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وه ط

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of breaking, crushing, and striking, often with force. It extends to meanings of weakness, sinking, and falling into difficult situations. It also encompasses terms for low-lying land and specific places.

Derived headwords

وَهَطَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to break itboth

    To break something, like a bone or a wing.

  2. 2.
    to strike itboth

    To strike or hit something.

وَهْطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    breakingclassical

    The act of breaking or crushing.

  2. 2.
    strikingclassical

    The act of striking or hitting.

  3. 3.
    weaknessclassical

    A state of weakness or debility.

يَهْطِنُverb
  1. 1.
    to break (stones)classical

    To break stones, implying a forceful action.

يهطن الجندل — to break stones
وَهَطَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to tread on itclassical

    To tread upon something, to press it down.

وَهَطَهُ بالرمحverb
  1. 1.
    to stab him with a spearclassical

    To stab someone with a spear.

وهطه بالرمح، أي طعنه به — to stab him with a spear, meaning to pierce him with it
الْوَهْطnoun
  1. 1.
    weaknessboth

    A state of weakness, frailty, or debility.

  2. 2.
    thinnessboth

    Thinness or emaciation.

  3. 3.
    groupclassical

    A group of people or animals.

  4. 4.
    placeboth

    A low-lying, level area of land where thorny trees grow.

  5. 5.
    estateclassical

    A name for an estate or garden.

وَهَطَ فُلَانٌverb
  1. 1.
    he became weakboth

    To become weak, feeble, or frail.

وهط فلان يهط وهطا: إذا ضعف ووهن — So-and-so became weak, he became weak: if he became weak and feeble
أَوْهَطَهُverb
  1. 1.
    he weakened himboth

    To cause someone or something to become weak or feeble.

  2. 2.
    he made him fallclassical

    To cause someone to fall into a predicament or something undesirable.

  3. 3.
    he struck him severelyboth

    To strike someone severely, to inflict many wounds.

  4. 4.
    he killed himclassical

    To kill someone.

  5. 5.
    he broke its wingclassical

    To break the wing of a bird.

رمى طائرا فأوهطه — he threw at a bird and weakened it
الْوَهْطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    low-lying landboth

    A low-lying, sunken area of land, similar to a depression.

وَهْطnoun
  1. 1.
    low-lying landclassical

    A low-lying, level area of land suitable for cultivation.

وَهَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    low-lying landclassical

    Plural of 'wahṭ', referring to low-lying areas of land.

وهاطها وعزازها — its low-lying lands and its stony grounds
عَرْفَطnoun
  1. 1.
    thorny treesclassical

    A type of thorny tree or shrub.

وهط من عشر، كما يقال: عيص من سدر — a place of 'urfut trees, as one says a thicket of sidr trees
الْأَوْهَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    disputesclassical

    Disputes, quarrels, and clamor.

  2. 2.
    low-lying placesclassical

    Plural of 'wahṭ', referring to level, low-lying areas of land.

تَوَهَّطَverb
  1. 1.
    to sink in mudboth

    To sink into mud or a difficult situation, similar to 'tawarraṭa'.

  2. 2.
    to wear out a mattressclassical

    To wear out or make soft a mattress or bedding.

توهط في الطين: غاب مثل تورط — to sink in the mud: to disappear like getting involved
إِيهَاطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    deadly throwingclassical

    A deadly or fatal throw or strike.

بأسهم سريعة الإيهاط — their arrows are swift in causing death
الْوَهْطname
  1. 1.
    village in Yemenclassical

    A village located in Yemen.

الوهط، بالفتح: قرية باليمن — Al-Wahṭ, with fatha: a village in Yemen.

Parallel reading

يَمُرُّ أَخْفَافًا
it passes swiftly
يَهْطِنُ الْجَنْدَلَ
he breaks the stones
وَهَطَهُ وَهْطًا: وَطَأَهُ
he trod on it, he pressed it down
وَهَطَهُ بِالرِّمْحِ، أَيْ طَعَنَهُ بِهِ
he stabbed him with the spear, meaning he pierced him with it
وَهَطَ فُلَانٌ يَهْطُ وَهْطًا: إِذَا ضَعُفَ وَوَهَنَ
so-and-so became weak, he became weak: if he became weak and feeble
وَأَوْهَطَهُ غَيْرُهُ: أَضْعَفَهُ
and another weakened him: he made him weak
رَمَى طَائِرًا فَأَوْهَطَهُ
he threw at a bird and weakened it
الْوَهْطَةُ: مَا اطْمَأَنَّ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ، مِثْلَ الْوَهْدَةِ
Al-Wahṭah: what is low-lying of the earth, like Al-Wahdah
عَلَى أَنَّ لَهُمْ وَهَاطَهَا وَعَزَازَهَا
that they have its low-lying lands and its stony grounds
يُقَالُ: وَهَطَ مِنْ عِشْرٍ، كَمَا يُقَالُ: عِيصٌ مِنْ سِدْرٍ
It is said: a place of 'urfut trees, as one says: a thicket of sidr trees
وَهُوَ كَرَمٌ مَوْصُوفٌ كَانَ يُعَرَّشُ عَلَى أَلْفِ أَلْفِ خَشَبَةٍ
and it is a described vineyard that was trellised on a thousand thousand wooden beams
وَالْأَوْهَاطُ: الْخُصُومَاتُ وَالصِّيَاحُ
And Al-Awhāṭ: the disputes and the shouting
وَتَوَهَّطَ فِي الطِّينِ: غَابَ مِثْلَ تَوَرَّطَ
And he sank in the mud: he disappeared like getting involved
تَوَهَّطَ الْفِرَاشَ: امْتَهَدَهُ
He wore out the mattress: he made it soft
وَأَوْهَطَهُ: أَثْخَنَهُ ضَرْبًا
And he inflicted many wounds upon him: he struck him severely
وَأَوْهَطَهُ: أَوْقَعَهُ فِيمَا يَكْرَهُ، كَأَوْرَطَهُ
And he caused him to fall into what he dislikes: like involving him
أَوْهَطَهُ: صَرَعَهُ صَرْعَةً لَا يَقُومُ مِنْهَا
He felled him with a fall from which he does not rise
وَهَطَهُ وَهْطًا: ضَرَبَهُ، كَأَوْهَطَهُ
He struck him, as he inflicted many wounds upon him
وَأَوْهَطَ جَنَاحَ الطَّائِرِ: كَسَرَهُ
And he broke the bird's wing: he fractured it
وَالْإِيهَاطُ: الرَّمْيُ الْمُهْلِكُ
And Al-Īhāṭ: the deadly throwing
وَالْوَهْطُ، بِالْفَتْحِ: قَرْيَةٌ بِالْيَمَنِ
And Al-Wahṭ, with fatha: a village in Yemen