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وتت

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to sounds, specifically the cries of birds, and also to mental disturbances like whispers or delusions. The derived terms are scarce and primarily found in classical sources.

Derived headwords

الوتnoun
  1. 1.
    cry of the sandgrouseclassical

    The cry of the sandgrouse (warshan).

الوتةnoun
  1. 1.
    sandgrouse's cryclassical

    A term for the cry of the sandgrouse, similar to 'al-wat'.

أوتىverb
  1. 1.
    cried like sandgrouseclassical

    To cry out with the sound of the sandgrouse.

الوتاوتnoun
  1. 1.
    whispersclassical

    Refers to whispers, delusions, or obsessive thoughts.

Parallel reading

هو (صياح الورشان
It is the cry of the sandgrouse
كالوتة، بالضم
like al-watah, with dammah
الفتح عن ابن الأعرابي
The fath is from Ibn al-A'rabi
يقال: أوتى إذا صاح صياح الورشان
It is said: 'awta' if one cries the cry of the sandgrouse.
والوتاوت: الوساوس
And al-watawit: the whispers
نقله الصاغاني
Al-Saghani transmitted it.
فيه ما مر في النات والأكيات من أنه بدل وقع في شعر
In it is what passed in al-nat and al-akyat, that it is a substitution that occurred in poetry.
ولم يتعرض له الجماهير
And the majority did not address it.
ولا ذكره أحد من المشاهير
Nor did any of the famous mention it.
ولا عرف أحد مفرده
And no one knew its singular form.