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عرطت

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of consuming or eating destructively, particularly by animals like camels. It also extends to metaphorical meanings of borrowing or acquiring something through indirect means, and includes names for specific creatures.

Derived headwords

عَرَطَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to eat destructivelyclassical

    Said of a she-camel that eats trees to the point of destroying its teeth.

عَرُوطnoun
  1. 1.
    destructive eaterclassical

    A she-camel that eats trees to the point of destroying its teeth.

كُتُبnoun
  1. 1.
    booksboth

    Plural of 'kitab' (book). This is a comparison for the plural of 'arut'.

عَرَطَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to borrow from behindclassical

    To borrow something from someone in their absence or behind their back, implying a form of appropriation.

اِعْتَرَطَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to borrow from behindclassical

    To borrow something from someone in their absence or behind their back, similar to 'aratahu'.

عُرَيْطname
  1. 1.
    scorpionclassical

    A name for a scorpion.

أُمُّ عُرَيْطname
  1. 1.
    scorpionclassical

    A name for a scorpion.

أُمُّ العُرَيْطname
  1. 1.
    scorpionclassical

    A name for a scorpion.

Parallel reading

عرطت الناقة الشجر
The she-camel ate the trees.
أكلتها حتى ذهبت أسنانها
She ate them until her teeth were gone.
فهي عروط
And she is a destructive eater.
وعرضه: اقترضه بالغيبة
And 'aratahu: to borrow it in absence.
كاعترطه
Like 'a'taratuhu.
وعريط، كحذيم، وأم عريط، وأم العريط: العقرب
And 'urayt, like hudhaym, and Umm 'Urayt, and Umm al-'Urayt: the scorpion.