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مرط

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root مرط (m-r-ṭ) primarily relates to the act of pulling, plucking, or detaching something, often hair or feathers. It extends to concepts of falling out, thinning, and also refers to specific garments, types of arrows, gaits, and anatomical regions.

Derived headwords

مَرَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to pluck outboth

    To pull out or pluck something, specifically hair.

يَمْرُطُهُverb
  1. 1.
    he plucks it outboth

    The present tense form of the verb 'to pluck out', referring to the action of pulling out hair.

مَرَاطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    what falls outclassical

    That which has fallen out or detached, specifically from hair that has been plucked.

أَمْرَطَverb
  1. 1.
    it is time to pluckclassical

    The hair has reached the point where it is ready to be plucked or fall out.

مُرُطnoun
  1. 1.
    garmentsclassical

    A type of garment, specifically cloaks or wrappers made of wool or silk, worn around the waist.

مُرُوطnoun
  1. 1.
    cloaksclassical

    Plural of 'mirṭ', referring to multiple wool or silk garments worn as wrappers.

تَمَرَّطَverb
  1. 1.
    meaning, it fell outboth

    meaning, it fell out

أَمْرَطadjective
  1. 1.
    thin-sidedclassical

    A man whose sideburns have become sparse or thin of hair.

أَمْرَطadjective
  1. 1.
    featherlessclassical

    An arrow from which the feathers (quills) have fallen out.

مُرَطadjective
  1. 1.
    featherlessclassical

    An arrow that lacks feathers or quills.

مَرَطَadjective
  1. 1.
    featherlessclassical

    An arrow that lacks feathers or quills.

أَمْرَطnoun
  1. 1.
    thiefclassical

    A thief.

مُرَطَّىnoun
  1. 1.
    a gaitclassical

    A specific gait or way of running for a horse, faster than 'taqrīb' but slower than 'ihdhab'.

مِرْطَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    abdominal regionclassical

    The area of the body between the navel and the pubic region.

Parallel reading

مرط الشعر يمرطه: نتفه.
Marṭa al-shaʿr yamruṭuhu: natfuhu (The hair, it plucks it: plucking it).
والمراطة: ما سقط منه.
And al-marāṭah: what fell from it.
وأمرط الشعر، أي حان له أن يمرط.
And al-shaʿr amraṭa, meaning it is time for it to be plucked.
والمرط بالكسر: واحد المروط، وهي أكسية من صوف أو خز كان يؤتزر بها.
And al-mirṭ (with kasra): is one of the al-muruṭ, which are garments of wool or silk that were worn as wrappers.
تساهم ثوباها ففي الدرع رأدة * وفي المرط لفاوان ردفهما عبل
Their garments were overlapping, so in the tunic there was a slight movement * and in the mirṭ, folds of their ample buttocks.
وتمرط شعره، أي تحات.
And his hair tamarraṭa, meaning it fell out.
ورجل أمرط بين المرط، وهو الذي قد خف عارضاه من الشعر.
And an amraṭ man between the mirṭ, meaning he is one whose sideburns have thinned of hair.
والامرط من السهام: الذى قد سقطت قذذه.
And al-amraṭ from arrows: that whose feathers have fallen out.
ويقال أيضا سهم مرط، إذا لم تكن له قذذ.
And it is also said a sahm marṭ, if it has no feathers.
مرط القذاذ فليس فيه مصنع * لا الريش ينفعه ولا التعقيب
The feathers have fallen out, so there is no fixing it * neither the fletching benefits it nor the follow-up.
وسهام مراط، مثل سلب وسلاب.
And marāṭ arrows, like salab and salāb (types of arrows).
ذؤالة كالاقدح المراط
A swift arrow like the featherless quivers.
الامرط: اللص.
Al-amraṭ: the thief.
والمرطى: ضرب من العدو.
And al-marṭā: a type of running (gait).
تقريبها المرطى والشد إبراق
Its approximation is al-marṭā, and its speed is lightning.
والمريطاء: ما بين السرة والعانة.
And al-mirṭāʾ: what is between the navel and the pubic region.
أما خشيت أن تنشق مريطاؤك
Did you not fear that your mirṭāʾ would split?