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طست

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific type of vessel, possibly a basin or bowl, with variations in its name based on dialect and grammatical form. The text discusses phonetic shifts and grammatical derivations of this term.

Derived headwords

الطستnoun
  1. 1.
    basin, bowlboth

    A type of vessel, likely a basin or bowl, used for various purposes.

طسnoun
  1. 1.
    basin, bowl (Tayyi dialect)classical

    The word for 'basin' or 'bowl' in the Tayyi dialect, where 't' is substituted for one of the 's' sounds.

طساسnoun
  1. 1.
    the pluralboth

    the plural

طسيسnoun
  1. 1.
    basins, bowls (diminutive plural)both

    A diminutive plural form of the word for 'basin' or 'bowl', also restoring the original 's' sound.

Parallel reading

الطست: الطس بلغة طيئ أبدل من إحدى السينين تاء للاستثقال
The basin: 'Tas' in the language of Tayyi is a substitution of a 't' for one of the 's' sounds due to aversion to repetition.
فإذا جمعت أو صغرت رددت السين
And when you pluralize or make it diminutive, you return the 's'.
لانك فصلت بينهما بألف أو ياء
Because you have separated them by an 'alif' or a 'ya'.
فقلت: طساس وطسيس
So you say: 'tassas' and 'tasis'.