maṣdarطَحْوٌ طَحْىٌmuḍāriʿيَطْحُو يَطْحَى
Core sense — he spread it out, he expanded it; he went away; it became distantgenerated
1.1I spread it—طَحَوْتُهُ
maṣdar طَحْوٌ and طَحَى; also — two dialectal variants, though only طَحَى, like سَعَى, is mentioned in the K.
He spread a thing; he spread it out; he expanded or extended it.
It is like دَحَوْتُهُ.
1.1.1the people, or party, repel one another—القَوْمُ يَطْحَى بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا
1.2it, or he, became spread out, expanded, or extended—طَحَى
Also طَحَا in this sense; the verb is intransitive as well as transitive.
he became stretched out on the ground as a result of the blow—طَحَا مِنَ الضَّرْبَةِ
According to As.
he threw a man down on his face, or spread him out, or prostrated him on the ground—طَحَا
This is probably what As means.
[He drank until] he stretched out his legs—شَرِبَ حَتَّى طَحَّى
According to Fr.
the camel stuck to the ground, either from emptiness or from emaciation—طحّى البَعِيرُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ
The same is said of a man when people call him to help or to do an act of kindness. In all these instances the verb has teshdeed, as though by saying this Fr contradicted As about its being without teshdeed.
I lay, or lay on my side, or laid my side on the ground—طَحَيْتُ
According to AA.
[Such a one slept, and] lay, or lay on his side, in a wide space of ground—نَامَ فُلَانٌ فَتَطَحَّى
1.2.1he (a man) went away into the country, or in the land—طَحَا
Also طَحَى in this sense; like طَهَا, in the article on طهو.
[I do not know where he has gone away]—مَا أَدْرِى أَيْنَ طَحَا
his heart carried him away in the pursuit of something—طَحَا بِهِ قَلْبُهُ
That is, ذَهَبَ بِهِ.
From this comes the saying of Alkameh Ibn-ʿAbadeh: [A heart much affected with emotion has carried you away in the pursuit of the beauties long after youthfulness, at the time when hoariness has come on]
shāhidطَحَا بِكَ قَلْبٌ فِى الحِسَانِ طَرُوبُبُعَيْدَ الشَّبَابِ عَصْرَ حَانَ مَشِيبُ
بُعَيْدَ is here a diminutive used to strengthen the meaning.
your anxiety has carried you away in a far-extending course—طَحَى بِكَ هَمَّكَ
he threw the ball—طَحَى بِالكُرَةِ
such a one became fat—طَحَى بِفُلَانٍ شَحْمُهُ
1.2.2he, or it, was or became distant, or remote—طَحَا
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Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
91:6
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَاBy the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.
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, aor. يَطْحُو , inf. n. طَحْوٌ ; and طَحَى , aor. يَطْحَى , inf. n. طَحْىٌ ; two dial. vars., though only طَحَى , like سَعَى , is mentioned in the K; (TA;) He spread [a thing]; spread [it] out, or forth; expanded [it] ; or extended [it]. (K, TA.) You say, طَحَوْتُهُ , like دَحَوْتُهُ , i. e. I spread it; &c. (S.) And you say, القَوْمُ يَطْحَى بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا The people, or party, repel one another. (TA.) طَحَى , (K,) or طَحَا , (TA,) also signifies It, or he, became spread, spread out or forth, expanded, or extended; (K, TA;) being intrans. as well as trans. (TA.) Accord. to As, (TA,) طَحَا مِنَ الضَّرْبَةِ means He became extended (S, TA) upon the ground (TA) in consequence of the blow: (S, TA:) [and this is probably meant by what here follows:] طَحَا is said when one throws down a man upon his face; (K, TA;) or when he spreads, or extends, him; or when he prostrates him on the ground: (TA:) but accord. to Fr, one says, شَرِبَ حَتَّى طَحَّى i. e. [He drank until] he stretched out his legs: and طحّى البَعِيرُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ i. e. The camel stuck to the ground, either from emptiness or from emaciation: and in like manner one says of a man when people call him to aid or to do an act of kindness: the verb being in all these instances with teshdeed: as though, by saying this, he contradicted As as to its being without teshdeed. (TA.) Accord. to AA, (S,) طَحَيْتُ means I lay, or lay upon my side, or laid my side upon the ground. (S, K. *) And you say, نَامَ فُلَانٌ فَتَطَحَّى i. e. [Such a one slept, and] lay, or lay upon his side, in a wide space of ground. (TA.) Also, i. e. طَحَا , (AA, S,) or طَحَى , (K,) He (a man, AA, S) went away into the country, or in the land: (AA, S, K:) like طَهَا . (S in art. طهو .) One says, مَا أَدْرِى أَيْنَ طَحَا [I know not whither he has gone away &c.]. (S.) And طَحَا بِهِ قَلْبُهُ His heart carried him away ( ذَهَبَ بِهِ ) in [the pursuit of] anything: (S, K:) whence the saying of Alkameh Ibn-'Abadeh, 1 [A heart much affected with emotion has carried thee away in the pursuit of the beauties long after youthfulness, in the time when entering upon hoariness has arrived: بُعَيْدَ being here a dim. used for the purpose of enhancement]. (S, TA.) And طَحَى بِكَ هَمَّكَ Thy anxiety has carried thee away in a far-extending course. (TA.) And طَحَى بِالكُرَةِ He threw the ball. (TA.) And طَحَى بِفُلَانٍ شَحْمُهُ Such a one became fat. (TA.) طَحَا بِكَ قَلْبٌ فِى الحِسَانِ طَرُوبُ | بُعَيْدَ الشَّبَابِ عَصْرَ حَانَ مَشِيبُ طَحَا , aor. يَطْحُو , signifies also He, or it, was or became, distant, or remote. (K.)