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Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of breaking or crushing, particularly in relation to food and plant substances. It also extends to the milky or watery sap released from certain plants when broken, and the properties of this sap.

Derived headwords

تَعَتُّnoun
  1. 1.
    Breakingclassical

    The act of breaking or crushing something, specifically referring to the breaking of colostrum or ghee.

تعتverb
  1. 1.
    to breakclassical

    To break or crush something, such as colostrum or ghee.

تعتُّهُverb
  1. 1.
    to break (with bread)classical

    To break something by dipping a piece of bread into it and lifting it.

أتوعهverb
  1. 1.
    to break (with bread)classical

    To break something by dipping a piece of bread into it and lifting it.

أتيعهverb
  1. 1.
    to break (with bread)classical

    To break something by dipping a piece of bread into it and lifting it.

تَعْ تَعْnoun
  1. 1.
    humilityclassical

    An imperative form indicating humility or submission.

التِّيُوعnoun
  1. 1.
    milky sapclassical

    The white, hot, milky sap that flows from certain plants when cut, which can irritate the body.

لبن التيوعاتnoun
  1. 1.
    plant sapclassical

    The milky sap from plants of the 'tiyūʿ' type, known for its purgative and hair-expelling properties.

Parallel reading

مصدر تعت اللبأ والسمن
the source (masdar) of breaking colostrum and ghee
وتعته أتوعه وأتيعه: إذا كسرته بقطعة خبز ترفعه بها
And you break it (ta'tuhu), I break it (ata'uhu/ati'uhu): if you break it with a piece of bread that you lift it with.
وتع تع، بالضم أمر بالتواضع
And 'ta' ta', with damma, is an imperative for humility.
والتيوع، مشددة على تفعول: كل بقلة إذا قطعت سال منها لبن أبيض حار، يقرح البدن
And 'al-tiyūʿ', stressed on taf'ūl: every herb that, when cut, flows from it a hot white milk that irritates the body.
كالسقمونيا والشبرم واللاعية والعشر والحلتيت والعرطنيثا
like scammony, shabram, la'iya, 'ashr, hing, and 'artinitha.
ولبن التيوعات كلها: مسهل مدر حالق للشعر
And the milk of all the 'tiyūʿāt' (plants): is a purgative, diuretic, and hair-expelling agent.
وإذا دق ورقها أو بزرها وطرح في الماء الراكد، طفا سمكه كالسكارى فاصطيد
And if its leaves or seeds are crushed and thrown into stagnant water, its thick sap floats like the intoxicated, and is caught.