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وتخه

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to striking or hitting, often with a stick. It also extends to meanings of reaching or affecting someone, and includes a noun for mud or mire.

Derived headwords

وَتَخَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to strike himboth

    To strike someone, specifically with a stick.

وتخه بالعصا: ضربه بها — He struck him with the stick: he hit him with it.
الوَتْخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mudclassical

    Mud or mire.

وَتْخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mudclassical

    Mud or mire.

والوتخة، محركة: الوحل — And the watkhah, vocalized with a vowel: mud.
أُوتَخْتُverb
  1. 1.
    it affected meclassical

    It reached me or affected me, implying a significant impact.

وأوتخت مني: بلغت مني — And it affected me: it reached me.
المِتْخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    stickclassical

    A stick, likely used for striking.

والميتخة: العصا — And the mitkhah: the stick.

Parallel reading

وتخه بالعصا: ضربه بها.
He struck him with the stick: he hit him with it.
والوتخة، محركة: الوحل.
And the watkhah, vocalized with a vowel: mud.
وما أغنى وتخة: شيئا.
And a watkhah (mud) did not avail anything.
والميتخة: العصا.
And the mitkhah: the stick.
وأوتخت مني: بلغت مني.
And it affected me: it reached me.