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طحو

Root entry · 37 derived lemmas

The root طحو (ṭaḥw) primarily relates to the concepts of spreading out, extending, and moving across a surface or through space. It encompasses meanings of lying down, stretching out, and also traveling or going far. Derived meanings extend to destruction, falling, and even large or expansive things.

Derived headwords

طَحَا، كَسَعَىverb
  1. 1.
    spread outboth

    To spread out or extend over a surface.

يَطْحَىverb
  1. 1.
    spreads outboth

    Present tense of spreading out or extending.

طَحْيًاnoun
  1. 1.
    spreadingboth

    The act of spreading out or extending.

طَحَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    spread it outboth

    To spread something out, often used transitively.

طَحْوًا، كَدَحْوًاnoun
  1. 1.
    spreadingboth

    The act of spreading out, similar to 'dahwan'.

طَحَاverb
  1. 1.
    lay downboth

    To lie down or recline, often spread out.

  2. 2.
    went in the landclassical

    To travel or wander extensively in the land.

  3. 3.
    perishedclassical

    To be destroyed or perish.

  4. 4.
    threw on faceclassical

    To throw someone onto their face, or to prostrate them.

يَطْحُوverb
  1. 1.
    recedesclassical

    To move away or recede.

الطَّحَاnoun
  1. 1.
    flat landclassical

    An expanse of flat, spread-out land.

طَحَا المَرْجname
  1. 1.
    Taha Al-Marjmodern

    A village in Egypt, located in the Sharqia governorate.

طَحَا الخَرَابname
  1. 1.
    Taha Al-Kharabmodern

    A village in Egypt, in the Fayoum governorate, known as 'Taha the Ruined'.

طَحَا المَدِينَةname
  1. 1.
    Taha Al-Madinamodern

    A village in Egypt, in the Ashmunayn area, also known as 'Umm 'Amudayn'.

الطَّحَاوِيname
  1. 1.
    Al-Tahawimodern

    A nisba (attribution) to the city of Taha, Egypt. Notably associated with Imam Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Salamah al-Tahawi.

الطَّاحِيadjective
  1. 1.
    great gatheringclassical

    A large, numerous gathering or assembly.

  2. 2.
    elevatedclassical

    High or elevated, as in the sky.

  3. 3.
    spread outboth

    Spread out flat on the ground.

  4. 4.
    filling everythingclassical

    One that fills everything with abundance or multitude.

مَظَلَّةٌ طَاحِيَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    large canopyclassical

    A large, expansive canopy or tent.

مُطَحِّيَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    largeclassical

    Large, expansive, or great, referring to a tent or canopy.

مَطْحُوَّةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    largeclassical

    Large, expansive, or great, referring to a tent or canopy.

المُطَحِّيَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    large tentclassical

    A large, spacious tent or canopy.

البَقْلَةُ المُطَحِّيَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    ground-spreading herbclassical

    A herb that grows spread out on the surface of the ground.

طُحْيَةٌ مِن سَحَابnoun
  1. 1.
    piece of cloudclassical

    A piece or patch of cloud in the sky.

طَحَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    spread it outboth

    To spread something out, similar in form and meaning to 'dahaw'.

الطَّحِيُّ مِنَ النَّاسِadjective
  1. 1.
    base peopleclassical

    Referring to base, low, or ignoble people.

يُطَحِّي بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًاverb
  1. 1.
    push each otherclassical

    When people push or shove each other.

الطَّوَاحِيnoun
  1. 1.
    vulturesclassical

    Vultures that circle around dead bodies.

طَحَا بِكَ هَمُّكَverb
  1. 1.
    your worry took youclassical

    When your concern or worry leads you far astray or into distant pursuits.

طَحَا بِالكُرَةِverb
  1. 1.
    threw the ballclassical

    To throw or hurl a ball.

طَحَا الجَارِحُ بِالأَرْنَبِverb
  1. 1.
    predator took rabbitclassical

    When a predator carries off or takes away a rabbit.

طَحَا شَحْمُهُverb
  1. 1.
    his fat spreadclassical

    When a person becomes very fat or corpulent.

تَطَحَّىverb
  1. 1.
    lay down expansivelyclassical

    To lie down in a spacious area, stretching out.

المِطَحِّيadjective
  1. 1.
    clinging to groundclassical

    One that clings or adheres closely to the ground.

مَطْحِيًّاadjective
  1. 1.
    lying flatclassical

    Lying down flat or prostrate.

طَحَا مِنْهَاverb
  1. 1.
    stretched from itclassical

    To stretch out on the ground as a result of a blow or injury.

شَرِبَ حَتَّى طَحَىverb
  1. 1.
    drank until he stretched legsclassical

    To drink excessively until one stretches out their legs, implying intoxication or exhaustion.

طَحَى البَعِيرُ إِلَى الأَرْضِverb
  1. 1.
    camel lay on groundclassical

    When a camel lies down on the ground, either due to weakness or emptiness.

فَرَسٌ طَاحٍadjective
  1. 1.
    prominent horseclassical

    A horse that appears prominent or elevated.

طَاحِيَةُ بْنُ سَوْدٍname
  1. 1.
    Tahiya bin Sawdclassical

    The ancestor of a branch of the Azd tribe.

