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طاح

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of destruction, perishing, and falling. It extends to meanings of being lost, thrown about, or sent to a distant, perilous place. It can also refer to the act of striking or causing something to vanish.

Derived headwords

طَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    perishedboth

    To perish, to die, or to be on the verge of perishing.

  2. 2.
    wentboth

    To go or depart.

  3. 3.
    fellboth

    To fall down.

  4. 4.
    wanderedboth

    To wander lost in the land.

طَوَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    caused to perishboth

    To cause someone to perish or be destroyed.

  2. 2.
    threwboth

    To throw someone or something.

  3. 3.
    sentboth

    To send someone to a land from which they will not return.

  4. 4.
    struckboth

    To strike someone with a stick.

  5. 5.
    made to rideboth

    To make someone ride into a deadly desert.

تَطَوَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    was thrown aboutboth

    To be thrown about here and there, as if lost or disoriented.

  2. 2.
    wanderedboth

    To wander aimlessly.

تَطَوَّحَ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    threw himselfboth

    To throw oneself here and there.

طَوَّحَتْهُ الطَّوَائِحُverb
  1. 1.
    was cast aboutclassical

    To be cast about by calamities or destructive forces.

طَوَّحَ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    cast him in the airboth

    To throw someone up into the air.

طَوَّحَ بِزَيْدٍverb
  1. 1.
    made him rideboth

    To make someone ride into a perilous, uninhabited desert.

المِطْوَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    stickboth

    A stick or staff, used for striking.

نِيَّةٌ طَوُحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    distant intentionboth

    A distant or far-reaching intention or plan.

المَطَاوِحnoun
  1. 1.
    catapultsclassical

    Machines used for casting or throwing, such as catapults.

تَطَاوَحَتْ بِهِمُ النَّوَىverb
  1. 1.
    were tossed aboutclassical

    The fates or distant places tossed them about.

أَطَاحَ شَعْرَهُverb
  1. 1.
    made his hair fallboth

    To cause one's hair to fall out or be shed.

أَطَاحَ الشَّيْءَverb
  1. 1.
    annihilated itboth

    To annihilate, destroy, or make something vanish completely.

طَاوَحَهُverb
  1. 1.
    wrestled with himboth

    To wrestle or contend with someone.

Parallel reading

هَلَكَ، أَوْ أَشْرَفَ عَلَى الهَلَاكِ
perished, or was on the verge of perishing
وَذَهَبَ، وَسَقَطَ، وَتَاهَ فِي الأَرْضِ
and went, and fell, and wandered lost in the land
وَطَوَّحَهُ فَتَطَوَّحَ
and he caused him to be thrown about, so he was thrown about
تَوَهَّهُ فَرَمَى هُوَ بِنَفْسِهِ هَاهُنَا وَهَاهُنَا
he made him wander, so he threw himself here and there
وَطَوَّحَتْهُ الطَّوَائِحُ: قَذَفَتْهُ القَوَاذِفُ
and the calamities cast him about: the throwers threw him
وَطَوَّحَهُ: ضَرَبَهُ بِالعَصَا
and he struck him with a stick
أَوْ بَعَثَهُ إِلَى أَرْضٍ لَا يَجِيءُ مِنْهَا
or sent him to a land from which he will not return
وَبِهِ: أَلْقَاهُ فِي الهَوَاءِ
and with him: he threw him in the air
وَبِزَيْدٍ: حَمَلَهُ عَلَى رُكُوبِ مَفَازَةٍ مُهْلِكَةٍ
and with Zayd: he made him ride into a deadly desert
وَالمِطْوَاحُ: العَصَا
and the matwah: the stick
وَنِيَّةٌ طَوُحٌ، مُحَرَّكَةٌ: بَعِيدَةٌ
and a distant intention, pronounced with a vowel: far-reaching
وَالمَطَاوِحُ: المَقَاذِفُ
and the matawih: the catapults
وَتَطَاوَحَتْ بِهِمُ النَّوَى: تَرَامَتْ
and the fates tossed them about: they were thrown far
وَأَطَاحَ شَعْرَهُ: أَسْقَطَهُ
and he made his hair fall: he caused it to fall
وَالشَّيْءَ: أَفْنَاهُ، وَأَذْهَبَهُ
and the thing: he annihilated it, and made it go away
وَطَاوَحَهُ: رَامَاهُ
and he contended with him: he wrestled with him