وطأ

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Form 1وَطِئَ14 senses · 2 main

maṣdarوَطْءٌ طِئَةٌ وطأ وَطَآءَةٌmuḍāriʿيَطَأُ يَوْطُؤُ

Core sense — he trod on it, he trampled on it; it was plain, smooth, or easygenerated

1.1he trod, he trod on it, he trampled on it—توطّأ

. The و drops out of the muḍāriʿ of this verb, and of that of وَسِعَ, because they are transitive; other verbs of the class فَعِلَ that have a muḍāriʿ of the measure يَفْعَلُ and a weak first radical are intransitive, and since these two differ from their class in being transitive, they are made to differ in the muḍāriʿ too. Or يَطَأُ was originally يَطِئُ, and so the و drops out of it. [and طِئَةٌ, see below].

وطّأ is also used, but with an intensive meaning.

بِرِجْلِهِ: he trod on it with his foot.

he pressed, or bore, on him, or it, with his hand or his foot—وَطِئَهُ

This last is mentioned in the article ثطأ.

See also وَطْأَةٌ.

1.1.1tread on the ground with the soles of both your feet—طَهْ

Said because Mohammad raised one of his feet in prayer.

طه, at the beginning of chapter 20 of the Qur'ān, is read by some in this way, and said to be for طَأْ, the ه being substituted for ء.

1.1.2figurative · مجازthey (the sons of such a one) camp near the road, so that its travellers tread on them—هُمْ يَطَؤُهُمُ الطَّرِيقُ

That is, they become their guests.

[It means They are a people who take up their abode near the road in order that many passengers may enjoy their hospitality.]

A figurative phrase, in which الطريق is put for أَهْلُ الطَّرِيقِ, to give the phrase more force, since it expresses praise: the road is something constant, while its travellers are sometimes on it and sometimes absent.

1.1.3

[See also طَرِيقٌ.]

1.1.4figurative · مجازwe look to the road whose travellers tread on the sons of such a one—أَخَذْنَا عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ الوَاطِئِ لِبَنِى فُلَانٍ

Of the same kind as the phrase above; treading on them means making themselves their guests.

1.1.5figurative · مجازwe passed by a people trodden on by the travellers of the road—مَرَرْنَا بِقَوْمٍ مَوْطُوئِينَ بِالطَّرِيقِ

That is, resorted to for their hospitality.

1.1.6figurative · مجازO road, bring us to the sons of such a one!—يَا طَرِيقُ طَأْ بِنَا بَنِى فُلَانٍ

Literally, make us tread on them, that is, make us their guests.

1.1.7he had sexual intercourse with a woman—وَطِئَ

Muḍāriʿ as above.

1.1.8figurative · مجاز — inferredhe trod him underfoot and despised him—وَطَأَ

we put our trust in God for protection from the vile person's treading us underfoot and despising us—نَعُوذُ بِاللّٰهِ مِنْ طِئَةِ الذَّلِيلِ

1.1.9he prepared it, and made it plain, smooth, or soft—وَطَأَ

وطّأ is used in the same sense.

MF's copy of the K has واطأ.

1.1.10

وَطَيْتُ for وَطَأْتُ is not allowed.

1.1.11he (a horse, and the like) became easy to ride on—وَطُؤَ

[probably a mistake for وَطَآءَةٌ: see طِئَةٌ below].

1.1.12it (a place) was plain, level, smooth, soft, or easy to travel, walk, ride, or lie on—وَطُؤَ

maṣdars وَطَآءَةٌ, وُطُوْءَةٌ, and طَأَةٌ [and, apparently, طِئَةٌ, see below].

