وب ط

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of weakness, debility, and being diminished in status or strength. It extends to meanings of being slow, heavy, or stuck, and also encompasses the idea of being humbled or brought low. Additionally, it can refer to being attached or adhering to something.

Derived headwords

وَبَطَverb

1.
to be weakboth
To become weak, feeble, and not firm or strong.
2.
to be slowclassical
To be slow or heavy, lacking agility.

يَبِطُverb

1.
to be weakboth
The present tense of 'wabata', meaning to become weak or feeble.

يُوبِطُverb

1.
to be weakclassical
The present tense of 'wabata' (with damma on the middle root letter), meaning to become weak or feeble.

وَبْطًاnoun

1.
weaknessboth
A state of weakness, debility, and lack of firmness.

وَبَاطَةًnoun

1.
weaknessclassical
A state of weakness, debility, and lack of firmness.

وَبْطًاnoun

1.
weaknessboth
A state of weakness, debility, and lack of firmness.

وُبُوطًاnoun

1.
weaknessclassical
A state of weakness, debility, and lack of firmness.

وَابِطٌadjective

1.
weakboth
Describing an opinion or idea that is weak and not well-established.
2.
basebornclassical
Describing someone of base or ignoble lineage.
3.
cowardlyclassical
Describing someone who is cowardly and weak.

وَبَطَهُverb

1.
to humbleboth
To diminish someone's status or worth, to bring them low.
2.
to worsenboth
To worsen someone's fortune or condition.
3.
to openboth
To open or widen a wound.

أَوْبَطَهُverb

1.
to make severely woundedclassical
To cause someone or something to be severely wounded or incapacitated.

وَبَطَverb

1.
to be heavyclassical
To be heavy or sluggish.

وَبَاطٌnoun

1.
weaknessclassical
A state of weakness or debility.

وَابِطٌadjective

1.
descendingclassical
One who is descending or going down.

وَبَطَ بِأَرْضٍverb

1.
to stick toclassical
To adhere firmly to a land or place.

Parallel reading

وَبَطَ رأي فلان في هذا الأمر

So-and-so's opinion on this matter was weak.

ضعف ولم يستحكم

It was weak and not firm.

ورأي وابط: ضعيف

And a weak opinion: it is feeble.

إذ باشر النكث برأي وابط

When he engaged in treachery with a weak opinion.

بأيد ما وبط ولا يدينا

With hands that were neither weak nor capable.

أي ما ضعفن

Meaning they were weak.

والوابط: الخسيس الواضح الشرف

And the baseborn: the ignoble one of clear lineage.

والوابط: الجبان الضعيف

And the weak one: the cowardly and feeble person.

ووبطه: وضع من قدره

And it diminished him: it lowered his status.

لا تبطني بعد إذ رفعتني

Do not humble me after You have raised me.

وبط حظه: أخسه، ووضع من قدره

His fortune was diminished: it became base, and its status was lowered.

ووبط الجرح: فتحه

And the wound was opened: it was widened.

وبطه عن حاجته: حبسه عنها

He withheld him from his need: he detained him from it.

وأوبطه: أثخنه

And it incapacitated him: it made him severely wounded.

وبط الرجل، ككرم: ثقل

A man was heavy, like karuma: he was sluggish.

والوباط كسحاب: الضعف

And al-wabaat like sahabaab: weakness.

ذو قوة ليس بذي وباط

Possessing strength, not possessing weakness.

وبطه الله، وأبطه، وهبطه بمعنى واحد

Allah humbled him, and made him weak, and brought him down, meaning one and the same.

والوابط: الهابط

And the descending one: the one who is descending.

ووبط بأرض: إذا لصق بها

And he stuck to a land: if he adhered to it.