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Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root entry is extremely brief and appears to be a fragment. It mentions a word related to a type of vessel or container, possibly a cistern or water skin, and links it to a variant pronunciation. The entry also touches upon a verb form related to slowness.

Derived headwords

الباطيةnoun
  1. 1.
    Water skinclassical

    A container for water, likely a skin or bladder.

الناجودnoun
  1. 1.
    Cisternclassical

    A cistern or reservoir for water.

البطيةnoun
  1. 1.
    Unknown objectclassical

    An object whose meaning is unknown to the lexicographer, possibly a variant of الباطية.

أبطيتverb
  1. 1.
    I was slowboth

    The first-person singular past tense of the verb meaning to be slow or delayed.

أبطأتverb
  1. 1.
    I was slowboth

    The first-person singular past tense of the verb meaning to be slow or delayed.

Parallel reading

الباطية: الناجود.
Al-Batiyah: Al-Najud.
وحكى سيبويه البطية، بالكسر، ولا علم لي بموضوعها، إلا أن يكون أبطيت: لغة في أبطأت.
And Sibawayh narrated Al-Batiyah, with a kasra, and I have no knowledge of its subject matter, except that it might be 'Abbaytu: a dialectal variant of 'Abba'tu.