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredI used to conceal the mention of him, or it—كُنْتُ أَطَأُ ذِكْرَهُ

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1

9:120

مَا كَانَ لِأَهْلِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ أَن يَتَخَلَّفُوا۟ عَن رَّسُولِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَرْغَبُوا۟ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يُصِيبُهُمْ ظَمَأٌ وَلَا نَصَبٌ وَلَا مَخْمَصَةٌ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَطَـُٔونَ مَوْطِئًا يَغِيظُ ٱلْكُفَّارَ وَلَا يَنَالُونَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ نَّيْلًا إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُم بِهِۦ عَمَلٌ صَـٰلِحٌ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

It was not fitting for the people of Medina and the Bedouin Arabs of the neighbourhood, to refuse to follow Allah's Messenger, nor to prefer their own lives to his: because nothing could they suffer or do, but was reckoned to their credit as a deed of righteousness,- whether they suffered thirst, or fatigue, or hunger, in the cause of Allah, or trod paths to raise the ire of the Unbelievers, or received any injury whatever from an enemy: for Allah suffereth not the reward to be lost of those who do good;-

33:27

وَأَوْرَثَكُمْ أَرْضَهُمْ وَدِيَـٰرَهُمْ وَأَمْوَٰلَهُمْ وَأَرْضًا لَّمْ تَطَـُٔوهَا ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرًا

And He made you heirs of their lands, their houses, and their goods, and of a land which ye had not frequented (before). And Allah has power over all things.

48:25

هُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَصَدُّوكُمْ عَنِ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ وَٱلْهَدْىَ مَعْكُوفًا أَن يَبْلُغَ مَحِلَّهُۥ ۚ وَلَوْلَا رِجَالٌ مُّؤْمِنُونَ وَنِسَآءٌ مُّؤْمِنَـٰتٌ لَّمْ تَعْلَمُوهُمْ أَن تَطَـُٔوهُمْ فَتُصِيبَكُم مِّنْهُم مَّعَرَّةٌۢ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ۖ لِّيُدْخِلَ ٱللَّهُ فِى رَحْمَتِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ لَوْ تَزَيَّلُوا۟ لَعَذَّبْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

They are the ones who denied Revelation and hindered you from the Sacred Mosque and the sacrificial animals, detained from reaching their place of sacrifice. Had there not been believing men and believing women whom ye did not know that ye were trampling down and on whose account a crime would have accrued to you without (your) knowledge, (Allah would have allowed you to force your way, but He held back your hands) that He may admit to His Mercy whom He will. If they had been apart, We should certainly have punished the Unbelievers among them with a grievous Punishment.

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. يَطَأُ ; (S, K;) the و , falls out from the aor. of this verb, and from that of وَسِعَ , because they are transitive; for other verbs of the class فَعِلَ , having the aor. of the measure يَفْعَلُ , and the first radical letter infirm, are intransitive; and as these two differ from their class in being transitive, they are also made to differ in the aor.; (S;) or يَطَأُ was originally يَطِئُ , and therefore the و , falls out from it; (TA;) inf. n. وَطْءٌ , (TA) [and طِئَةٌ , q.v. infra]; and وطّأ , (K, but this has an intensive signification, MF;) and توطّأ (S, K) He trod; trod upon; ( بِرِجْلِهِ with his foot; S) trod under foot; trampled upon: (S, K, TA:) or وَطِئَهُ signifies he pressed, or bore, upon him, or it, with his hand or his foot. (TA, in art. ثطأ .) [See also وَطْأَةٌ .] طه , at the commencement of the 20th ch. of the Kur, is read by some طَهْ , and said to be for طَأْ , (the ه being substituted for ء ,) and to signify Tread upon the ground with the soles of both thy fect; because Mohammad raised one of his feet in prayer. (TA.) هُمْ يَطَؤُهُمُ الطَّرِيقُ They (i. e. the sons of such a one) sojourn, or encamp, near the road, so that its passengers tread upon them [i. e., became their guests]: (Sb, K:) a tropical phrase, in which الطريق is put for أَهْلُ الطَّرِيقِ ; this being done to give greater force to the phrase, as it is one expressive of praise; for the road is a thing that is constant; whereas its passengers are sometimes upon it, and sometimes absent. (L.) [It means They are a people who take up their abode near the road in order that many passengers may enjoy their hospitality.] [See also طَرِيقٌ .] Of the same kind is the phrase أَخَذْنَا عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ الوَاطِئِ لِبَنِى فُلَانٍ [We look to the road whose passengers tread on (i. e., make themselves the guests of,) the sons of such a one]. (IJ.) So too, مَرَرْنَا بِقَوْمٍ مَوْطُوئِينَ بِالطَّرِيقِ [We passed by a people trod on (i. e., resorted to for their hospitality,) by the passengers of the road]. (IJ.) Also, يَا طَرِيقُ طَأْ بِنَا بَنِى فُلَانٍ O road, bring us near to [or, lit., make us to tread on, i. e., make us the guests of,] the sons of such a one ! (IJ.) وَطِئَ , (S, K,) aor, as above, (S,) Inivit feminam. (S, K.) وَطَأَ , inf. n. طِئَةٌ , He trod under foot, and despised. Ex. نَعُوذُ بِاللّٰهِ مِنْ طِئَةِ الذَّلِيلِ We put our trust in God for protection from the vile person's treading us under foot, and despising us. (Lh.) وَطَأَ and وطّأ (in MF's copy of the K واطأ ) He prepared, and made plain, smooth, or soft. (K.) وَطَيْتُ ; for وَطَأْتُ , is disallowed. (TA.) وَطُؤَ , aor. يَوْطُؤُ , inf. n. وطأ , [so in the TA: probably a mistake for وَطَآءَةٌ : see طِئَةٌ below:] He (a horse &c.) was, or became, easy to ride upon. (TA.) وَطُؤَ , aor. يَوْطُؤُ , inf. n. وَطَآءَةٌ (S, K) and وُطُوْءَةٌ (TA) and طَأَةٌ (TA, as from the K) [and, app., طِئَةٌ , q.v. infra], It (a place, S) was plain, level, smooth, soft, or easy to be travelled, or to walk, or ride or lie upon. (S, K, TA.) كُنْتُ أَطَأُ ذِكْرَهُ I used to conceal the mention of him, or it. (TA, from a trad.)

