غوط

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of entering into something, particularly a low-lying or sunken place. It extends to the act of defecation, using a euphemism for the location, and also refers to a specific fertile region.

Derived headwords

غَاطَverb

1.
to sink intoboth
To enter deeply into something, especially a soft or yielding substance.

يَغُوطُverb

1.
to sink intoboth
Present tense of the verb 'to sink into'.

يَغِيطُverb

1.
to sink intoboth
An alternative present tense form of the verb 'to sink into'.

غَائِطnoun

1.
low-lying groundclassical
A low, broad, and sunken area of land.
2.
excrementboth
A euphemism for feces, derived from the original meaning of a low place where one would go to relieve oneself.

الغَائِطnoun

1.
the low-lying, wide part of the earthboth
the low-lying, wide part of the earth

غُوطnoun

1.
low-lying areasclassical
Plural of 'ghait', referring to low-lying areas of land.

أَغْوَاطnoun

1.
low-lying areasclassical
Another plural form of 'ghait', referring to low-lying areas of land.

غِيطَانnoun

1.
low-lying areasclassical
A further plural form of 'ghait', referring to low-lying areas of land.

تَغَوَّطَverb

1.
he defecated and urinatedboth
he defecated and urinated

غُوطَةname

1.
Damascus oasisboth
A place in Syria characterized by abundant water and trees, specifically referring to the fertile region around Damascus.

Parallel reading

غاط في الشئ يغوط ويغيط: دخل فيه.

Ghaṭa in a thing, yaghūṭu and yaghīṭu: it means to enter into it.

هذا رمل تغوط فيه الأقدام.

This is sand into which feet sink.

أتى فلان الغائط

So-and-so went to the low-lying ground.

أصل الغائط المطمئن من الأرض الواسع

The origin of Al-Gha'iṭ is a low, broad, and sunken area of the earth.

والجمع غوط وأغواط وغيطان

And the plurals are ghūṭ, aghwāṭ, and ghīṭān.

وكان الرجل منهم إذا أراد أن يقضي الحاجة أتى الغائط فقضى حاجته

And a man among them, if he wanted to relieve himself, would go to the low-lying ground and relieve himself.

فقيل لكل من قضى حاجته: قد أتى الغائط

So it was said of anyone who relieved himself: he has gone to Al-Gha'iṭ.

فكني به عن العذرة وقد تغوط وبال.

And it was used as a euphemism for excrement, and he has defecated and urinated.

والغوطة: بالضم: موضع بالشام كثير الماء والشجر

And Al-Ghūṭah: with dammah: is a place in Syria with abundant water and trees.

وهى غوطة دمشق.

And it is the Ghūṭah of Damascus.