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وطم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of lowering, drawing down, or letting something hang. It also has a specific, less common meaning related to holding back bodily waste.

Derived headwords

وَطَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to lower, let downboth

    To lower something, such as a curtain or veil, drawing it down.

وَطْمnoun
  1. 1.
    lowering, drawing downclassical

    The act of lowering or drawing something down, as in the case of a curtain.

  2. 2.
    constipationclassical

    The condition of holding back one's stool or waste.

Parallel reading

وَطَمَ الستر: أرخاه.
He lowered the curtain: he let it hang down.
وَطَمَ الرجل وطما
The man suffered from constipation.
وَطَمَ
He held back his stool.