Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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حط حطأ حطب


1. ⇒ حطأ

حَطَأَ He cast, or threw; syn. رَمَى [and, like this, trans. by means of بِ]. (Ḳ.) [Hence,] حَطَأَ بِهِ الأَرْضَ, (AZ, Ṣ, Ḳ,) aor. ـَ {يَحْطَأُ}, (Ḳ,) inf. n. حَطْءٌ, (Ṣ,) He cast him, or threw him, down prostrate upon the ground: (AZ, Ṣ, Ḳ:) or, with violence: one says, اِحْتَمَلَهُ فَحَطَأَ بِهِ الأَرْضَ [He raised him upon his back, and threw him down violently upon the ground]. (Lth, TA.) And حَطَأَتْ بِوَلَدِهَا She (a woman) cast forth her child from her womb. (TA in art. زكب.) And حَطَأَتِ القِدْرُ بِزَبَدِهَا The cooking-pot cast forth its froth, or scum, (Ṣ, TA,) in boiling. (TA.) And حَطَأَ بِسَلْحِهِ He cast forth his excrement, or ordure. (Ṣ.) And حَطَأَ [alone], aor. ـَ {يَحْطَأُ} and ـِ {يَحْطِأُ}, He cast forth his excrement, or ordure, at once, (Ḳ, TA,) quietly, or gently. (TA.) And حَطَأَ, (Ḳ,) or حَطَأَ بِهَا, (Ṣ,) He broke wind, with a sound. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: حطأ - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

حَطَأَ بِهِ عَنْ رَأْيِهِ He turned him back from the opinion, or judgment, that he had formed. (IAth, Ḳ.)

Root: حطأ - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

حَطَأَهُ He struck him, or slapped him, on the back with his open hand: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or struck him gently on the back with the palm of his hand: (Ṣ in art. لطح:) or slapped him on the back, or between the shoulders, or on the upper part of the side, or on the chest; (Khálid Ibn-Jembeh, TA;) or on the back of the head: (AZ, TA:) and he struck him, or beat him, (Sh, Ḳ,*) with his hand; (Sh, TA;) but it is said that the meaning is, he struck him on the back of the neck: (TA:) it also occurs without ء. (TA.)

Root: حطأ - Entry: 1. Signification: A4

حَطَأَهَا He lay with her. (Ṣ, Ḳ.*)


حَطْأَةٌ

حَطْأَةٌ A slap on the back [&c. (see the verb)] with the open hand. (Ṣ, TA.) It also occurs without ء, written حَطْوَةٌ. (TA.)


حَطِىْءٌ

حَطِىْءٌ, applied to a man, Low, ignoble, mean, or sordid. (AZ, Ṣ, Ḳ.) You say also حَطِىْءٌ بَطِىْءٌ, using the latter word as an imitative sequent. (Ṣ.)


حُطَيْئَةٌ

حُطَيْئَةٌ, applied to a man, Ugly; or contemptible; or ugly in aspect and small in body: (Th, Ṣ, Ḳ:) or short. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)


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