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حطط

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of descending, alighting, or coming down. It extends to meanings of reducing, lowering, or settling, and also encompasses specific physical descriptions and ailments.

Derived headwords

حَطَّverb
  1. 1.
    he lowered the saddle, the stirrup, and the bowboth

    he lowered the saddle, the stirrup, and the bow

  2. 2.
    he descended, meaning he came downboth

    he descended, meaning he came down

حط الرحل والسرج والقوس — He unloaded the saddle, the pack, and the bow.
حَطّnoun
  1. 1.
    he lowered the saddle, the stirrup, and the bowboth

    he lowered the saddle, the stirrup, and the bow

  2. 2.
    he descended, meaning he came downboth

    he descended, meaning he came down

المَحَطّnoun
  1. 1.
    stopping place, lodgingclassical

    A place where one stops or alights, a lodging place.

اِنْحَطَّverb
  1. 1.
    the price and other things decreasedboth

    the price and other things decreased

وانحط السعر وغيره — And the price and other things declined.
اِسْتَحَطَّverb
  1. 1.
    he asked him to reduce the price a littleboth

    he asked him to reduce the price a little

استحطني فلان من الثمن شيئا — So-and-so asked me for something off the price.
الحُطَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    a request for forgivenessclassical

    A word or plea for forgiveness, specifically referring to a command given to the Children of Israel to say 'Hittah' (a plea for forgiveness) to have their sins removed.

حطة — 'Hittah' (a plea for forgiveness)
حَطَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    meaning, relieve us of our burdensboth

    meaning, relieve us of our burdens

  2. 2.
    a word commanded to the Children of Israel, if they had said it, their burdens would have been removedboth

    a word commanded to the Children of Israel, if they had said it, their burdens would have been removed

حطه، أي حدره — He brought it down, meaning he lowered it.
الحُطُوطnoun
  1. 1.
    lowering, descentclassical

    The act of bringing down or lowering.

  2. 2.
    swift, fast runnerclassical

    A swift and fast-moving she-camel.

مَحْطُوطَةadjective
  1. 1.
    long-backed, straightclassical

    Describing a female animal, particularly a camel or mare, with a long, straight, and even back.

بيضاء محطوطة المتنين بهكنة — A white, long-backed, strong she-camel
حَطَّاطnoun
  1. 1.
    leaning forwardclassical

    A camel leaning forward in its gait, relying on its reins.

  2. 2.
    smallclassical

    A small person.

  3. 3.
    eruptions, pustulesclassical

    Small eruptions or pustules, often found around the navel or on the face.

  4. 4.
    froth, foamclassical

    The froth or foam of milk.

حط البعير في السير حطاطا: اعتمد في زمامه — The camel leaned forward in its gait, relying on its reins.
حَطائِطadjective
  1. 1.
    smallclassical

    A small person.

ورجل حطائط بالضم، أي صغير — And a man, 'haṭā'iṭ' (with damma), meaning small.
الحُطاطnoun
  1. 1.
    eruptions, pustulesclassical

    Small eruptions or pustules, similar to pimples, that can appear around the navel or on the face.

  2. 2.
    froth, foamclassical

    The froth or foam that rises to the surface of milk.

قام إلى عذراء بالغطاط — He approached a young woman with pustules
المِحَطّnoun
  1. 1.
    branding iron, engraver's toolclassical

    A tool used for branding or engraving, possibly a heated iron or a tool used by leatherworkers.

كأن محطأ في يدي حارثية — As if a branding iron in the hands of a farmer's wife
عمران بن حطانname
  1. 1.
    Imran bin Hattanclassical

    A proper name, referring to a historical figure.

Parallel reading

حط الرحل والسرج والقوس.
He unloaded the saddle, the pack, and the bow.
وحط، أي نزل.
And he alighted, meaning he descended.
والمحط: المنزل.
And the stopping place: the lodging.
وانحط السعر وغيره.
And the price and other things declined.
وتقول: استحطني فلان من الثمن شيئا، والحطيطة كذا وكذا من الثمن.
And you say: So-and-so asked me for something off the price, and the reduction was such-and-such from the price.
{حطة} ، أي حط عنا أوزارنا.
{Hittah}, meaning 'Alight from us our burdens'.
ويقال: هي كلمة أمر بها بنو إسرائيل لو قالوها لحطت أوزارهم.
And it is said: It is a word commanded to the Children of Israel; if they had said it, their burdens would have been lifted.
وحطه، أي حدره.
And he brought it down, meaning he lowered it.
والحطوط الحدور.
And the lowering, the descent.
والحطوط: النجيبة السريعة.
And the swift ones: the fast-moving (she-camels).
وجارية محطوطة المتنين، أي ممدودة مستوية.
And a mare with straight backs, meaning long and even.
بيضاء محطوطة المتنين بهكنة ريا الروادف لم تمغل بأولاد
A white, long-backed, strong she-camel, with full flanks, not having borne offspring.
وحط البعير في السير حطاطا: اعتمد في زمامه.
And the camel leaned forward in its gait, relying on its reins.
وإن ضربت على العلات حطت إليك حطاط هادية شنون
And if you strike the high ground, it leans forward to you, a forward-leaning gait of a steady, swift she-camel.
ورجل حطائط بالضم، أي صغير.
And a man, 'haṭā'iṭ' (with damma), meaning small.
قال أبو عمرو: انحطت الناقة في سيرها، أي أسرعت.
Abu Amr said: The she-camel sped up in her gait, meaning she became fast.
والحطاط بالفتح: شبيه بالبثور يكون حول الحوق.
And al-ḥiṭāṭ (with fatha): similar to pustules that are around the navel.
قام إلى عذراء بالغطاط يمشى بمثل قائم الفسطاط
He approached a young woman with pustules, walking like the pole of a tent.
بمكفهر اللون ذى حطاط
With a dark complexion, having pustules.
والحطاط أيضا: زبد اللبن.
And al-ḥiṭāṭ also: the froth of milk.
والمحط بالكسر: الذي يوشم به، ويقال هو الحديدة التى تكون مع الخرازين ينقشون بها الأديم.
And al-miḥaṭṭ (with kasra): that with which one brands, and it is said to be the iron that is with the leatherworkers with which they engrave the hide.
كأن محطأ في يدي حارثية صناع علت مني به الجلد من عل
As if a branding iron in the hands of a skilled farmer's wife, with which the skin was marked on me from above.