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لطى

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the forehead and related concepts, including a specific type of wound and the act of settling or resting one's weight.

Derived headwords

اللَّطَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    foreheadboth

    The part of the face above the eyebrows.

  2. 2.
    forehead markingclassical

    A circular marking in the middle of a horse's forehead.

أَلْقَى بِلَطَاتِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to settle one's weightclassical

    To cast down one's burden or settle down with one's full weight.

فَأَلْقَى التَّهَامِي مِنْهُمَا بِلَطَاتِهِ — And the lowlands cast down their burdens from them
المُلْطَىnoun
  1. 1.
    type of woundclassical

    A superficial wound of the skull, specifically the periosteum, which is the thin membrane between the bone and the skin.

المِلْطَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    type of woundclassical

    Another term for the 'mulṭā' wound, referring to the periosteum.

المِلْطَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    type of woundclassical

    A variant form of 'mulṭā', also referring to the periosteum, considered a defective spelling (maqṣūrah).

Parallel reading

ودائرة اللطاة: التي في وسط جبهة الدابة.
And the circle of the laṭāh: that which is in the middle of the horse's forehead.
ويقال: ألقى بلطاته، أي بثقله.
And it is said: 'He cast his laṭāt', meaning his weight.
فَأَلْقَى التَّهَامِي مِنْهُمَا بِلَطَاتِهِ
And the lowlands cast down their burdens from them
وأحلط هذا لا أريم مكانيا
And this one settled down, I will not move from my place.
والملطى، على مفعل: السمحاق من الشجاج، وهي التي بينها وبين العظم القشرة الرقيقة.
And the mulṭā, on the pattern 'mafʿal': the periosteum of wounds, which is the thin layer between it and the bone.
وأخبرني الواقدي أن السمحاق في لغة أهل الحجاز: الملطاء.
And al-Wāqidī informed me that the periosteum in the language of the people of Hijaz is: al-milṭāʾ.
ويقال لها الملطاة بالهاء.
And it is called al-milṭāh with the hāʾ.
فإذا كانت على هذا فهى في التقدير مقصورة.
And if it is in this form, then it is considered defective (maqṣūrah).
يقول: معناه أنه حين يشج صاحبها يؤخذ مقدارها تلك الساعة ثم يقضى فيها بالقصاص أو الارش، لا ينظر إلى ما يحدث فيها بعد ذلك من زيادة أو نقصان.
He says: its meaning is that when its owner is wounded, its extent is assessed at that moment, then judgment is passed on it with retaliation or blood money, without regard to any increase or decrease that occurs in it afterward.
وهذا قولهم وليس هو قول أهل العراق.
And this is their saying, and it is not the saying of the people of Iraq.