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لطس

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of striking, pounding, and treading heavily. It also extends to the idea of smearing or becoming soiled, particularly with mud or dirt.

Derived headwords

الملطسnoun
  1. 1.
    large stone for poundingclassical

    A large stone used for pounding kernels or nuts.

الملطاسnoun
  1. 1.
    large stone for poundingclassical

    A large stone used for pounding kernels or nuts, similar to 'maladd' and 'maldam'.

الملاطسnoun
  1. 1.
    large stones for poundingclassical

    The plural form of 'al-malṭas' or 'al-malṭās', referring to large stones used for pounding.

لطسverb
  1. 1.
    to pound heavilyclassical

    To strike or pound something with great force.

  2. 2.
    to tread heavilyclassical

    To tread upon something intensely or heavily.

ألاطسverb
  1. 1.
    to smear oneselfclassical

    To smear oneself with something, particularly mud or dirt.

أتلطخverb
  1. 1.
    to smear oneselfclassical

    To become smeared or soiled with mud or dirt.

Parallel reading

الملطس والملطاس: حجر ضخم يدق به النوى، مثل الملدم والملدام، والجمع الملاطس.
Al-malṭas and al-malṭās: a large stone with which kernels are pounded, like al-maladd and al-maldām, and the plural is al-malāṭis.
أبو عمرو: اللطس: الدق والوطئ الشديد.
Abu Amr: Al-laṭs: intense pounding and treading.
وسقيت بالماء النمير ولم * أترك ألاطس حمأة الحفر *
And I watered with pure water and did not leave [it] to smear itself with the mud of the excavation.
قال أبو عبيدة: معنى ألاطس أتلطخ بها.
Abu Ubaydah said: The meaning of 'alāṭis is 'atalaṭṭakhu bihā' (I smear myself with it).