Quranic root
مطو
m · ṭ · w
Stretching, extension, and prolongation.
The root is associated with extending something in space or prolonging a journey. Related formations are explained through the extended back of a mount and through accompanying someone; a date-palm cluster is offered as a further analogy based on its length.
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
تَمَطَّى
tamaṭṭā
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form V
- Form
- V
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Selected Quran examples
Quran 75:33word 5
“swaggering”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 75:33يَتَمَطَّىٰٓswaggering
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 4 Classical meanings
مَطَا
To stretch or extend something; specifically, to prolong a group’s journey by making them continue on the road.
The extended-journey use is attested in the construction of taking or leading people onward in travel.
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مَطَا
The back or extended ridge, particularly the back of a riding animal.
The term is explained through the lengthwise extension of the back and the fact that it is ridden.
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مَطِيَّة
A riding animal or mount.
Its formation is explained in relation to the مَطَا, the back on which the animal is ridden.
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مِطْو
A companion or fellow traveler, one who goes along with another.
The sense is associated with accompanying someone in movement.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The packet contains no Lane primary evidence or Mufradat discussion for the Quranic Form V occurrence; consequently, no numbered Quranic sense is asserted.
The supplied gloss “swaggering” is contextual Quran Foundation evidence only and is not used to create a lexical sense.
Unassigned or ambiguous evidence
The sole Quran occurrence, 75:33:5, is contextually glossed “swaggering,” but the packet supplies no direct Lane or Mufradat explanation of this Form V Quranic usage. The occurrence is therefore retained as an example without assignment to a numbered Quranic sense.