وَرْطَهٌ
Root: ورط
Full Definition
وَرْطَهٌ
Slime, or thin mud, [in the CK, الرَّحْلُ is erroneously put for الوَحْلُ,] into which sheep or goats fall, and from which they cannot extricate themselves: this, or, as some say, what here next follows, is the primary signification: a low, or depressed, piece of ground or land, in which is no way, or road, directing to escape: this is said by A'Obeyd to be the primary signification: a deep hollow, cavity, or pit, in the ground: a deep hollow, cavity, or pit, formed for the purpose of a stratagem, such as may be in a mountain, occasioning difficulty to him who falls into it: and hence, a well: and anything that is
غَامِض [app. here meaning low, or depressed]: also, by derivation from the first of these significations, or from the second, [or some other,]
2 Also,
2 Also,
Lane's Lexicon
+
Hans Wehr
+
Mufradat
Three dictionaries. One search.
"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."
47,000+ classical entries
Root-based navigation
Full text search
Hyperlinked definitions
Try Now
Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more