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طوح

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of perishing, falling, and being lost or thrown about. It extends to the idea of wandering aimlessly or being cast to and fro by external forces.

Derived headwords

طَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    He perished and fell.both

    He perished and fell.

  2. 2.
    When he wandered lost on the earth.both

    When he wandered lost on the earth.

يطوحverb
  1. 1.
    to perish, to fallboth

    The imperfect form of the verb طَاحَ, indicating perishing, falling, or becoming lost.

يطيحverb
  1. 1.
    to perish, to fallboth

    An alternative imperfect form of the verb طَاحَ, with the same meaning of perishing, falling, or becoming lost.

طَوَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to perish, to misleadboth

    To cause someone to perish, to mislead them, or to make them wander aimlessly.

تَطَوَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    He wandered, was tossed about.both

    He wandered, was tossed about.

تَطَاوَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to be thrown about, to be cast to and froclassical

    Used to describe how distant places or hardships cause people or things to be thrown about or cast to and fro.

المَطَاوِحnoun
  1. 1.
    launchers, catapultsclassical

    Devices used for throwing or launching things, such as catapults.

الطَّوَائِحnoun
  1. 1.
    calamities, destructive eventsclassical

    Destructive events or calamities that cast people about or cause them to perish.

Parallel reading

طاح يطوح ويطيح: هلك وسقط
He perished, perishes, and perishes: he perished and fell.
وكذلك إذا تاه في الأرض
And likewise if he became lost in the land.
وطوحه، أي توهه وذهب به ههنا وههنا
And He caused him to perish, meaning He made him lost and took him here and there.
فتطوح في البلاد، إذا رمى بنفسه ههنا وههنا
So he threw himself about in the lands, if he threw himself here and there.
وتطاوحت بهم النوى، أي ترامت
And the distant places made them be cast to and fro, meaning they were thrown far.
والمطاوح: المقاذف
And Al-Matāwiḥ: the catapults.
وطوحته الطوائح: قذفته القواذف
And the calamities cast him about: the catapults threw him.