عوط

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns female camels that have not conceived. It describes their state of barrenness, the process of failing to conceive, and related terms for such animals. It also extends metaphorically to describe difficult or stuck situations.

Derived headwords

عاطَتْ تَعُوطُverb

1.
to fail to conceiveclassical
Said of a female camel that does not become pregnant when covered by a male.

عَوْطًاnoun

1.
failure to conceiveclassical
The state or act of a female camel failing to conceive.

تَعَوَّطَتْverb

1.
to fail to conceiveclassical
A variant form indicating a female camel failing to conceive.
2.
to become difficultclassical
A situation becoming complicated or stuck.

عائِطٌadjective

1.
barren (camel)classical
A female camel that has not conceived, especially after being covered by a male.
2.
barren (woman)classical
A woman who is unable to conceive.

حائِلٌadjective

1.
barren (camel)classical
A female camel that has not conceived, similar to 'عائط'.

عائِطٌ عَوْطًاadjective

1.
barren (camel, repeated)classical
A female camel that has failed to conceive for two consecutive years.

عائِطٌ عَوْطَطًاadjective

1.
barren (camel, repeated)classical
A female camel that has failed to conceive for multiple years.

عائِطٌ عَيْطًاadjective

1.
barren (camel, repeated)classical
A female camel that has failed to conceive for multiple years.

عُوطٌnoun

1.
barren camelsclassical
The plural of 'عائط', referring to female camels that have not conceived.

عُيُطٌnoun

1.
barren camelsclassical
A plural form for female camels that have not conceived.

عُيَطْطٌnoun

1.
barren camelsclassical
A plural form for female camels that have not conceived.

عُوطَطٌnoun

1.
barren camelsclassical
A plural form for female camels that have not conceived.

حُوَّلٌnoun

1.
barren camelsclassical
A plural form for female camels that have not conceived.

حُوَّلَّلٌnoun

1.
barren camelsclassical
A plural form for female camels that have not conceived.

تَعَوَّطَتْverb

1.
to fail to conceiveclassical
Said of a female camel when the male covers her but she does not become pregnant.

بِكْرَةٌ عائِطٌnoun

1.
young barren camelclassical
A young female camel that has not conceived.

عائِطٌ عَوْطٌadjective

1.
barren (camel, womb)classical
A female camel whose womb is barren, implying repeated failure to conceive.

اعْتَاطَتْverb

1.
to fail to conceiveclassical
Said of a female camel that has not conceived for years, not due to infertility but perhaps fatness.
2.
to become difficultclassical
A situation becoming complicated or stuck.

اعْتِيَاطًاnoun

1.
failure to conceiveclassical
The state of a female camel failing to conceive for an extended period.
2.
difficultyclassical
A state of being stuck or complicated.

مُعْتاطٌadjective

1.
barren (camel)classical
A female camel that has failed to conceive, especially for a prolonged period.

اعْتَاطَ الأَمْرَverb

1.
to become difficultclassical
A situation becoming complicated or stuck.

تَعْتاطُ المَرْأَةُverb

1.
to be barrenclassical
Said of a woman who is unable to conceive.

عَيَاطًاnoun

1.
failure to conceiveclassical
The act or state of a female camel failing to conceive.

نُوقٌ عِيْطٌnoun

1.
select camelsclassical
The best or choicest female camels.

نُوقٌ عَوْطٌnoun

1.
select camelsclassical
The best or choicest female camels.

عَوَائِطٌnoun

1.
barren camelsclassical
The plural of 'عائط', referring to female camels that have not conceived.

العَيْطُnoun

1.
select camelsclassical
The finest and most select female camels, typically between the age of a mature female camel (حقّة) and one that has had four teeth (رباعية).

Parallel reading

عاطت الناقة تعوط عوطا وتعوطت كتعيطت

The she-camel failed to conceive, failing to conceive a failure to conceive, and she failed to conceive like she was unable to conceive.

إذا لم تحمل الناقة أول سنة يطرقها الفحل فهي عائط وحائل

If a she-camel does not conceive the first year the male covers her, she is 'a'it and 'ha'il (barren).

فإذا لم تحمل السنة المقبلة أيضا فهي عائط عوط وعوطط

And if she does not conceive the following year, she is 'a'it 'awt and 'awatt.

زاد الجوهري: وعائط عيط

Al-Jawhari added: and 'a'it 'ayt.

قال: وجمعها عوط وعيط وعيطط وعوطط وحول وحولل

He said: and their plural is 'awt, 'iyt, 'iyatt, 'awatt, 'hawwal, and 'hawall.

وقال العدبس الكناني: يقال تعوطت إذا حمل عليها الفحل فلم تحمل

And Al-Adabs Al-Kinani said: It is said 'ta'awwatat' if the male covered her and she did not conceive.

بكرة عائط، وجمعها عيط وهي تعيط

A young she-camel is 'a'it, and their plural is 'iyt, and she is 'ta'it (barren).

فأما التي تعتاط أرحامها فعائط عوط

But as for her whose wombs are barren, she is 'a'it 'awt.

يرعن إلى صوتي إذا ما سمعنه، ... كما ترعوي عيط إلى صوت أعيسا

They hasten to my voice when they hear it, ... like select she-camels respond to the voice of a man.

نجائب أبكار لقحن لعيطط، ... ونعم، فهن المهجرات الحيائر

Prized young she-camels conceived for 'iyatt, ... and indeed, they are the ones left behind, the barren ones.

يقال للناقة التي لم تحمل سنوات من غير عقر: قد اعتاطت اعتياطا، فهي معتاط

It is said of a she-camel that has not conceived for years, not due to infertility: she has 'i'tiyatan', and she is 'mu'tat (barren).

قال: وربما كان اعتياطها من كثرة شحمها أي اعتاصت

He said: And perhaps her barrenness is due to her excessive fatness, meaning she became stuck.

قال: يقال اعتاطت وتعوطت وتعيطت

He said: It is said 'i'taatat', 'ta'awwatat', and 'ta'aytat'.

أنه بعث مصدقا فأتي بشاة شافع فلم يأخذها، فقال: ائتني بمعتاط

That he sent a tax collector and was brought a ewe with her lamb, and he did not take it, saying: Bring me a 'mu'tat (barren one).

والشافع التي معها ولدها

And the 'shafi'ah' is she who has her young with her.

وربما قالوا: اعتاط الأمر إذا اعتاص

And sometimes they say: 'i'taat al-amr' if the matter became difficult.

وقد تعتاط المرأة

And a woman may be barren.

ونوق عيط وعوط من غير أن يقال عاطت تعوط

And select she-camels are 'iyt and 'awt, without saying 'she failed to conceive by failing to conceive'.

وقال غيره: العيط خيار الإبل وأفتاؤها ما بين الحقة إلى الرباعية

And others said: 'Al-'ayt' are the choicest of camels and their prime, between the age of a mature female camel and one that has had four teeth.