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الطوط

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes various types of serpents, but also extends to cover concepts of largeness, smallness, intensity, and specific animals like falcons and bats. It also encompasses terms for foolishness and wild leeks.

Derived headwords

الطوطnoun
  1. 1.
    serpentclassical

    A large snake.

  2. 2.
    cottonclassical

    The plant or its fiber.

  3. 3.
    tall oneclassical

    A tall person or thing.

  4. 4.
    falconclassical

    A type of bird of prey, specifically a goshawk.

  5. 5.
    batclassical

    A nocturnal flying mammal.

  6. 6.
    small oneclassical

    A small person or thing.

  7. 7.
    fierce disputantclassical

    Someone who is intense and argumentative in a dispute.

  8. 8.
    brave oneclassical

    A courageous person.

  9. 9.
    lustful stallionclassical

    A male horse that is sexually aroused and aggressive.

كالطاطadjective
  1. 1.
    tallclassical

    Describing something as tall or long.

  2. 2.
    braveclassical

    Describing someone as courageous.

  3. 3.
    lustful stallionclassical

    Describing a stallion that is sexually aroused.

كالطيطadjective
  1. 1.
    tallclassical

    Describing something as tall or long.

  2. 2.
    smallclassical

    Describing something as small.

كالطواطnoun
  1. 1.
    batclassical

    A flying mammal.

  2. 2.
    brave oneclassical

    A courageous person.

  3. 3.
    lustful stallionclassical

    A male horse that is sexually aroused.

كالطائطadjective
  1. 1.
    tallclassical

    Describing something as tall or long.

  2. 2.
    braveclassical

    Describing someone as courageous.

  3. 3.
    lustful stallionclassical

    Describing a stallion that is sexually aroused.

ج: طاطة وأطواطnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of الطاطclassical

    Plural forms for the meanings associated with الطاط, such as tallness, bravery, or lustful stallions.

طاط يطوط طووطاverb
  1. 1.
    to be tallclassical

    The verb form indicating tallness or length.

  2. 2.
    to be braveclassical

    The verb form indicating courage.

  3. 3.
    to be lustfulclassical

    The verb form indicating sexual arousal in a stallion.

يطاط طيوطاverb
  1. 1.
    to be tallclassical

    The verb form indicating tallness or length (Yāʼī variant).

  2. 2.
    to be braveclassical

    The verb form indicating courage (Yāʼī variant).

  3. 3.
    to be lustfulclassical

    The verb form indicating sexual arousal in a stallion (Yāʼī variant).

الطيطnoun
  1. 1.
    foolclassical

    A foolish or stupid person.

الطيطانnoun
  1. 1.
    wild leekclassical

    A type of wild onion or leek.

الطيوطnoun
  1. 1.
    hardshipclassical

    Difficulty or severity.

الطيطوىnoun
  1. 1.
    type of sandgrouseclassical

    A species of bird, possibly a sandgrouse or similar.

Parallel reading

الطوط، بالضم: الحية، والقطن، والطويل، كالطاط والطيط، بالكسر، والباشق، والخفاش، والصغير، والشديد الخصومة، والشجاع، كالطاط والطواط، كغراب، والفحل الهائج، كالطاط والطائط ج: طاطة وأطواط، وقد طاط يطوط طووطا ويطاط طيوطا، يائية واوية.
Al-Tūt, with dammah: the serpent, cotton, the tall one, like al-Tāt and al-Tīt, with kasrah, the goshawk, the bat, the small one, the fierce disputant, the brave one, like al-Tāt and al-Tawāt, like ghurāb, and the lustful stallion, like al-Tāt and al-Tāʼiṭ, plural: Tāṭah and Aṭwāṭ, and it has been said that he is Tāṭa yaṭūṭu ṭawṭan and yaṭāṭu ṭayūṭan, Yāʼī and Wāwī.
والطيط، بالكسر: الأحمق، والطيطان، كتيجان: الكراث البري، الواحدة بهاء.
And al-Tīt, with kasrah: the fool, and al-Ṭayṭān, like Tījān: the wild leek, the singular of which is bahāʼ.
والطيوط، بالضم: الشدة.
And al-Ṭuyūṭ, with dammah: hardship.
والطيطوى، كنينوى: ضرب من القطا أو غيره.
And al-Ṭayṭawā, like Ninawā: a type of sandgrouse or other bird.