لطي

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of land, place, and physical attributes like the forehead. It also extends to meanings of clinging, sticking, and waiting stealthily, as well as burdens and deception.

Derived headwords

اللَّطَاةnoun

1.
Land, placeclassical
Refers to the ground or a specific location.
2.
Foreheadboth
The part of the face above the eyebrows.
3.
Middle of the foreheadclassical
Specifically the central part of the forehead, used for horses and sometimes humans.
4.
Thieves, lurking peopleclassical
Refers to people who are nearby, possibly with ill intent, like thieves.
5.
Burden, weightclassical
A heavy load or something that weighs one down.

فألقى التهامي منهما بلطاته — The Tihami threw his lands/places from them

لَطَطْتُverb

1.
To stick, clingclassical
To remain fixed to the ground, unable to move easily.

أَلْحَطَverb

1.
To settle, remainclassical
To stay in a place and not move, similar to settling down.

وأحلط هذا لا أعود ورائيا — And this one settled, I will not return and look back

لَطَّverb

1.
To stick, clingclassical
To adhere closely to the ground, to be immobile.

لَطِيَverb

1.
To stick, clingclassical
To remain close to the ground, almost unable to move.

لطى بصفائح متساندات — clinging to leaning surfaces

لُطْطِيverb

1.
To burden, weigh downclassical
To be a heavy burden to someone, to make them carry something difficult.

ولطيني، كرضيني: أثقلني — and latini, like radini: it burdened me

لَطِيْتُهُverb

1.
To suspect, assumeclassical
To believe or suspect something about someone.
2.
To weigh, assessclassical
To weigh out or assess something, especially money.

لطيته بمال كثيرا! لطيا أزننته — I weighed out a lot of money for him! I assessed it.

تَلَطَّىverb

1.
To lie in wait, ambushclassical
To wait for an enemy's weakness or to seize an opportunity.
2.
To take stealthilyclassical
To take something from an enemy's possessions stealthily.

وتلطى على العدو: انتظر غرتهم — and talatta upon the enemy: he waited for their lapse

الملطَاةnoun

1.
Thin skull layerclassical
The thin membrane between the skull and the bone, referring to a type of head wound.

الملطِيَّةnoun

1.
Head wound (specific type)classical
Refers to a head wound where the extent is judged at the time of injury, regardless of later changes.

أن الملطى بدمها — that the mulatta with its blood

الملطَاءnoun

1.
Thin skull layerclassical
A variant of 'al-maltaah', referring to the thin membrane in a head wound.

اللَّطَىnoun

1.
Burden, weightclassical
A heavy load or something that weighs one down.
2.
Stuff, belongingsclassical
One's possessions or what is carried with them.

ألقى عليه لطاته، أي ثقله — he cast upon him his latata, meaning his burden

لُطَاةnoun

1.
Foreheadclassical
The forehead, used in expressions of well-wishing.

بيض الله! لطاتك، أي جبهتك — May God whiten your forehead!

لُطَاتُهُnoun

1.
His belongingsclassical
His possessions or what he carries with him.
2.
His burdenclassical
His load or what weighs him down.

لطاته متاعه وما معه — his latata is his belongings and what is with him

لُطَاهُnoun

1.
His burdenclassical
His load or what weighs him down.

ألقى عليه لطاته، أي ثقله — he cast upon him his latata, meaning his burden

لُطَاهُnoun

1.
His selfclassical
His own person or essence.

وقيل: أي نفسه — and it was said: meaning his self

لُطَاتُهُnoun

1.
Front and backclassical
Used in an idiom to describe someone foolish who cannot distinguish directions.

من رطاته لا يعرف قطاته من لطاته — from his rotata he does not know his qatata from his latata

لُطَىnoun

1.
Scraped earthclassical
The surface layer of earth that has been scraped off.

بلطى؛ قال ابن الأثير: هو قلب ليط جمع ليطة، كما قيل في جمع فوقة فوق، ثم قلبت فقيل فقا، والمراد به هنا ما قشر من وجه الأرض من المدر — with luti; Ibn al-Athir said: it is a transposition of 'layt', the plural of 'layta', as was said for the plural of 'fawqata' being 'fawq', then it was transposed and called 'faqa', and what is meant here is what is scraped from the face of the earth of mud.

الملطَىnoun

1.
Thin skull layerclassical
A variant pronunciation or spelling for 'al-maltaah', referring to a type of head wound.

Parallel reading

فألقى التهامي منهما بلطاته

The Tihami threw his lands/places from them

وأحلط هذا لا أعود ورائيا

And this one settled, I will not return and look back

ويقال: ألقى لطاته إذا قام فلم يبرح كألقى أرواقه وجراميزه.

And it is said: he cast his latata when he stood and did not move, like he cast his belongings and his baggage.

بيض الله! لطاتك، أي جبهتك

May God whiten your forehead!

لقد كان حولي لطاة سوء

There were indeed bad people lurking around me

وهي التي بينها وبين العظم القشرة الرقيقة

It is the thin layer between it and the bone

أن الملطى بدمها

that the mulatta with its blood

معناه أنه حين يشج صاحبها يؤخذ مقدارها تلك الساعة ثم يقضى فيها بالقصاص أو الأرش لا ينظر إلى ما يحدث فيها بعد ذلك من زيادة أو نقصان

Its meaning is that when its owner is wounded, its extent is taken at that moment, then retribution or compensation is decided, without regard to any increase or decrease that occurs later.

لطى بصفائح متساندات

clinging to leaning surfaces

ولطيني، كرضيني: أثقلني

and latini, like radini: it burdened me

ولطيته بذلك: ظننت عنده ذلك

and I latitu him with that: I suspected that from him.

لطيته بمال كثيرا! لطيا أزننته.

I weighed out a lot of money for him! I assessed it.

وتلطى على العدو: انتظر غرتهم

and talatta upon the enemy: he waited for their lapse

أو كان له عندهم طلبة فأخذ من مالهم شيئا فسبق به

or he had a claim against them and took something from their wealth and escaped with it

الملطَاء: كمحراب: لغة في الملْطَى بالقصر في لغة الحجاز

Al-maltaa: like mihrab: a dialectal variant of al-malta with shortening in the dialect of Hijaz

ألقى عليه لطاته، أي ثقله

he cast upon him his latata, meaning his burden

وقيل: أي نفسه.

and it was said: meaning his self.

وقال أبو عمرو: لطاته متاعه وما معه

And Abu Amr said: his latata is his belongings and what is with him

من رطاته لا يعرف قطاته من لطاته، أي مقدمه من مؤخره، أو أعلاه من أسفله.

from his rotata he does not know his qatata from his latata, meaning his front from his back, or his top from his bottom.

بال فمسح ذكره بلطى

he urinated and wiped his private part with luti

والمراد به هنا ما قشر من وجه الأرض من المدر.

And what is meant here is what is scraped from the face of the earth of mud.

والملطى كمنبر: لغة في الملطاة

And al-multa like minbar: a dialectal variant of al-maltaah