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حَطَأَ

Root: حطأ

Form: 1

Full Definition

حَطَأَI He cast, or threw; syn. رَمَى [and, like this, trans. by means of بِ]. [Hence,] حَطَأَ بِهِ الأَرْضَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun حَطْءٌ, He cast him, or threw him, down prostrate upon the ground: or, with violence: one says, اِحْتَمَلَهُ فَحَطَأَ بِهِ الأَرْضَ [He raised him upon his back, and threw him down violently upon the ground]. And حَطَأَتْ بِوَلَدِهَا She cast forth her child from her womb. (TA in art. زكب.) And حَطَأَتِ القِدْرُ بِزَبَدِهَا The cooking-pot cast forth its froth, or scum, in boiling. And حَطَأَ بِسَلْحِهِ He cast forth his excrement, or ordure. And حَطَأَ [alone], Present.T ـَ and ـِ He cast forth his excrement, or ordure, at once, quietly, or gently. And حَطَأَ, or حَطَأَ بِهَا, He broke wind, with a sound.
2 حَطَأَ بِهِ عَنْ رَأْيِهِ He turned him back from the opinion, or judgment, that he had formed.
3 حَطَأَهُ He struck him, or slapped him, on the back with his open hand: or struck him gently on the back with the palm of his hand: (S 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; or on the back of the head: and he struck him, or beat him, with his hand; but it is said that the meaning is, he struck him on the back of the neck: it also occurs without ء.
4 حَطَأَهَا He lay with her.
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