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تتء

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root pertains to specific sounds or phenomena occurring during sexual intercourse, particularly a sound or discharge. It also relates to the concept of something being heavy or significant, possibly derived from a root meaning 'to be heavy'.

Derived headwords

التِّيتَاnoun
  1. 1.
    sound during intercourseclassical

    A sound that occurs during sexual intercourse, also referred to as 'al-'udhiyuṭ'.

التِّيتَاnoun
  1. 1.
    discharge before intercourseclassical

    That which is discharged before penetration during sexual intercourse, as stated by Ibn al-A'rabi.

التِّئْتَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    sound during intercourseclassical

    A sound that occurs during sexual intercourse, similar to 'al-tītā'.

وتأverb
  1. 1.
    to be heavyclassical

    To be heavy, either in physical weight or in character/status. This is considered the original root for 'al-tītā'.

Parallel reading

من يحدث عند الجماع وهو العذيوط
which occurs during intercourse, and it is the 'udhiyuṭ'.
أو الذي ينزل قبل الإيلاج
or that which is discharged before penetration.
قال شيخنا: واختلف في تاء التيتا، وهي أول الثلاثة
Our teacher said: There is disagreement regarding the 'tā' of 'al-tītā', which is the first of the three letters.
فالذي صرح به أبو حيان وابن عصفور أن تاءها الأولى زائدة
What Abu Hayyan and Ibn 'Asfur explicitly stated is that its first 'tā' is an addition.
وأنها من وتأ، واوي الفاء، إذا ثقل كبرا أو خلقا
And that it is from the root 'w-t-a', with a 'wāw' as the first radical, when something becomes heavy in size or character.