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مَطَّهُ

Root: مط

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مَطَّهُI , Present.T مَطُطَ Verbal.Noun مَطٌّ, He drew it; pulled it; strained it; extended it by drawing or pulling; stretched it; stretched it out; extended it; lengthened it; i. q. مَدَّهُ: مَطٌّ and مَطْوٌ and مَدٌّ are all one [in meaning]. You say, مَطَّ الدَّلْوَ, or مَطَّ بِالدَّلْوِ, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun, He drew, or pulled, the bucket. And مَطّ حَاجِبَيْهِ He extended, or stretched, his eyebrows in speaking. This last phrase also signifies He behaved proudly; and so مَطَّ خَدَّهُ; syn. تَكَبَّرَ [for which in the CK we find تَكَبُّرًا]. You say also, مَطَّ أَصَابِعَهُ He extended his fingers, as though talking, or addressing, with them. And مَطَّ الحُرُوفَ [He lengthened the letters]; for مَدَّهَا. (As, in TA, in remarks on the letter ط.) And مَطَّ خَطَّهُ, and خَطْوَهُ, He extended, and made wide, his handwriting, and his stepping: and مَطَّ [alone], Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, [خَطْوَهُ being understood,] he made his stepping wide. And it is said in a trad., of Saad, لَا تَمُطُّوا بآمِينَ Ye shall not lengthen [the word] آمِينُ [amen: yet this is done by most, if not by all, of the Muslims in the present day].
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