Form 2وَطَّاَ7 senses · 2 main

maṣdarتُوْطِئَةٌ

Core sense — he made it plain, smooth, or easy; he prepared itgenerated

2.1

See form 1, in two places.

2.1.1he made it plain, level, smooth, soft, or easy to travel, walk, ride, or lie on—وطّأ

Also: he made a beast of carriage easy to ride on; he trained, or broke, it; mentioned under the word رَاضَ.

2.1.2he prepared a bed, or a chamber—توطّأ

The form 2 verb has this meaning as well.

2.1.3

He arranged, or made easy, an affair.

وَطَّيْتُ [for وَطَّأْتُ] is not allowed.

2.1.4He (God) made a land plain, level, smooth, soft, or easy to walk, ride, or lie on—وطّأ

2.1.5

Also: He (God) made a land depressed.

2.2

See form 4.

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See 1, in two places. وطّأ , inf. n. تُوْطِئَةٌ , He made plain, level, smooth, soft, or easy to be, travelled, or to walk or ride or lie upon. (S, K.) He made a beast of carriage easy to ride upon; trained, or broke, it (M, voce رَاضَ .) Also, (TA,) and توطّأ , (L,) He prepared (L, ubi supra, and TA,) a bed, or a chamber. (TA.) He arranged, or facilitated, an affair. (TA.) وَطَّيْتُ [for وَطَّأْتُ ] is disallowed. (S.) وطّأ He (i. e. God) rendered a land plain, level, smooth, soft, or easy to walk or ride or lie upon. (TA.) Also, He (God,) rendered a land depressed. (K.) See 4.

Form 3وَاطَأَهُ عَلَى أَمْرٍ4 senses · 1 main

maṣdarمُوَاطَأَةٌ

Core sense — he agreed, or concurred, with him about a thinggenerated

3.1figurative · مجاز

He agreed, or concurred, with him about a thing.

Maṣdars مُوَاطَأَةٌ, وِطَآءٌ, تواطأهُ, and توطّأهُ.

The basic meaning of واطأ is said to be: he trod in the footsteps of another; the sense of agreement is therefore figurative.

