وهط

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of breaking, crushing, or causing something to fall. It also extends to describing low-lying or depressed land, and in a figurative sense, to overwhelming or incapacitating someone.

Derived headwords

وَهَطَverb

1.
to breakboth
To break something, to crush it.

يَهْطُهُverb

1.
to breakboth
The present tense form of the verb 'to break' or 'to crush'.

وَهْطًاnoun

1.
breakingboth
The verbal noun (masdar) of وَهَطَ, meaning the act of breaking or crushing.

وَهْطَةnoun

1.
low-lying landclassical
A place that is low and depressed in the ground, similar to a hollow or depression.

وَهْدَةnoun

1.
low-lying landclassical
A depression or hollow in the ground; a variant pronunciation or spelling of وَهْطَة.

وَهْطnoun

1.
low-lying landclassical
Plural of وَهْطَة or وَهْدَة, referring to low-lying areas or depressions.

وَاهَاطnoun

1.
low-lying landclassical
Another plural form for وَهْطَة or وَهْدَة, referring to low-lying areas or depressions.

وَهْطname

1.
name of a propertyclassical
The name of a property or estate that belonged to Amr ibn al-As.

أَوْهَطَهُverb

1.
to make fallclassical
To cause someone to fall down, to strike them down with a fall from which they cannot recover.

Parallel reading

وَهَطه يهطه وهطا: كسره.

Wahata yahṭuhu wahtan: to break it.

يقال لما اطمأن من الأرض: وهطة، وهي لغة في وهدة، والجمع وهط ووهاط.

What is low and settled of the earth is called 'wahṭah', which is a dialectal variant of 'wahdah', and its plural is 'waht' and 'wahāṭ'.

ويقال وهط من عشر، كما يقال عيص من سدر.

And it is said 'waht' from 'ashar' (a type of tree), just as 'ʿaiṣ' is said from 'sidr' (a type of tree).

والوهط: اسم مال كان لعمرو بن العاص رضى الله عنه.

And 'al-Waht' is the name of a property that belonged to Amr ibn al-As, may God be pleased with him.

وأوهطه، أي صرعه صرعة لا يقوم منها.

And 'awhaṭahu', meaning he struck him down with a fall from which he does not rise.