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م ص ط

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the act of expelling or expelling something from the womb. It is noted as being omitted by some lexicographers and potentially a variant form of another root.

Derived headwords

مَصَطَverb
  1. 1.
    expelled the fetusclassical

    To expel what is in the womb, referring to the fetus.

مَسَطَverb
  1. 1.
    expelledclassical

    To expel or eject something.

مَصَتَverb
  1. 1.
    expelledclassical

    To expel or eject something, possibly a variant of 'masṭa'.

Parallel reading

مصط الرجل ما في الرحم
The man expelled what was in the womb.
أهمله الجوهري وصاحب اللسان
Al-Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan omitted it.
وقال الخارزنجي في تكملة العين: أي مسطه
And Al-Khawarizmi said in Takmilat al-'Ayn: meaning 'masṭa'.
وأما الليث فإنه ما ذكر إلا مسط ومصت
As for Al-Layth, he only mentioned 'masṭa' and 'maṣṭa'.
وكأن مصط على المعاقبة من مصت بين الطاء والتاء
And it is as if 'maṣṭa' is a reciprocal form of 'maṣṭa' between the ṭāʼ and the tāʼ.