ح م ط ط

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to smallness or being small, particularly when referring to a young child or a small creature. It is also associated with the concept of striking or hitting something until it breaks.

Derived headwords

الحِمْطَطnoun

1.
smallnessclassical
The state or quality of being small, particularly referring to something young or diminutive.

الحِمْطِطnoun

1.
smallnessclassical
The state or quality of being small, particularly referring to something young or diminutive.

حِمْطِمadjective

1.
smallclassical
Describing something as small, especially a young child or a small creature.

حَطْمَطverb

1.
to strikeclassical
To strike something repeatedly or forcefully.

Parallel reading

الحمطط، كزبرج هكذا في النسخ، والصواب: الحمطط، بالميم بين الطاءين

Al-hamṭaṭ, like zubraj, is written thus in the manuscripts, and the correct reading is: al-ḥamṭiṭ, with a mim between the two ṭās.

وقد أهمله الجوهري

And al-Jawharī omitted it.

قال أبو عمر و: هو الصغير من كل شيء

Abū ʿAmr said: It is the small one of everything.

يقال: صبي حطمط

It is said: a small child, ḥamṭam.

وأنشد: إذا هني حطمط مثل الوزغ يضرب منه رأسه حتى انثلغ

And he recited: If a small one is pleased, like a lizard, his head is struck from it until it is split open.

قلت: والإنشاد لربعي الدبيري

I say: And the recitation is by Rabīʿ al-Dabbīrī.

وهكذا أورده الأزهري في الرباعي

And thus al-Azhari mentioned it in the quadriliteral roots.

وتبعه في العباب

And he followed him in al-ʿAbbāb.

وأما في التكملة فقد أورده في ح ط ط على أن الميم زائدة

But in al-Takmilah, he mentioned it under ḥ ṭ ṭ, considering the mim to be an addition.