وط
1 وَطٌّ, [an
inf. n., of which the verb is وَطَّ,
aor. ,
accord. to rule, وَطِّ, but
accord. to the
TK, وَطُّ,] The crying of the وَطْوَاط. (
Sgh,
K.)
b2: The creaking of the [kind of vehicle called] مَحْمِل. (
Sgh,
K.)
R.
Q. 1 وَطْوَطَةٌ, [
inf. n. of وَطْوَطَ,] The uttering speech, or words rapidly, or near together. (
K.) [See وَطْوَاطٌ.]
b2: (assumed
tropical:) The being weak. (
K.)
R.
Q. 2 تَوَطْوَطَ He (a child) cried out. (Ibn 'Abbád,
Sgh,
K.) وُطُطٌ: see the last sentence of the next paragraph.
وَطْوَاطٌ The bat;
syn. خُفَّاشٌ: (
As,
S,
K:) or the large خُفَّاش: (
Msb:) or the swallow;
syn. خُطَّافٌ; (
S,
Msb;) this is thought by
A'Obeyd to be, more probably than the first, the correct meaning; (
S;) or the last may be right, but the first is that which is commonly known: (
IB:) or it has the first signification, and also signifies a species of the swallows (خَطَاطِيف) of the mountains, (
K,
TA,) black and likened to a species of the خَشَاشِيف [or bats], because of its [frequent] receding and turning aside [in its flight]: (
TA:) [Golius says, as on the authority of the
K, “pec. genus montanum et. vocale, quod a>/pous dicitur; i. e. the swift:]
pl. وَطَاوِيطُ, (
Msb,) or وَطَاوِطُ, (
S,) or both, (
Kr,
K,) but the latter, which is
irreg., only allowable in poetry, in cases of necessity. (
Kr.) It is used in the first of these senses in the proverb, أَبْصَرُ فِى اللَّيْلِ مِنَ الوَطْوَاطِ [More clear-sighted in the night than the bat]. (
S,
Msb.)
b2: Clamorous; (
Lh,
K;) applied to a man: (
Lh:) and one who utters his speech, or words, rapidly, or near together; (
Lh,
K;) as though his voice were the voice of bats: so they assert it to mean: (
Lh:)
fem. with ة: (
K:) and [in like manner]
↓ وَطْوَاطِىٌّ signifies loquacious; a great talker; a babbler. (
K *,
TA.)
b3: (assumed
tropical:) A man weak in intellect and judgment: (
ISh:) or weak and cowardly; (A 'Obeyd,
S K;) in the opinion of
A'Obeyd, as being likened to the flying thing so called; (
S;) as also ↓ وَطْوَاطِىٌّ: (
K:) and ↓ وُطُطٌ, (
IAar,
K,) of which وَطْوَاطٌ is the
sing., (
TA,) men (
IAar) weak in intellects and bodies. (
IAar,
K.) وَطْوَاطِىٌّ: see وَطْوَاطٌ, in two places.
