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النط

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of stretching, extending, and distance, both physically and metaphorically. It encompasses notions of traveling far, lengthening, and being distant, as well as related actions like fleeing or moving rapidly.

Derived headwords

نَطَّverb
  1. 1.
    to stretchboth

    To extend or lengthen something.

  2. 2.
    to extendboth

    To become longer or wider.

نَطّnoun
  1. 1.
    stretchingclassical

    The act of stretching or extending.

  2. 2.
    extensionclassical

    The state of being stretched or extended.

مَدّnoun
  1. 1.
    stretchingclassical

    The act of stretching or extending.

  2. 2.
    extensionclassical

    The state of being stretched or extended.

نَطِيطnoun
  1. 1.
    fleeingclassical

    The act of fleeing or running away.

  2. 2.
    distanceclassical

    A great distance.

  3. 3.
    splendorclassical

    Magnificence or brilliance.

أَنْطnoun
  1. 1.
    long journeyclassical

    A distant journey or travel.

نَطَّاطadjective
  1. 1.
    talkativeclassical

    Excessively talkative or garrulous.

نَطَّverb
  1. 1.
    to be talkativeclassical

    To speak excessively or garrulously.

نَطَنَّطadjective
  1. 1.
    tall and slenderclassical

    Having a long, extended, and slender physique.

نَطَنَّطَverb
  1. 1.
    to lengthenclassical

    To make something longer or more extended.

  2. 2.
    to extend travelclassical

    To prolong one's journey or travel.

تَنَطَّنَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to move far apartclassical

    To become distant from something or someone.

نَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to goclassical

    To travel or move across the land.

نَطَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    distantclassical

    Describing a distant or far-off path or obstacle.

Parallel reading

النط: الشد، والمد.
Al-Naṭṭ: The tightening, and the stretching.
والنطيط: الفرار، والبعيد، وهي: بهاء.
And Al-Naṭīṭ: Fleeing, and the distant, and it [is]: splendor.
والأنط: السفر البعيد ج: نطط، بضمتين.
And Al-Anṭ: The distant journey, plural: Naṭaṭ, with two dammah.
وكشداد: المهذار، وقد نط ينط.
And like Shaddād: the garrulous one, and he may be talkative, he is talkative.
والنطنط، كفدفد وفلفل وسلسال: الطويل المديد القامة ج: نطانط.
And Al-Naṭanṭ, like Fadafad, Fulful, and Salsal: the tall, extended in stature, plural: Naṭānṭ.
ونطنط: باعد سفره، و الأرض: بعدت، و الشيء: مده.
And he lengthened his journey, and the land: it became distant, and the thing: he stretched it.
وتنطنط: تباعد.
And Tanṭanaṭa: he moved far apart.
ونط في الأرض ينط: ذهب.
And he went in the land, he goes: he departed.
وعقبة نطاء: بعيدة.
And a distant pass: far.