المتن

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of firmness, solidity, and strength. It extends to physical attributes like a strong back or a solid part of an object, as well as actions involving force, endurance, and even deception or delay.

Derived headwords

المَتْنnoun

1.
Marriageclassical
The act of marriage or sexual intercourse.
2.
Oathclassical
A solemn oath or vow.
3.
Severe blowboth
A severe or intense strike or blow.
4.
Travelclassical
Traveling extensively or going far into the land.
5.
Stretchingclassical
The act of stretching or extending.
6.
Solid groundboth
That which is firm and elevated of the earth, like a mound.
7.
Shaft of an arrowboth
The part of an arrow between the fletching and the head.
8.
Strong manboth
A robust and strong man.

مَتُنَverb

1.
To be firmboth
To be solid, strong, or firm.

مَتْنَاnoun

1.
Sides of the backboth
The parts of the back flanking the spine; it can be feminine.

مَتَنَverb

1.
To slit the scrotumclassical
To slit the scrotum of a ram and extract its testicles with their veins.
2.
To strike the backboth
To strike someone on their back.
3.
To travel all dayclassical
To travel with someone for the entire day.
4.
To resideclassical
To stay or reside in a place.

أَمْتَنَverb

1.
To strike the backboth
To strike someone on their back (used as a causative form of متن).

التَّمْتِينnoun

1.
Tent ropesboth
The ropes used for tents.
2.
Securing tentsclassical
The act of securing tents with their ropes.
3.
Challenging to catch upclassical
Saying to a competitor: 'You went ahead to such a place, then I will catch up to you.'
4.
Weaving hairclassical
To make a mat of hair between the strips of a tent to prevent tearing by the edges of the poles.
5.
Tying a bowclassical
To tie a bowstring to the nock of a bow.
6.
Securing a waterskinclassical
To secure a waterskin with a strap or rope.

التَّمْتَانnoun

1.
Tent ropesboth
The ropes used for tents (variant of التمتين).

تَمَاتِينnoun

1.
Tent ropes (plural)both
Plural of تمتان, referring to tent ropes.

المُمَاتَنَةnoun

1.
Procrastinationclassical
The act of delaying or procrastinating.
2.
Setting a distant goalclassical
Setting a goal that is far off or difficult to reach; delaying the achievement of a goal.

Parallel reading

المتن: النكاح، والحلف، والضرب، أو شديده، والذهاب في الأرض، والمد، وما صلب من الأرض وارتفع، كالمتنة، و من السهم: ما بين الريش إلى وسطه، والرجل الصلب.

Al-matn: Marriage, an oath, a blow, or its severity, traveling in the land, stretching, and what is solid and elevated of the earth, like a mound, and from an arrow: what is between the fletching and its middle, and a strong man.

ومتن، ككرم: صلب.

And matuna, like karuma: it was firm.

ومَتْنَا الظهر: مكتنفا الصلب، ويؤنث.

And matna al-ẓahr: the sides of the spine, and it is feminine.

ومَتَنَ الكبش: شق صفنه، واستخرج بيضه بعروقها،

And matana al-kabsh: he slit its scrotum and extracted its testicles with their veins,

وفلانا: ضرب متنه، كأمتنه،

And fatulana: he struck his back, like amtanahu,

و به: سار به يومه أجمع،

And bihi: he traveled with it for his entire day,

و بالمكان متونا: أقام.

And bil-makān mutūnan: he resided.

والتمتين: خيوط الخيام، كالتمتان، بالكسر ج: تماتين،

And al-tamtīn: the tent ropes, like al-tamtān, with kasra, plural: tamātīn,

وضرب الخيام بخيوطها،

And striking the tents with their ropes,

وأن تقول لمن سابقك: تقدمني إلى موضع كذا ثم ألحقك،

And to say to one who raced you: 'Go ahead of me to such a place, then I will catch up to you,'

وأن تجعل ما بين طرائق البيت متنا من شعر، لئلا تمزقه أطراف الأعمدة،

And to make what is between the strips of the tent a mat of hair, so that the edges of the poles do not tear it,

وشد القوس بالعقب، والسقاء بالرب.

And tying the bow with the string, and the waterskin with the strap.

والمماتنة: المماطلة، والمباعدة في الغاية.

And al-mumātanah: procrastination, and setting a distant goal.