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مطط

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of stretching, extending, and elongating. It extends to metaphorical meanings of arrogance and haughtiness, as well as physical manifestations like a specific type of gait or a thick liquid.

Derived headwords

مَطَّverb
  1. 1.
    to stretchboth

    To extend something in length or size.

يَمُطُّverb
  1. 1.
    he stretchesboth

    The present tense conjugation of the verb 'to stretch'.

مَطَّ حَاجِبَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    to arch one's eyebrowsboth

    To stretch one's eyebrows, often in a gesture of arrogance or haughtiness.

تَمَطَّطَverb
  1. 1.
    he stretched himselfboth

    he stretched himself

المُطَيْطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thick waterclassical

    The thick, viscous water found at the bottom of a water basin or cistern.

المَطَائِطnoun
  1. 1.
    thick waterclassical

    Plural of المطيطة, referring to thick water at the bottom of a basin.

خبط النهال سمل المطائط — The thirsty young camels trampled the thick water.
المُطَيْطَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    strutting and extending the hands while walkingboth

    strutting and extending the hands while walking

Parallel reading

أي مده
meaning to stretch it.
أي مدهما وتكبر
meaning to stretch them and to be arrogant.
أي تمدد
meaning to stretch oneself.
الماء الخاثر في أسفل الحوض
The thick water at the bottom of the basin.
خبط النهال سمل المطائط
The thirsty young camels trampled the thick water.
التبختر ومد اليدين في المشي
The swaggering and swinging of the hands while walking.
إذا مشت أمتى المطيطاء وخدمتهم فارس والروم كان بأسهم بينهم
When my nation walks with a swaggering gait and Persia and Rome serve them, their strife will be among themselves.