3.1.1figurative · مجازsuch a one's name agrees with mine, or is the same as mine—فُلَانٌ يُوَاطِئُ ٱسْمُهُ ٱسْمِى

3.1.2figurative · مجازthat they may agree in the number of the months which God has made sacred—لِيُوَاطِئُوا عِدَّةَ مَا حَرَّمَ اللّٰه

Qur'ān 9:37.

3.1.3figurative · مجازmore, or most, suitable—أَشَدُّ وِطَآءٌ

So some read in the Qur'ān 73:6; that is, prayer and the recitation of the Qur'ān are more suitable.

But some read وَطْأً in the sense of قِيَامًا: see نَاشِئَةٌ.

See form 4.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 3

9:37

إِنَّمَا ٱلنَّسِىٓءُ زِيَادَةٌ فِى ٱلْكُفْرِ ۖ يُضَلُّ بِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُحِلُّونَهُۥ عَامًا وَيُحَرِّمُونَهُۥ عَامًا لِّيُوَاطِـُٔوا۟ عِدَّةَ مَا حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ فَيُحِلُّوا۟ مَا حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ زُيِّنَ لَهُمْ سُوٓءُ أَعْمَـٰلِهِمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

Verily the transposing (of a prohibited month) is an addition to Unbelief: the Unbelievers are led to wrong thereby: for they make it lawful one year, and forbidden another year, in order to adjust the number of months forbidden by Allah and make such forbidden ones lawful. The evil of their course seems pleasing to them. But Allah guideth not those who reject Faith.

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, (AZ, S, K,) inf. n. مُوَاطَأَةٌ (S) and وِطَآءٌ ; (TA;) and تواطأهُ and توطّأهُ ; (K;) He agreed, or concurred, with him respecting a thing. (S, K.) The radical signification of واطأ is said to be He trod in the footsteps of another: and the signification of agreement is therefore figurative. (MF.) فُلَانٌ يُوَاطِئُ ٱسْمُهُ ٱسْمِى [Such a one's name agrees, or is the same, with mine]. (S.) لِيُوَاطِئُوا عِدَّةَ مَا حَرَّمَ اللّٰه [That they may agree in the number of (the mouths) which God hath made sacred: Kur, ix. 37]. (S.) أَشَدُّ وِطَآءٌ , as some read, [in the Kur, lxxiii. 6,] signifies More, or most, suitable; (S;) [i. e., prayer, and the recitation of the Kur-án]: but some read وَطْأً , in the sense of قِيَامًا : see نَاشِئَةٌ . (S, L.) See 4.

Form 4اوطأهُ غَيْرَهُ7 senses · 1 main

maṣdarإِيطّآءٌ

Core sense — he made another tread, or trample, on himgenerated

4.1

He made another tread, or trample, on him.

4.1.1he made his horse tread, or trample, on him—اوطأه فَرَسَهُ

4.1.2he made him tread on the ground—اوطأهُ الأرضَ

4.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredthey overcame them, or prevailed over them, in a contention or dispute—أَوْطَؤُوهُمْ

4.1.4

In a tradition it is said that the camel-herds and the shepherds boasted, one party against the other, and the camel-herds overcame the shepherds.

The verb is used in this sense because, with the pronoun attached, it originally means: they made others tread, or trample, on them; for the man you wrestle or fight with and throw down, you trample on, and make others trample on.

4.1.5he made him pursue a course without being rightly directed—اوطأهُ العَشْوَةَ

عَشْوَةً is used in the same sense.

See the article عشو.

4.1.6he repeated a rhyme in a poem, using the same word in the same sense—اوطأ فِى الشِّعْرِ

Maṣdars إِيطّآءٌ, اوطأ الشِّعْرَ, واطأ فِيهِ, وطّأهُ, أَطَّأَهُ, and آطَأَهُ, in the last of which the و is changed into ا.

When the word is the same but the meaning different, the repetition is not called ايطاء [but جِنَاسٌ تَامٌّ].

This repetition is held to be a fault by the Arabs; or it is only a fault if it happens two, three, or more times.

