather strips.
والرهط: جلد يشقق تلبسه الصبيان والنساء
And al-rahṭ: leather that is torn into strips, worn by children and women.
وقال ابن بري: الرهاط جلود تشقق سيورا
And Ibn Barrī said: Al-rihāṭ are skins torn into strips.
والعطوط: الطويل
And al-'uṭūṭ: the tall one.
والأعط: الطويل
And al-a'aṭṭ: the tall one.
وقال ابن بري: العطط الملاحف المقطعة
And Ibn Barrī said: Al-'aṭaṭ are cut garments.
وذلك يقتل الفتيان شفعا، ... ويسلب حلة الليث العطاط
And that kills young men in pairs, ... and strips the garment of the lion, the torn one.
والعطاط: الأسد والشجاع
And al-'aṭāṭ: the lion and the brave warrior.
ويقال: ليث عطاط، وشجاع عطاط: جسيم شديد
And it is said: a lion 'aṭāṭ, and a warrior 'aṭāṭ: large and strong.
وعطه يعطه عطا إذا صرعه
And he felled him, felling him a felling, if he knocked him down.
ورجل معطوط معتوت إذا غلب قولا وفعلا
And a man is ma'ṭūṭ ma'tūt if he is overcome in speech and action.
وانعط العود انعطاطا إذا تثنى من غير كسر
And the branch bent, bending, if it flexed without breaking.
والعطوط: الانطلاق السريع كالعطود
And al-'uṭūṭ: the rapid departure, like al-'uṭūd.
والعطود: الشديد من كل شيء
And al-'uṭūd: the intense one of everything.
والعطعط: الجدي، ويقال له العتعت أيضا
And al-'aṭ'aṭ: the kid, and it is also called al-'at'at.
والعطعطة: حكاية صوت
And al-'aṭ'aṭah: imitation of a sound.
والعطعطة: تتابع الأصوات واختلافها في الحرب، وهي أيضا حكاية أصوات المجان إذا قالوا: عيط عيط، وذلك إذا غلب قوم قوما
And al-'aṭ'aṭah: the succession and variation of sounds in war, and it is also the imitation of the sounds of the madmen when they say: 'ayṭ 'ayṭ, and that is when one group overcomes another.
يقال: هم يعطعطون وقد عطعطوا
It is said: they are making sounds and they have made sounds.
وفي حديث ابن أنيس: إنه ليعطعط الكلام
And in the hadith of Ibn Anīs: He is indeed making sounds with speech.
وعطعط بالذئب: قال له عاط عاط
And he called to the wolf: 'āṭ 'āṭ.