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طيح

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of falling, perishing, destruction, and scattering. It also extends to meanings of losing or wasting something, and can describe rapid movement or disappearance.

Derived headwords

الطَّيْحnoun
  1. 1.
    part of a plowclassical

    The wooden beam of a plow that is at its base.

طَيْحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    discordclassical

    Matters or events that cause division and separation among people.

  2. 2.
    calamityclassical

    Destructive events or misfortunes that lead to ruin.

طَيَّاحadjective
  1. 1.
    destructiveclassical

    Something that causes ruin or destruction.

طَيَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    to throw awayclassical

    To discard something carelessly into a place of ruin or destruction.

  2. 2.
    to confuseclassical

    To cause someone to become lost or bewildered.

  3. 3.
    to wasteclassical

    To squander or lose something valuable.

أَطَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to destroyclassical

    To cause the ruin or destruction of something, particularly wealth.

طَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to fallclassical

    To fall down, often implying a loss of control or direction.

  2. 2.
    to perishclassical

    To be destroyed or ruined.

  3. 3.
    to goclassical

    To move rapidly or disappear.

طَيْحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    rapid movementclassical

    A swift and fast movement, like that of an arrow.

المَطِيحadjective
  1. 1.
    corruptclassical

    Something that is spoiled, ruined, or defective.

كَفّ طَائِحَةphrase
  1. 1.
    detached handclassical

    A hand that has been severed from the wrist.

Parallel reading

أصابتهم طيحة، أي أمور فرقت بينهم
A discord afflicted them, meaning matters that separated them.
وكان ذالك في زمن الطيحة
And that was during the time of the calamity.
وطوحتهم طيحات: أهلكتهم خطوب
And calamities destroyed them: disasters ruined them.
وذهبت أموالهم طيحات، أي متفرقة بعيدة
And their wealth went scattered, meaning dispersed and far away.
طيح بثوبه: رمى به في مضيعة
He threw his garment: he cast it into a place of ruin.
طيح فلانا: توهه
To confuse someone: to make them lost.
طيح الشيء: ضيعه
To waste something: to lose it.
أطاح ماله وطوحه: أهلكه
He destroyed his wealth and wasted it: he ruined it.
طاح به فرسه: إذا مضى يطيح طيحا
His horse ran with him: when it went moving swiftly.
أين طيح بك؟
Where did you go?
يطيح بالفارس المدجج ذي القونس حتى يغيب في القتم
He carries the fully armed rider with his helmet until he disappears into the dust.
كفا طائحة: أي طائرة من معصمها
Detached hands: meaning severed from their wrists.
وما كانت إلا مزحة طاح بها لساني، أي ذهب بها
It was nothing but a joke my tongue uttered, meaning it went away with it.