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مخط

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to actions of smoothing, lubricating, or making something slick. It also extends to concepts of penetration, intense effort, and sexual intercourse.

Derived headwords

ماحطadjective
  1. 1.
    little rainclassical

    Describing a year or season with scarce rainfall.

تمحيطnoun
  1. 1.
    smoothingclassical

    The act of passing something over the fingers to smooth or adjust it, particularly a bowstring.

  2. 2.
    lubricatingclassical

    The act of making something smooth or slick, like lubricating a bowstring.

امتحاطnoun
  1. 1.
    camel's gaitclassical

    A specific gait or movement of camels, possibly related to their speed or endurance.

امتخاطnoun
  1. 1.
    drawing a swordclassical

    The act of drawing or unsheathing a sword.

  2. 2.
    pulling out a spearclassical

    The act of pulling out or extracting a spear.

تمحيطnoun
  1. 1.
    clearingclassical

    The act of clearing or freeing something, such as the heel.

محطverb
  1. 1.
    to smoothclassical

    To pass over the fingers to smooth or adjust, especially a bowstring.

  2. 2.
    to lubricateclassical

    To make something slick or smooth, like lubricating a bowstring.

  3. 3.
    to pluck feathersclassical

    For a falcon to pluck or shed its feathers, as if anointing them.

  4. 4.
    to have intercourseclassical

    A euphemism for sexual intercourse.

يمحطهverb
  1. 1.
    to smooth itclassical

    To pass over it with the fingers to smooth or adjust it.

  2. 2.
    to lubricate itclassical

    To make it slick or smooth.

محطهverb
  1. 1.
    to smooth itclassical

    To pass over it with the fingers to smooth or adjust it.

  2. 2.
    to lubricate itclassical

    To make it slick or smooth.

يمحطهverb
  1. 1.
    to smooth itclassical

    To pass over it with the fingers to smooth or adjust it.

  2. 2.
    to lubricate itclassical

    To make it slick or smooth.

محطverb
  1. 1.
    to pluck feathersclassical

    For a falcon to pluck or shed its feathers, as if anointing them.

امتحطverb
  1. 1.
    to pluck feathersclassical

    For a falcon to pluck or shed its feathers, as if anointing them.

محطverb
  1. 1.
    to have intercourseclassical

    A euphemism for sexual intercourse.

مطحهاverb
  1. 1.
    to have intercourse with herclassical

    To have sexual intercourse with a woman.

المماحطةnoun
  1. 1.
    intense mountingclassical

    The intense effort of a male camel mounting a female camel when preparing to mate.

محاطاnoun
  1. 1.
    intense mountingclassical

    The intense effort of a male camel mounting a female camel when preparing to mate.

أمحطverb
  1. 1.
    to penetrateclassical

    For an arrow to penetrate or pass through its target.

أمخطهverb
  1. 1.
    to penetrate itclassical

    For an arrow to penetrate or pass through its target.

Parallel reading

عام ماحط، أي قليل الغيث.
A year of little rain, meaning scarce rainfall.
وتمحيط الوتر أن تمر عليه، أن تمره على الأصابع لتصلحه، لتملسه.
And smoothing the bowstring is to pass it over, to pass it over the fingers to fix it, to make it smooth.
والامتحاط: من عدو الإبل.
And 'imtiḥāṭ' refers to the gait of camels.
والامتخاط: استلال السيف، عن ابن دريد، وكذا انتزاع الرمح.
And 'imtikhaṭ' is drawing the sword, according to Ibn Duraid, and likewise pulling out the spear.
يقال: امتحط سيفه، وامتحط رمحه.
It is said: he drew his sword, and he pulled out his spear.
تمحيط العقب: تخليصه.
Smoothing the heel: freeing it.
محط الوتر والعقب يمحطه محطا، كمحطه تمحيطا.
He smoothed the bowstring and the heel, smoothing it with a smoothing, like he smoothed it with a smoothing.
ومحط البازي ريشه يمحطه محطا كأنه يدهنه.
And the falcon smoothed its feathers, smoothing them as if it were anointing them.
امتحط البازي، ولا تذكر الريش، كما تقول ادهن.
The falcon smoothed (its feathers), and the feathers are not mentioned, just as you say 'anoint'.
محط المرأة محطا: جامعها كمطحها مطحا.
A woman, he had intercourse with her, a 'maṭḥan', like he had intercourse with her, a 'maṭḥan'.
المماحطة: شدة سنان الجمل الناقة إذا استناخها ليضربها.
Al-mumāḥaṭah: the intensity of a male camel mounting a female camel when it kneels for her to mount it.
يقال: سانها وماحطها محاطا شديدا حتى ضرب بها الأرض.
It is said: he approached her and mounted her with intense mounting until he struck her to the ground.
أمحط السهم: أنفذه، كأمخطه.
The arrow penetrated: it passed through it, like it penetrated it.