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مطخ

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of consuming food or drink excessively or improperly, often through licking or drawing. It extends to meanings of drawing water, defiling something, and describes negative character traits like foolishness, arrogance, and falsehood.

Derived headwords

مَطَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat a lotmodern

    To consume food in large quantities.

  2. 2.
    to lickmodern

    To take something into the mouth with the tongue, especially to taste or consume it.

  3. 3.
    to draw watermodern

    To draw water from a well using a bucket.

  4. 4.
    to defilemodern

    To make something impure or tainted, especially one's honor or reputation.

  5. 5.
    to strikeclassical

    To hit or strike someone with one's hand.

مَطْخًاnoun
  1. 1.
    eating a lotmodern

    The act of eating excessively.

  2. 2.
    lickingmodern

    The act of licking.

  3. 3.
    drawing watermodern

    The act of drawing water from a well.

  4. 4.
    defilementmodern

    The act of defiling or making impure.

  5. 5.
    strikingclassical

    The act of striking.

يَمْطَخُverb
  1. 1.
    to eat a lotmodern

    He eats a lot.

  2. 2.
    to lickmodern

    He licks.

  3. 3.
    to draw watermodern

    He draws water from the well.

  4. 4.
    to defilemodern

    He defiles.

  5. 5.
    to strikeclassical

    He strikes.

المُتَمَطِّخُadjective
  1. 1.
    lickingclassical

    One who licks, especially in the context of drinking water improperly.

المُمَطَّخُadjective
  1. 1.
    drawnclassical

    Describing a rope that has been used to draw water.

المَطَّاخُnoun
  1. 1.
    foolmodern

    A foolish person.

  2. 2.
    arrogant personmodern

    An arrogant or conceited individual.

  3. 3.
    vulgar personmodern

    A person who is coarse, foul-mouthed, or indecent.

المَطْخُnoun
  1. 1.
    mudmodern

    The sediment or mud left in a pool or water basin that is difficult to drink.

  2. 2.
    falsehoodmodern

    Falsehood or lies.

مَطْخٌ مَطْخٌnoun
  1. 1.
    liesclassical

    A phrase used to describe a liar, indicating that their words are false and empty.

المَطَّاخُadjective
  1. 1.
    foolishmodern

    Characterized by foolishness.

  2. 2.
    arrogantmodern

    Characterized by arrogance or haughtiness.

  3. 3.
    vulgarmodern

    Characterized by vulgarity or indecency.

المَطْخُnoun
  1. 1.
    sedimentmodern

    The sediment or mud found in a water source.

Parallel reading

أكل كثيراً
He ate a lot.
المطخ: اللعق
Al-matkh: licking.
وقد مطخ (العسل لعقه) ، مطخا
And he licked (the honey), licking it.
أحمق ممن يمطخ الماء
More foolish than one who licks water.
لا يحسن أن يشربه من حمقه، ولاكن يلعقه
He does not drink it properly due to his foolishness, but rather licks it.
مطخ (الماء: متخه من البئر بالدلو) مطخا، أي جذبه
He drew (water: he pulled it from the well with the bucket), drawing it, meaning he pulled it.
ليمطخن بالرشاء الممطخ
They will draw with the drawn rope.
مطخ بيده: ضربه
He struck with his hand: he hit him.
مطخ عرضـه يمطخه مطخا: دنسه
He defiled his honor, defiling it, meaning he tainted it.
الماطخ: الفرس الرخو عدوا
Al-matikh: a horse that is slow in running.
المطاخ، ككتان: الأحمق، والمتكبر
Al-matakh, like kattan: the fool, and the arrogant one.
والمطخ: الغرين من الماء يبقى في الحوض
And al-matkh: the sediment from water that remains in the basin.
ويقال للكذاب: مطخ مطخ بكسرتين، أي قولك باطل ومين
And the liar is told: matkh matkh (with two kasras), meaning your saying is false and a lie.