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وطي

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of stepping, treading, or pressing down upon something. It extends to the idea of making something level or smooth by treading on it, and metaphorically, to subjugating or overcoming.

Derived headwords

وَطِئْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    I trod upon itboth

    This is the first-person singular past tense verb form indicating the action of stepping or treading upon something.

وَطْأَتَهُnoun
  1. 1.
    its treadingclassical

    This noun refers to the act or manner of treading or stepping upon something. It is presented as a variant of 'وطئته'.

Parallel reading

وطيته: لغة في وطأته؛ عن سيبويه؛ وقد تقدم.
I trod upon it: a dialectal variant of 'I trod upon it'; according to Sibawayh; and it has been mentioned previously.