وسط

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of entanglement, falling into difficulty, and being trapped. It extends to meanings of deception, obscuring, and mixing things improperly, often in the context of legal or financial matters like charity collection.

Derived headwords

ورطةnoun

1.
predicament, plightboth
A difficult situation or predicament from which one cannot easily escape, often likened to falling into mud or a deep pit.
2.
pitfall, trapclassical
A deep, impassable hollow or pit, especially in the ground or a mountain, that is difficult to get out of.

ورطاتnoun

1.
predicamentsboth
Plural of ورطة, referring to multiple difficult or inescapable situations.

وراطnoun

1.
deception, fraudclassical
Deceit, trickery, or fraud, particularly in financial or legal dealings.
2.
mixing, combiningclassical
The act of mixing or combining things improperly, especially in the context of collecting charity to avoid assessment.

وراطverb

1.
to fall intoboth
To fall into a predicament or difficult situation.

تورطverb

1.
to fall into, get entangledboth
To fall into a predicament, get entangled in a difficult situation, or become trapped.
2.
to be trappedclassical
To be stuck in a difficult situation, especially when referring to livestock in a mire.

توريطnoun

1.
entanglement, causing to fallboth
The act of causing someone or something to fall into a predicament or difficult situation.
2.
stranglingclassical
The act of strangling a camel by tightening a rope around its neck.

أورطverb

1.
to cause to fall intoboth
To cause someone or something to fall into a predicament or a situation from which there is no escape.
2.
to hide, concealclassical
To hide livestock among other herds, or to conceal them in a pit, to avoid the charity collector.
3.
to strangleclassical
To strangle a camel by pulling a rope tight around its neck.

استورطverb

1.
to get entangled, be trappedboth
To become entangled in a matter or situation from which there is no easy way out; to be trapped.
2.
to perish, be ruinedclassical
To be destroyed, perish, or become ruined.
3.
to be bewilderedclassical
To become confused or bewildered in speech.

وراطnoun

1.
deception, fraudclassical
Deceit, trickery, or fraud.

وراطةnoun

1.
deception, fraudclassical
Deceit, trickery, or fraud.

وراطnoun

1.
mixing, combiningclassical
The act of mixing or combining things improperly, especially in the context of collecting charity.

وراطnoun

1.
pit, abyssclassical
A deep pit or abyss in the ground.

وراطnoun

1.
plural of ورطةclassical
A plural form of ورطة, referring to multiple predicaments or pitfalls.

أوراطnoun

1.
predicaments, pitfallsclassical
Plural of ورطة, referring to multiple difficult or inescapable situations.

ورطاتnoun

1.
predicamentsboth
Plural of ورطة, referring to multiple difficult or inescapable situations.

المعتركnoun

1.
battlefield, arenaboth
A place of conflict or struggle, a battlefield or arena.

ورطverb

1.
to hide, concealclassical
To hide or conceal something, such as livestock.

الموارطةnoun

1.
deception, fraudclassical
Deceit, trickery, or fraud.

إيراطnoun

1.
stranglingclassical
The act of strangling a camel by tightening a rope around its neck.

Parallel reading

المعترك) والورطة: الوحل والردغة تقع فيها الغنم فلا تتخلص منها

The battlefield and the predicament: the mud and mire into which sheep fall and cannot escape.

يقال: تورطت الغنم إذا وقعت في ورطة، ثم صار مثلا لكل شدة وقع فيها الإنسان.

It is said: the sheep became entangled when they fell into a predicament, then it became a metaphor for every hardship a person falls into.

أصل الورطة: أرض مطمئنة لا طريق فيها.

The origin of the predicament is a low-lying land with no path.

الورطة: أهوية متصوبة تكون في الجبل تشق على من وقع فيها.

The predicament is a downward-sloping abyss in a mountain that is difficult for whoever falls into it.

تهاب طريق السهل تحسب أنه ... وعور ورَاط وهو بيداء بلقع

They fear the path of the plain, thinking it is... rough and a pit, and it is a barren desert.

وأورطه: ألقاه فيها، أو فيما لا خلاص منه.

And he caused it to fall into it: he threw it into it, or into something from which there is no escape.

أورط إبله في إبل أخرى: غيبها، كورط، فيهما، توريطا.

He hid his camels among other camels: he concealed them, like hiding them, in both, with concealment.

وأورط الجرير في عنق البعير: جعل طرفه في حلقته، ثم جذبه حتى يخنقه

And he put the rope in the camel's neck: he made its end in its loop, then pulled it until it strangled it.

حتى تراها في الجرير المورط ... سرح القياد سمحة التهبط

Until you see it in the strangled rope... loose in its lead, easy to descend.

استورط في الأمر، إذا ارتبك فيه فلم يسهل المخرج منه.

He became entangled in the matter, if he became confused in it and the way out was not easy.

ورطه فتورط هو فيها، أي وقع.

He caused it to fall into it, and he himself fell into it, meaning he fell.

لا خلاط ولا وراط

No mixing and no combining.

هو الجمع بين متفرق، أو عكسه، وهو معنى قول الجوهري

It is combining what is separate, or the opposite, and this is the meaning of Al-Jauhari's statement.

أو أن يغيبها في وهدة من الأرض لئلا يراها المصدق، مأخوذ من الورطة، وهي الهوة العميقة في الأرض.

Or to hide them in a pit in the ground so that the collector of charity does not see them, taken from the predicament, which is the deep abyss in the ground.

نحن جمعنا الناس بالملطاط ... فأصبحوا في ورطة الأوراط

We gathered the people with confusion... so they became in the predicament of the predicaments.

إن من ورطات الأمور التي لا مخرج منها سفك الدم الحرام بغير حله.

Indeed, among the inescapable predicaments of matters is the shedding of forbidden blood unjustly.

وتورط الرجل، واستورط: هلك، أو نشب، واستورط على فلان: إذا تحير في الكلام.

And the man became entangled, and became entangled: he perished, or got stuck, and became bewildered concerning so-and-so: if he became confused in speech.

لا توارط جارك، فإن الوراط يورد الأوراط.

Do not deceive your neighbor, for deception leads to predicaments.

لا ورط في الإسلام.

There is no deception in Islam.

ورطها وأورطها: سترها، عن ابن الأعرابي.

He hid it and he concealed it: he covered it, from Ibn Al-A'rabi.