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الطيح

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of loss, destruction, and misplacement. It extends to physical objects associated with farming and the act of throwing or discarding things.

Derived headwords

طَيْحnoun
  1. 1.
    plow beamclassical

    The wooden beam of a plow, specifically the part at its base.

  2. 2.
    calamitymodern

    A misfortune or event that causes division and discord among people.

طيحverb
  1. 1.
    to throw awaymodern

    To discard something carelessly into a place of ruin or loss.

  2. 2.
    to lead astraymodern

    To cause someone to become lost or bewildered.

  3. 3.
    to losemodern

    To misplace or lose something.

أطاحverb
  1. 1.
    to destroymodern

    To ruin or annihilate one's wealth or possessions.

مطيحadjective
  1. 1.
    corruptclassical

    Describing something or someone as spoiled, ruined, or corrupt.

Parallel reading

خشبة الفدان التي في أصله.
The wooden beam of the plow that is at its base.
وأصابتهم طيحة، أي: أمور فرقت بينهم.
And a calamity befell them, meaning: matters that divided them.
طيح بثوبه: رمى به في مضيعة
He threw away his garment: he cast it into a place of ruin.
طيح فلانا: توهه
To lead someone astray: to make them lost.
طيح الشيء: ضيعه.
To lose a thing: to misplace it.
وأطاح ماله: أهلكه
And he destroyed his wealth: he ruined it.