Rizwan Zubair

Root م ط و m-ṭ-w

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م ط وm-ṭ-w

(ن) مَطَا يَمْطُو مَطْوًاmaṭā yamṭū maṭwan: to pull, to lengthen. (This verb is not used in the Quran.) From this comes مَطِيَّةmaṭiyyah (a riding beast), since it carries one along at a stretch.

Form V (tafaʿʿul) تَمَطَّيٰ يَتَمَطّٰى تَمَطِّيًاtamaṭṭā yatamaṭṭā tamaṭṭiyan: to walk haughtily and with a swagger, to walk stretching oneself. Only once in the Quran: ﴿ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلٰۤي أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطّٰى﴾ (Al-Qiyāmah 75:33).

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