Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

وَتَاوِتُ

Root: وت

Full Definition

وَتَاوِتُ i. q. وَسَاوِسُ Evil suggestions, &c. The س is thus changed, in poetry, into ت, as in نَاتٌ and أَكْيَاتٌ.


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