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الوطواط

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of weakness, cowardice, and excessive talkativeness. It also extends to describe a type of bat and a specific mountain bird.

Derived headwords

الوطواطnoun
  1. 1.
    Batboth

    A nocturnal flying mammal. This is a common modern meaning.

  2. 2.
    Weakling, cowardclassical

    An individual who is feeble in character or physical strength, often implying timidity.

  3. 3.
    Mountain birdclassical

    A type of bird found in mountainous regions, specifically a kind of falcon.

  4. 4.
    Screamerclassical

    One who makes loud, piercing cries.

الوطواطيadjective
  1. 1.
    Weak, cowardlyclassical

    Possessing the qualities of weakness and cowardice, similar to الوطواط.

وطاويطnoun
  1. 1.
    Batsboth

    Plural of الوطواط, referring to the flying mammals.

وطاوطnoun
  1. 1.
    Batsboth

    Another plural form of الوطواط, referring to the flying mammals.

الوطوطةnoun
  1. 1.
    Weaknessclassical

    The state of being weak or feeble.

  2. 2.
    Approaching speechclassical

    The act of speaking in a hesitant or unclear manner, or speaking excessively.

الوطnoun
  1. 1.
    Creaking soundclassical

    The creaking noise made by a camel's saddle or litter.

  2. 2.
    Sound of a batclassical

    The characteristic sound made by a bat.

الوطواطيadjective
  1. 1.
    Talkativeclassical

    One who speaks excessively or incessantly.

الوططnoun
  1. 1.
    Feeble-minded and weakclassical

    Individuals who are weak in both intellect and physical body.

توطوطverb
  1. 1.
    To whimperclassical

    The sound a child makes when whimpering or crying softly.

Parallel reading

الوطواط: الضعيف الجبان
Al-watwat: the weak, the cowardly.
كالوطواطي
Like the weakling or coward.
والخفاش
And the bat.
وضرب من خطاطيف الجبال
And a type of mountain falcon.
والصياح
And the screamer.
والذي يقارب كلامه
And one whose speech is hesitant or unclear.
بهاء ج: وطاويط ووطاوط
Its plural is: watawit and watawat.
والوطوطة: الضعف
And al-watwatah: weakness.
ومقاربة الكلام
And the approximation of speech.
والوط: صرير المحمل
And al-wat: the creaking of the saddle.
وصوت الوطواط
And the sound of the bat.
والوطواطي: الكثير الكلام
And al-watwati: the talkative one.
والوطط، بضمتين: الضعفى العقول والأبدان
And al-watat, with two dammahs: the weak in mind and body.
وتوطوط الصبي: ضغاؤه
And the whimpering of a child: its soft cry.