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He made another to tread, or trample, upon him. (TA.) اوطأه فَرَسَهُ He made his horse to tread, or trample, upon him. (K, TA.) اوطأهُ الأرضَ He made him to tread upon the ground. (Msb.) أَوْطَؤُوهُمْ They overcame them, or prevailed over them, in a contention, or dispute. (TA.) In a trad. it is said, that the pastors of the camels, and the shepherds, boasted, one party over the other, and the former overcame the latter ( اوطؤوهم ). (TA.) The verb is used in this sense because it originally signifies, with the annexed pronoun, they made (others) to tread, or trample, upon them: (K, TA:) for him with whom you wrestle or fight, and whom you throw down, you trample upon, and make to be trampled upon by others. (TA.) اوطأهُ العَشْوَةَ , (K,) and عَشْوَةً , (S, K,) He made him to pursue a course without being rightly directed. (K *, TA.) See art. عشو . اوطأ فِى الشِّعْرِ , (S, K,) inf. n. إِيطّآءٌ ; (TA;) and اوطأ الشِّعْرَ , and واطأ فِيهِ , and وطّأهُ , and أَطَّأَهُ , and آطَأَهُ , (K,) in which last the و is changed into ا ; (TA;) He repeated a rhyme in a poem, (S, K,) using the same word in the same sense: (Akh, K:) when the word is the same, but the meaning different, the repetition is not called ايطاء [but جِنَاسٌ تَامٌّ ]. (TA.) This repetition ( ايطاء ) is deemed by Arabs a fault: or it is only deemed a fault if it occur two, or three, or more, times. (TA.)

Form 5تَوَطَّاَ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he, or it, became prepared, made smooth or easygenerated

5.1

See forms 1, 2, and 3.

5.1.1

تَوَطَّيْتُ for تَوَطَّأْتُ is incorrect.

5.1.2he, or it, became prepared—توطّأ

[See also form 8.]

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See 1, 2, 3. تَوَطَّيْتُ for تَوَطَّأْتُ is incorrect. (S.) توطّأ He, or it, was, or became, prepared. (K.) [See also 8.]

Form 6تَوَاطَؤُوا2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — they agreed together, they concurredgenerated

6.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

They agreed together.

6.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthey agreed together, or concurred, about it—تواطؤوا عَلَيه

[See form 3.]

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They agreed together. (S.) تواطؤوا عَلَيه They agreed together, or concurred, respecting it. (TA.) [See 3.]

Form 8إِتَّطَأَ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it was prepared, and became plain, smooth, or softgenerated

8.1

It was prepared, and became plain, smooth, or soft.

[See also form 5.]

8.1.1the evening became completely dark—إِتَّطَأَ العِشَآءُ

Occurring in a tradition. Or: the period of nightfall fully came.

Also read إِيتَطَى, according to the dialect of the tribe of Keys, and explained as: the period of nightfall came. This latter verb also means concurrence, or agreement, with another.

8.1.2about half the month has passed—إِيتَطَأَ الشَّهْرُ

This is said a day before the half and a day after the half.

8.1.3it was right, and reached its full period; it was perfect, or complete—إِتَّطَأَ

Or إِيتَطَأَ, as in a manuscript copy of the K, of the measure إِفْتَعَلَ [written إِسْتَطَأَ, which is doubtless a mistake].

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It was prepared, and became plain, smooth, or soft. (K.) [See also 5.] إِتَّطَأَ العِشَآءُ (in a trad.) The evening became completely dark: [or the period of nightfall fully came:] also read إِيتَطَى , accord. to the dial. of the tribe of Keys, and explained as signifying the period of nightfall came. The latter verb also signifies “ concurrence, or concord, and agreement, with another. ” (TA.) إِيتَطَأَ الشَّهْرُ [About half the month has elapsed]. This is said a day before the half, and a day after the half. (AZ.) إِتَّطَأَ , (as in the CK,) or إِيتَطَأَ , (as in a MS. copy of the K,) measure إِفْتَعَلَ [in the TA written إِسْتَطَأَ , which is doubtless a mistake,] It was right, and attained its full period; was perfect, or complete. (K.)

Form 10استوطأ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he found it smooth, soft, or easy to ride ongenerated

10.1

He found, or thought, a thing plain, level, smooth, soft, or easy to walk, ride, or lie on.

