ع م ر ط

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a thief or someone who takes things indiscriminately. It extends to concepts of being swift, bold, or a formidable entity, and also includes a place name and a term for female genitalia.

Derived headwords

العَمْرُوطnoun

1.
thiefboth
A thief, specifically one who takes anything they come across.
2.
destitute personclassical
Someone who possesses nothing.
3.
wicked personclassical
A wicked or mischievous person.
4.
bold rogueclassical
A bold, rogue-like individual who takes whatever they find, considered more specific than a general thief.

العُمْرُطadjective

1.
swiftboth
Describing someone or something as swift and agile.
2.
boldclassical
Describing a young man as bold and daring.
3.
fierceclassical
Describing a wolf as fierce and strong.
4.
cunningclassical
A cunning or tricky individual.

عَمَلِسadjective

1.
swiftclassical
Swift and agile, used as a comparison for 'عمرط'.

عِمْرِيطname

1.
village namemodern
A village located in eastern Egypt.

العِمَارِطِيّnoun

1.
large female genitaliaclassical
A term for the large private parts of a woman.

مُعَمَّرِطadjective

1.
acquisitiveclassical
One who takes everything they find.

مُتَعَمِّرِطadjective

1.
acquisitiveclassical
One who takes everything they find.

عَمْرَطَةnoun

1.
takingclassical
The act of taking or seizing something.

Parallel reading

العَمْرُوط، بالضم: اللص

Al-ʿamrūṭ, with dammah: the thief

زاد ابن دريد: الذي لا يلوح له شيء إلا أخذه

Ibn Durayd added: one who, if anything appears to him, he takes it

ج: عمارطة وعماريط

Plural: ʿamāriṭah and ʿamārīṭ

وقال الأصمعي: العمروط: الذي لا شيء له

Al-Aṣmaʿī said: Al-ʿamrūṭ: one who has nothing

وقيل: هو الخبيث، أو هو المارد الصعلوك الذي لا يدع شيئا إلا أخذه

And it was said: he is the wicked one, or he is the rebellious, penniless one who leaves nothing without taking it

فهو أخص من اللص

So he is more specific than a thief

والعمرط، كعملس: الخفيف

And al-ʿumruṭ, like ʿamalis: the swift

وزاد غيره: من الفتيان

And others added: among the young men

وقال الليث: هو الجسور الشديد

Al-Layth said: he is the bold, the strong

وقال غيره: ذئب عمرط: شديد جسور

And others said: a swift wolf: strong, bold

والطاء مبدلة من الدال

And the ṭāʾ is a substitute for the dāl

والعمرط: الداهية

And al-ʿumruṭ: the cunning one

والعمرط والعمرط كزبرج، وبرقع: الطويل من الرجال

And al-ʿumruṭ and al-ʿamraṭ, like zubruj and burquʿ: the tall man

والعمارطي، بالضم: فرج المرأة العظيم

And al-ʿimmāriṭī, with dammah: the large female genitalia

ولص معمرط، ومتعمرط: يأخذ كل ما وجد

And a thief who is muʿamriṭ, and mutaʿamriṭ: takes everything he finds

وعمرط الشيء عمرطة: أخذه

And ʿamraṭa the thing ʿamraṭah: he took it

وعمريط، بالكسر: قرية بشرقية مصر

And ʿumrayṭ, with kasrah: a village in eastern Egypt