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أَبْطَحُ

Root: بطح

Full Definition

أَبْطَحُ , originally an epithet [and therefore imperfectly decl.], that is, an epithet converted into a subst., and not used as an epithet, A wide water-course, or channel of a torrent, in which are fine, or minute, or broken, pebbles; so called because the water goes in it to the right and left; [i. e. spreads widely; see 7;] as also بَطْحَآءُ , fem. of the former, and, like it, an epithet converted into a subst.; and بَطِيحَةٌ , and بَطِحٌ : or a water-course, or channel of a torrent, in which are sand and pebbles; as also بَطْحَآءُ : or a wide place [app. in a water-course]; as also [app. بَطْحَةٌ, which is explained by Freytag, but without his stating on what authority, as signifying a depressed place through which water flows, abounding with pebbles; as is also بِطْحَةٌ; and in like manner Golius explains the former, but mentions the latter as a pl. of بطيحة]: or, accord. to AHn, the bottom of a water-course, or channel of a torrent, producing no plants or herbage: or بَطْحَآءُ signifies soft earth of a valley, such as has been drawn along by the torrents: or the soft pebbles in the bottom of the water-course, or channel of a torrent, of a valley; as also أَبْطَحُ: or the soft earth, such as has been drawn along by the torrents, in the bottom of a تَلْعَة [meaning a water-course &c.] and of a valley; and the أَبْطَح and of a valley are its earth and soft pebbles: and accord. to AA, بَطِحٌ signifies sand in a بَطْحَآء: the pl. is أَبَاطِحُ and بِطَاحٌ and بَطَائِحُ; the first of these, and the second also, contr. to analogy, being pls. of ابطح; or both are pls. of بطحآء, contr. to analogy; or the first is pl. of ابطح, formed after the manner of the pl. of a subst. of this measure, though the sing. is originally an epithet; and the second, as is asserted by more than one, is correctly pl. of بطحآء, as is also بَطْحَاوَاتٌ; and the third is pl. of بطيحة.


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