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Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the aorta or a major vein connected to the heart, essential for life. It also extends to the concept of being struck or afflicted in this vital area, leading to death.

Derived headwords

الْوَتِينnoun
  1. 1.
    aorta/major veinboth

    A major vein or artery in the heart, considered vital; if severed, death results.

  2. 2.
    lifeblood vesselclassical

    A vessel that supplies blood to all other veins and the flesh, described as the body's river.

  3. 3.
    heart's arteryclassical

    An artery originating from the heart, carrying blood.

  4. 4.
    inner spine veinclassical

    A white vein located inside the spine.

  5. 5.
    gallbladderclassical

    The gallbladder.

  6. 6.
    heart's vital cordclassical

    The vital cord of the heart.

أَوْتِنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    aortas/major veinsclassical

    Plural of الوتين (al-watin), referring to the major veins or arteries of the heart.

وُتِنَverb
  1. 1.
    to have aorta struckclassical

    To have one's aorta or vital vein struck or afflicted.

وَتَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike aortaclassical

    To strike or afflict someone's aorta or vital vein.

وَتْنnoun
  1. 1.
    aortas/major veinsclassical

    Plural of الوتين (al-watin), referring to the major veins or arteries of the heart.

مَوْتُونadjective
  1. 1.
    afflicted in the aortaclassical

    One whose aorta or vital vein has been struck or afflicted.

Parallel reading

الْوَتِين عرق في القلب إذا انقطع مات صاحبه
The watin is a vein in the heart; if it is severed, its owner dies.
والفضل يقول أرحني أرحني قطعت وتيني أرى شيئا ينزل علي
And Al-Fadl said, 'Relieve me, relieve me! My aorta has been severed; I see something descending upon me.'
الْوَتِين عرق لاصق بالصلب من باطنه أجمع، يسقي العروق كلها الدم ويسقي اللحم وهو نهر الجسد
The watin is a vein attached to the spine from its entire interior, supplying blood to all the veins and the flesh, and it is the body's river.
وقيل: هو عرق أبيض مستبطن الفقار
And it was said: it is a white vein within the vertebrae.
وقيل: الوتين يستقي من الفؤاد، وفيه الدم
And it was said: the watin draws from the heart, and the blood is in it.
والوتين: الخلب، وقيل: هو نياط القلب
And the watin: the gallbladder, and it was said: it is the vital cord of the heart.
وقيل: هو عرق أبيض غليظ كأنه قصبة
And it was said: it is a thick white vein, like a reed.
ووتنه وتنا: أصاب وتينه
And he struck his watin (watanahu watanan): he struck his aorta.
شريانة تمنع بعد اللين، ... وصيغة ضرجن بالتسنين، من علق المكلي والموتون
An artery that obstructs after softness, ... and the form of Darjan with the teeth, from the hanging of the afflicted and the one struck in the aorta.