10.1.1

He found, or thought, the thing he rode on smooth, soft, or easy to ride on.

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He found, or deemed, a thing plain, level, smooth, soft, or easy to walk or ride or lie upon. (K, TA.) He found, or deemed, the thing on which he rode smooth, soft, or easy to ride upon. (S.)

Derived nouns 16

Nounوَطْءٌ1 sense

Core sense — depressed, low ground between higher groundsgenerated

1depressed land, or low ground, between rising grounds—وَطَآءٌ

مِيطَأٌ also, of the measure مِفْعَلٌ; but in the CK ميطَآءٌ.

The rising grounds are نِشَاز [in the CK نَشاز] and أَشْرَاف [in the CK إِشْراف].

نشاز is the plural of نَشَزٌ, and اشراف is the plural of شَرَفٌ; both mean rising grounds.

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and وَطَآءٌ and مِيطَأٌ (measure مِفْعَلٌ , as shown in the TA; but in the CK, ميطَآءٌ ;) Depressed land, or low ground, between eminences نِشَاز [in the CK نَشاز ] and أَشْرَاف [in the CK إِشْراف ]): (K:) نشاز , is pl. of نَشَزٌ , and اشراف is pl. of شَرَفٌ ; and both signify “ eminences. ” (TA.)

Nounطَأَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — plainness, levelness, smoothness, softnessgenerated

See طِئَةٌ.

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: see طِئَةٌ .

Nounطِئَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — plainness, levelness, smoothness, softnessgenerated

1plainness, levelness, smoothness, softness, or the state of being easy to walk, ride, or lie on—طَأَةٌ

In both this word and the headword the final ة is a substitute for the initial و.

وَطَآءَةٌ and وُطُوءَةٌ have the same meaning.

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and طَأَةٌ (in both of which the final ة is a substitute for the incipient و , S) and وَطَآءَةٌ (S, K) and وُطُوءَةٌ (K) Plainness, levelness, smoothness, softness, or state of being easy to walk or ride or lie upon. (S, K, TA.)

Nounوَطْأَةٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a tread, a treading; a violent assault or punishment; a footprintgenerated

A tread, or a treading.

1.1figurative · مجاز

And from this: a pressure, oppression, affliction, violence; or a violent assault, or punishment, synonym أَخْذَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ; also a hostile expedition or engagement, battle, fight, or slaughter.

1.2O God, make your punishment of Muḍar severe—اللّٰهُمَّ ٱشْدُدْ وَطْأَتَكَ عَلَى مُضَرَ

Occurring in a tradition.

1.3figurative · مجازthe enemy assaulted, or punished, us very violently—وَطِئَنَا العَدُوُّ وَطْأَةً شَدِيدً

the last assault which God caused to befall the unbelievers was in Wejj—آخِرُ وَطْأَةٍ وَطِئَهَا اللّٰهُ بِوَجٍّ

Occurring in a tradition; Wejj is a valley of Eṭ-Ṭāïf.

1.4a place on which the sole of the foot is set; a footstep, or footprint—وَطْأَةٌ

مَوْطَأٌ and مَوْطِئٌ have the same meaning.

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[A tread, or a treading. And hence,] A pressure; oppression; affliction; violence: (S, K:) or a vehement assault, or punishment; syn. أَخْذَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ : (K:) also, a hostile expedition or engagement; battle, fight, or slaughter. (TA.) اللّٰهُمَّ ٱشْدُدْ وَطْأَتَكَ عَلَى مُضَرَ , in a trad., O God, make thy punishment of Mudar severe. (S, TA.) وَطِئَنَا العَدُوُّ وَطْأَةً شَدِيدً [The enemy assaulted, or punished, us with a very vehement assault, or punishment]. (TA.) آخِرُ وَطْأَةٍ وَطِئَهَا اللّٰهُ بِوَجٍّ , in a trad., The last assault, or conflict, which God caused to befall (the unbelievers was) in Wejj [a valley of Et-Táïf]. (TA.) وَطْأَةٌ and مَوْطَأٌ (K) and مَوْطِئٌ (S, K) A place on which the sole of the foot is placed; a footstep, or footprint. (S, K.)

