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حاطه

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

The root حاطه (ḥāṭa) primarily relates to the concept of surrounding, enclosing, protecting, and preserving. It extends to encompass concepts of gathering, caution, and completeness, as well as physical structures like walls and enclosures.

Derived headwords

حَاطَverb
  1. 1.
    to surroundboth

    To encompass or encircle something, to be around it.

  2. 2.
    to protectboth

    To guard, preserve, and take care of something.

  3. 3.
    to gatherclassical

    To collect or bring together, specifically referring to a donkey gathering its harness.

حَوْطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    protectionboth

    The act of preserving, guarding, and taking care of something.

  2. 2.
    enclosureboth

    The act of surrounding or enclosing.

حِيطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    protectionboth

    The act of preserving, guarding, and taking care of something.

  2. 2.
    cautionboth

    Taking precautions or being prudent.

حِيَاطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    protectionboth

    The act of preserving, guarding, and taking care of something.

حَاطَverb
  1. 1.
    to gatherclassical

    To gather the harness of a donkey.

اِحْتَاطَverb
  1. 1.
    to be cautiousboth

    To take precautions, to be prudent and careful in one's affairs.

الحَوْطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cautionboth

    Prudence, taking precautions.

  2. 2.
    enclosureboth

    A protected area or space.

الحِيطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cautionboth

    Prudence, taking precautions.

  2. 2.
    protectionboth

    The act of guarding or preserving.

الحَائِطnoun
  1. 1.
    wallboth

    A structure built to enclose an area or divide spaces, typically made of brick or stone.

  2. 2.
    gardenclassical

    An orchard or a garden.

  3. 3.
    regionclassical

    A specific area or district, like a region in Yamama.

حَوَّطَverb
  1. 1.
    to build a wallboth

    To construct a wall or enclosure.

الحَوَّاطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    enclosureboth

    A pen or enclosure built to store food or protect livestock.

المُحَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    surrounding areaclassical

    A place that surrounds or encircles people or property, providing protection.

حَوَاطُ الأَمْرِnoun
  1. 1.
    pillar of the matterclassical

    The essential support or foundation of an affair or matter.

أَحَاطَ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to comprehendboth

    To fully understand or grasp something, to have complete knowledge of it.

  2. 2.
    to encompassclassical

    To reach the utmost extent of something or its knowledge.

الحَوْطnoun
  1. 1.
    amuletclassical

    A twisted thread of two colors (black and red) with beads and a silver crescent, worn by women to ward off the evil eye.

  2. 2.
    place nameclassical

    A place name, possibly referring to a location in Homs or Jablah.

الحَوْطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gameclassical

    A game known as 'al-dārah'.

حُطْ حُطْother
  1. 1.
    maintain kinship tiesclassical

    An imperative or command related to maintaining ties of kinship.

  2. 2.
    adornmentclassical

    Related to adorning children with 'al-ḥūṭ'.

حُوَيْطname
  1. 1.
    proper nameboth

    A proper name, used as a given name.

الحَوْطnoun
  1. 1.
    supplementclassical

    What completes or supplements dirhams when they are deficient.

تُحِيطُverb
  1. 1.
    to be a lean yearclassical

    Referring to a drought year that affects or depletes wealth.

تَحَوَّطَverb
  1. 1.
    to be cautiousboth

    To act with prudence and take precautions.

تَحَاوَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to deal indirectlyclassical

    To deal with someone indirectly or evasively regarding a request they refuse.

Parallel reading

حَاطَهُ حَوْطًا وَحِيْطَةً وَحِيَاطَةً: حِفْظُهُ، وَصَانَهُ، وَتَعَهَّدَهُ
He protected him with protection, caution, and care: he preserved him, guarded him, and looked after him.
وَالحِمَارُ عَانَتَهُ: جَمَعَهَا
And for a donkey, it means gathering its harness.
وَاحْتَاطَ: أَخَذَ فِي الحَزْمِ
And 'iḥṭāṭa' means: to take measures in prudence.
وَالحَائِطُ: الجِدَارُ
And 'al-ḥāʾiṭ' means: the wall.
وَالبُسْتَانُ
And the garden.
وَحَوَّطَ حَائِطًا: عَمِلَهُ
And he built a wall: he made it.
وَالحَوَّاطَةُ، بِالضَّمِّ: حَظِيرَةٌ تُتَّخَذُ لِلطَّعَامِ
And 'al-ḥawwāṭah', with dammah: is an enclosure made for food.
وَالمُحَاطُ: المَكَانُ يَكُونُ خَلْفَ المَالِ وَالقَوْمِ يَسْتَدِيرُ بِهِمْ وَيُحِيطُهُمْ
And 'al-muḥāṭ': is the place behind the property and people that surrounds and encloses them.
وَحَوَاطُ الأَمْرِ: قَوَامُهُ
And the 'ḥawāṭ' of a matter: is its pillar or support.
وَكُلُّ مَنْ بَلَغَ أَقْصَى شَيْءٍ، وَأَحْصَى عِلْمَهُ، فَقَدْ أَحَاطَ بِهِ
And whoever reaches the utmost of something, and encompasses its knowledge, has indeed comprehended it.
وَالحَوْطُ: خَيْطٌ مَفْتُولٌ مِنْ لَوْنَيْنِ أَسْوَدَ وَأَحْمَرَ، فِيهِ خَرَزَاتٌ وَهِلَالٌ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ، تَشُدُّهُ المَرْأَةُ فِي وَسَطِهَا لِئَلَّا تُصِيبَهَا العَيْنُ
And 'al-ḥūṭ': is a thread twisted from two colors, black and red, with beads and a silver crescent, which a woman ties around her waist to ward off the evil eye.
وَالحَوْطَةُ، بِالضَّمِّ: لُعْبَةٌ تُسَمَّى الدَّارَةَ
And 'al-ḥūṭah', with dammah: is a game called 'al-dārah'.
وَحُطْ حُطْ: أَمْرٌ بِصِلَةِ الرَّحِمِ
And 'ḥuṭ ḥuṭ': is an order for maintaining kinship ties.
وَالحَوْطُ، كَعِنَبٍ: مَا تَتِمُّ بِهِ الدَّرَاهِمُ إِذَا نَقَصَتْ
And 'al-ḥawṭ', like 'inab': is what completes dirhams when they are deficient.
وَتُحِيطُ وَتَحُوطُ وَتُحِيطُ وَتُحِيطُ، بِالكَسْرِ، وَالتَّحَوُّطُ وَالتَّحِيطُ وَيُحِيطُ، بِالمُثَنَّاةِ تَحْتَ: السَّنَةُ المُجْدِبَةُ تُحِيطُ بِالأَمْوَالِ
And 'tuḥīṭu', 'taḥūṭu', 'tuḥīṭu', 'tuḥīṭu' (with kasr), 'al-taḥawwuṭu', 'al-taḥīṭu', and 'yuḥīṭu' (with the letter yā' below): refers to a drought year that affects or depletes wealth.
وَحَاوَرَ فُلَانًا: دَاوَرَهُ فِي أَمْرٍ يُرِيدُهُ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ يَأْبَاهُ، كَأَنَّ كُلًّا مِنْهُمَا يُحِيطُ صَاحِبَهُ
And 'ḥāwara' someone: means to deal with him evasively regarding a matter he wants from him, while he refuses it, as if each of them is trying to outmaneuver the other.