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مطع

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of eating or consuming something, particularly with the front teeth. It also extends to the idea of something being consumed or depleted, like milk from a udder, and metaphorically to disappearing or becoming lost.

Derived headwords

مَطَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat with front teethboth

    To eat something using the front teeth and the gums or incisors.

  2. 2.
    to disappearclassical

    To go away and not be found; to vanish.

مَطْعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    eating with front teethboth

    The act of eating something with the front teeth.

  2. 2.
    disappearanceclassical

    The act of going away and not being found.

مُطَوَّعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    disappearanceclassical

    The act of going away and not being found.

مَاطِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    eating with front teethboth

    One who eats something with the front teeth.

نَاطِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    eating with front teethboth

    One who eats something with the front teeth; synonymous with 'māṭiʿ'.

مُمَطَّعَةُ الضَّرْعِadjective
  1. 1.
    milking profuselyclassical

    A she-camel whose udder yields much milk, as if its milk is being drawn out.

Parallel reading

المطع من قولهم: مطع في الأرض، كمنع مطعا، ومطوعا إذا ذهب فلم يوجد
Al-maṭʿ is from their saying: 'He went into the land, like 'manaʿa', maṭʿan and muṭawwaʿan, meaning he went and was not found.
مطع أكل الشيء بأدنى الفم وثناياه وما يليها من مقدم الأسنان.
Maṭʿa means to eat something with the edge of the mouth, its incisors, and what is adjacent to them from the front teeth.
وهو ماطع ناطع بمعنى واحد، وهو القضم.
And he is māṭiʿ nāṭiʿ, meaning the same thing, which is to bite off.
ناقة ممطعة الضرع، بكسر الطاء المشددة، وهي التي تشخب أطباؤها، وتغذو لبنا
A she-camel with a ممطعة الضرع (mamṭaʿat aḍ-ḍarʿ), with a kasrah on the stressed ṭāʾ, meaning her teats flow, and she produces milk.