طَاحِيَةٌname
  1. 1.
    Tahiya (neighborhood)classical

    A neighborhood in Basra where the Tahiya clan settled.

طَحْيَائِهِnoun
  1. 1.
    excitement/agitationclassical

    Referring to the agitation or excitement of a male goat (tayis).

Parallel reading

طحا، كسعى، يطحى طحيا: بسط
Ṭaḥā, like kasa‘ā, yaṭḥā ṭaḥyan: to spread out.
طحاه طحوا، كدحاه دحوا بسطه؛ فهي يائية واوية
Ṭaḥāhu ṭaḥwan, like daḥāhu daḥwan: he spread it out; it is ya'i and waw'i.
طحا أيضا: انبسط، فهو لازم متعد
Ṭaḥā also: to be spread out, it is intransitive and transitive.
طحا أيضا: اضطجع
Ṭaḥā also: to lie down.
طحا الرجل: ذهب في الأرض
A man ṭaḥā: he went in the land.
ما أدري أين طحا
I don't know where he went.
طحا بك قلب في الحسان طروب
A joyful heart has carried you far among the beautiful ones.
وطحا يطحو: بعد
And ṭaḥā yaṭḥū: to recede.
وأيضا: هلك
And also: to perish.
وأيضا إذا ألقى إنسانا على وجهه؛ وقيل: بطحه؛ وقيل: صرعه
And also when he throws a person on their face; it was said: he prostrated him; it was said: he felled him.
والطحا، مقصور: المنبسط من الأرض
And al-ṭaḥā, shortened: the flat expanse of land.
وهي طحا المدينة وتعرف أيضا بأم عامودين، وهي مدينة عامرة
And it is Taha Al-Madina and also known as Umm 'Amudayn, and it is a populated city.
والطاحي: الجمع العظيم
And al-ṭāḥī: the great gathering.
لا والقمر الطاحي، أي: المرتفع
By the moon, the elevated one, meaning: the high one.
والطاحي أيضا: المنبسط على وجه الأرض
And al-ṭāḥī also: spread out on the face of the earth.
له عسكر طاحي الضفاف عرمرم
He has a vast army, spread out on the banks.
يقال للبيت العظيم مظلة مطحوة ومطحية وطاحية، وهو الضخم
A great tent is called maẓallah maṭḥuwwah, maṭḥiyyah, and ṭāḥiyah, meaning huge.
والبقلة المطحية كمحدثة: النابتة على وجه الأرض قد افترشتها
And the maṭḥiyyah herb, like muḥdathah: growing on the surface of the earth, having spread over it.
ما في السماء طحية من سحاب: أي قطعة منه
There is no ṭuḥyah of clouds in the sky: meaning a piece of it.
وطحاه يطحوه، كدحاه يدحوه، زنة ومعنى
And ṭaḥāhu yaṭḥūhu, like daḥāhu yaḥdūhu, in weight and meaning.
والطحي من الناس: الرذال
And al-ṭaḥī among people: the base ones.
والقوم يطحى بعضهم بعضا: أي يدفع
And the people push each other: meaning they shove.
والمدومة الطواحي: هي النسور تستدير حول القتلى
And the circling al-ṭawāḥī: they are the vultures circling around the slain.
وطحا بك همك: ذهب بك في مذهب بعيد
And your worry ṭaḥā bik: it took you in a far-off direction.
وطحا بالكرة: رمى بها
And he ṭaḥā with the ball: he threw it.
وطحا الجارح بالأرنب: ذهب بها
And the predator ṭaḥā with the rabbit: he took it away.
وطحا بفلان شحمه: أي سمن
And a person's fat ṭaḥā: meaning he became fat.
ونام فلان فتطحى: اضطجع في سعة من الأرض
And so-and-so slept and then taṭaḥḥā: he lay down in a spacious part of the earth.
والمطحي، كمحدث: اللازق بالأرض
And al-miṭḥī, like muḥdath: clinging to the ground.
ورأيته مطحيا، كمحدث: أي منبطحا
And I saw him maṭḥiyyan, like muḥdath: meaning lying flat.
إذا ضربه حتى يمتد من الضربة على الأرض قيل: طحا منها
If he struck him until he stretched out on the ground from the blow, it is said: ṭaḥā minhu.
وقال الفراء: يقال شرب حتى طحى، أي مد رجليه
And Al-Farra' said: it is said he drank until he ṭaḥā, meaning he stretched his legs.
وطحى البعير إلى الأرض إما خلاء، وإما هزالا: أي لزق بها
And the camel ṭaḥā to the ground, either out of emptiness or weakness: meaning it clung to it.
والرجل إذا دعوه لنصر أو معروف فلم يأتهم؛ كله بالتشديد
And a man when they call him for help or kindness and he does not come to them; all of this is with shaddah.
وفرس طاح: أي مشرف
And a horse ṭāḥ: meaning prominent.
وطاحية بن سود بن الحجر بن عمران: أبو بطن من الأزد
And Ṭāḥiyah bin Sawd bin Al-Ḥijr bin ‘Imrān: the ancestor of a clan from the Azd.
وطاحية: محلة بالبصرة نزلها هذا البطن
And Ṭāḥiyah: a quarter in Basra where this clan settled.
أقبل التيس في طحيائه، يريد هبيبه
The ram approached in his excitement, meaning his agitation.