Nounوَطَآءٌ1 sense

Core sense — what is spread beneath one to sit or lie on; softnessgenerated

See وِطَآءٌ and وَطْءٌ.

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: see وِطَآءٌ , and وَطْءٌ .

Nounوِطَآءٌ1 sense

Core sense — what is placed, or spread, beneath one to sit or lie ongenerated

The headword is the form commonly known and approved; وَطَآءٌ is disapproved by many.

The opposite of غِطَآءٌ (a covering): [what is placed, or spread, beneath one, to sit or lie upon].

Plural اوْطِئَةٌ.

Mentioned in the article خور.

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(S, K) and وَطَآءٌ , (K,) the former is the word commonly known and approved; the latter disapproved by many; (TA;) The contr. of غِطَآءٌ (a covering); [what is placed, or spread, beneath one, to sit or lie upon]: (S, K:) pl. اوْطِئَةٌ . (TA, in art. خور .)

Nounوَطِىْءٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — plain, level, smooth, soft, easy to ride ongenerated

Plain, level, smooth, soft, or easy to travel, walk, ride, or lie on.

1.1a beast easy to ride on—دَابَّةٌ وَطِىْءٌ

1.2an easy life—عَيْشٌ وَطِىْءٌ

1.3easy in nature, or disposition—وَطِىْءُ الخُلُقِ

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Plain, level, smooth, soft, or easy to be travelled, or to walk or ride or lie upon. (S, K, TA.) دَابَّةٌ وَطِىْءٌ (IAar) A beast easy to ride upon. (TA.) عَيْشٌ وَطِىْءٌ [An easy life]. (TA.) وَطِىْءُ الخُلُقِ Easy in nature, or dispositon. (TA.)

Nounوَطَآءَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — plainness, smoothness, softnessgenerated

See طِئَةٌ.

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Nounوُطُوْءَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — plainness, smoothness, softnessgenerated

See طِئَةٌ.

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Nounوَطِيْئَةٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a food of dates kneaded with milk or clarified butter; a leather sackgenerated

A certain kind of food, the same as حَيْسَةٌ; or dates with the stones taken out, kneaded with milk; or what is called أَقِط, with sugar.

Or a food of the Arabs prepared with dates, which are put into a stone cooking-pot; then water is poured on them, and clarified butter if there is any (but no اقط is mixed with them); and then it is drunk, like حيسة.

Or it is like جَيْس: dates and اقط kneaded together with clarified butter.

Or a certain kind of food, also called وَطِىْءٌ, a thin عَصِيدَة; when it is thickened it is called نَفِيتَة; a little thicker, نَفِيثَة; a little thicker still, لَفِيتَة; and when so thick that it can be chewed, عصيدة. El-Muffaddal.

1.1

Also, as some say: a thing like [the kind of sack called] a غِرَارَة, or a غرارة, containing dried meat and كَعْك and other things.

1.2take out and give us three cakes of bread—أَخْرِجْ إِلَيْنَا ثَلَاثَ أُكَلٍ مِنْ وطيئةٍ

From a غرارة.

1.3

[See also وَاطِئَة and مُوَطَّأٌ.]

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A certain kind of food, (S,) i. q. حَيْسَةٌ : (IAar:) or dates of which the stones are taken out, and which are kneaded with milk: or what is called أَقِط , with sugar: (K:) or a food of the Arabs, prepared with dates, which are put into a stone cooking-pot; then water is poured upon them, and clarified butter if there be any; (but no اقط is mixed up with them;) and then it is drunk, like حيسة : (T:) or it is like جَيْس ; dates and اقط kneaded together with clarified butter: (ISh:) or a certain kind of food, also called وَطِىْءٌ ; a thin عَصِيدَة : when it is thickened, it is called نَفِيتَة ; when a little more thick, نَفِيثَة ; when a little thicker, لَفِيتَة ; and when so thick that it may be chewed, عصيدة . (El-Muffaddal.) Also, (as some say, TA,) A thing like [the kind of sack called] a غِرَارَة : (S:) or a غرارة containing dried meat ( قَدِيد ) and كَعْك (K) and other things: (TA:) أَخْرِجْ إِلَيْنَا ثَلَاثَ أُكَلٍ مِنْ وطيئةٍ Take forth and give us three cakes of bread from a غرارة . (S, TA, from a trad.) [See also وَاطِئَة and مُوَطَّأٌ .]

Nounوَاطِئَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — fallen dates, trodden underfoot; travellers who tread the roadgenerated

Fallen dates: an ism fāʿil in the sense of an ism mafʿūl, such dates being so called because they are trodden underfoot.

Or it is changed from وَطَايَا, plural of وَطِيْئَةٌ, which is from وَطَأَ; such dates being so called because their owner has despised them, or trampled on them, and scattered them about for anyone who may take them, so that they are not included in the estimate of the tree's produce made by the collector of the legal alms.

1.1travellers; wayfarers—وَطَأَةٌ

So called from their treading the road.

Plural of واطِئٌ; and واطِئَةٌ likewise.

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Fallen dates. (K.) An act. part. n. in the sense of a pass.: (K:) [such dates being so called] because they are trodden under foot. (TA.) Or [it is changed] from وَطَايَا , pl. of وَطِيْئَةٌ , [which is] from وَطَأَ ; [and such dates are] so called because their owner has despised them, or trampled upon them, ( ذللّها ,) and spread them about, for those who may take them; wherefore they are not included in the conjectural estimate of the produce of the tree [made by the collector of the legal alms]. (TA.) وَطَأَةٌ (K) [pl. of واطِئٌ ] and واطِئَةٌ (S, K) Travellers; wayfarers: (S, K:) so called from their treading the road. (S.)

Nounلَا يُتَوَضَّأُ مِنْ مَوْطَإٍ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the ablution is not repeated for treading on filth in the roadgenerated

One is not to perform وضوء again on account of treading on filth in the road; but this does not mean that one is not to wash the filth off.

1.1

See وَطْأَةٌ.

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One is not to perform وضوء (i. e., to repeat it,) on account of treading on filth in the road: but this does not mean that one is not to wash off the filth. (TA, from a trad.) See وَطْأَةٌ .

Nounمَوْطِئٌ1 sense

Core sense — a place on which one treads, a footinggenerated

See وَطْأَةٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences مَوْطِئ

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Nounمِيطَأٌ1 sense

Core sense — a place on which one treadsgenerated

See وَطْءٌ.

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Nounآثَارٌ مَوْطُوْءَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — tracks trodden by past predestined events, good and evilgenerated

Tracks trodden [as it were] by past predestined events, good and evil.

Occurring in a tradition about destiny.

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(in a trad. respecting destiny) Tracks trodden [as it were] by past predestined events, good and evil. (TA, from a trad.)

Nounمُوَطَّأُ الأَكْنَافِ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a man of easy nature, generous and very hospitablegenerated

1a man of easy nature, or disposition, generous, and very hospitable—وَطِىْءُ الاكناف

Or: one in whose neighbourhood his companion has power, authority, or dignity, and is neither harmed nor put in difficulty.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredO God, make him a sultan followed by many dependants, one whose heels are trodden on—اللّٰهُمَّ ٱجْعَلْهُ مُوَطَّأَ العَقِبِ

A curse, occurring in a tradition about a man who had been secretly informed against to ʿOmar, who said this of the informer if he was a liar.

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, (K,) and وَطِىْءُ الاكناف , (TA,) A man of easy nature, or disposition, generous, and very hospitable: or one in whose vicinity his companion is possessed of power, authority, or dignity; not harmed, nor inconveniently situated. (K.) اللّٰهُمَّ ٱجْعَلْهُ مُوَطَّأَ العَقِبِ O God, make him to be (a Sultán, followed by many dependants, and) one whose heels shall be trod upon: (K *, TA:) an imprecation, occurring in a trad. respecting a man who had been secretly informed against to 'Omar, who said this with reference to the informer if a liar. (TA.)