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مطع

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of eating, specifically biting or chewing with the front teeth. It also extends to the meaning of disappearing or becoming lost.

Derived headwords

مَطَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to biteboth

    To eat by biting with the front teeth, using the incisors and nearby parts of the mouth.

مَطْعnoun
  1. 1.
    bitingboth

    The act of biting or chewing with the front teeth.

مَاطِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    bitingclassical

    One who bites or chews with the front teeth.

نَاطِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    bitingclassical

    One who bites or chews with the front teeth; synonymous with 'māṭiʿ'.

مَطَعَ في الأرضverb
  1. 1.
    to disappearclassical

    To go off into the land and become lost or undiscoverable.

مَطْعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    disappearanceclassical

    The act of going off into the land and becoming lost.

مُطَوَّعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    disappearanceclassical

    The act of going off into the land and becoming lost; synonymous with 'maṭʿan'.

Parallel reading

المطع: ضرب من الأكل بأدنى الفم والتناول في الأكل بالثنايا وما يليها من مقدم الأسنان.
Al-maṭʿ: a type of eating with the lower part of the mouth and taking food with the incisors and what follows them of the front teeth.
يقال: هو ماطع ناطع بمعنى واحد، وهو القضم.
It is said: he is māṭiʿ nāṭiʿ with one meaning, which is biting.
ومطع في الأرض مطعا ومطوعا: ذهب فلم يوجد.
And he went into the land a maṭʿan and a mutawwaʿan: he went and was not found.