ح • ط

, (S, Msb, TA,) aor. حَطُ3َ , (Msb, TA,) inf. n. حَطٌّ, (Msb, K, TA,) He put it down, syn. وَضَعَهُ, (K, * TA,) and أَنْزَلَهُ, (Msb, TA,) from a high to a lower place; (Msb;) namely a load, or any other thing from a back; (TA;) a camel's saddle, (S, Msb, TA,) or other thing; (Msb;) a horse's saddle; and a bow; (S, TA;) as also ↓ احتطّهُ. (K, * TA.) You say, حَطَّ الأَحْمَالَ عَنِ الدَّوَابِّ He put down the loads from the beasts. (L.) And حَطَّ عَنْهُ وِزْرَهُ [He put down from him his heavy burden: or (tropical:) his heavy burden of sin]: (S, * K, * TA:) if a real load be intended, this is proper; but if an ideal thing, it is tropical; (TA;) [as when you say,] حُطَّ عَنَّا ذُنُوبَنَا [(tropical:) Put Thou down from us the burden of our sins]. (K.) And حَطَّ رَحْلَهُ [lit. He put down his camel's saddle;] meaning (tropical:) he stayed, or abode. (TA.) And حَطَّ alone, [elliptically,] (assumed tropical:) He alighted; or alighted and abode; (S, TA;) فِى مَكَانٍ in a place. (TA.) He threw it down; namely a thing. (TA.) [He paid it down; namely money.] He made it to descend, or to go down, or downwards, or down a declivity, (S, K, * TA,) from above to below. (K, TA.) Imra-el-Keys says, [describing a horse in motion,]

كَجُلْمُودِ صَخْرٍ حَطَّهُ السَّيْلُ مِنْ عَلِ

[Like a mass of rock which the torrent has made to descend from above]. (TA.) [(assumed tropical:) He lowered him, or degraded him.] حَطَّ مِنَ الثَّمَنِ كَذَا (tropical:) He abated of the price so much; syn. أَسْقَطَ; (Mgh, Msb;) لَهُ to him. (Msb.) And حَطَّ مِنْهُ حَطِيطَةً وَافِيَةً (tropical:) [He made a large abatement of it]. (TA.) [See حَطِيطَةٌ.] And حَطَطْتُ مِنَ الدَّيْنِ (tropical:) I abated [somewhat] of the debt. (Msb.) [See also 10.] حَطَّهُ is also syn. with حَتَّهُ: as in a trad. where it is said of Mohammad, that he sat by a dry branch of a tree, فَقَالَ بِيَدِهِ وَ حَطَّ وَرَقَهَا [And he made a sign with his hand, and removed its leaves]; meaning, scattered its leaves. (AA, TA.) And so in the phrase, الزُّبْدُ يُحَطُّ عَنِ اللَّبَنِ [The froth is removed, or skimmed off, from the milk]. (TA.) -A2- حَطَّ السِّعْرُ, aor. حَطِ3َ , (L, TA, [but I think it more probable that the aor. is حَطِ3َ , agreeably with analogy, like as some say of قَطَّ, which, accord. to Sh, signifies the same, or nearly so, but accord. to others, the contr. of حَطَّ,] inf. n. حَطٌّ and حُطُوطٌ, (L, K,) (tropical:) The price was, or became, low, or cheap; (L, K, TA;) it abated; (Fr, TA in art. قط;) and so ↓ انحطّ. (Fr ubi suprà, S, * TA.) -A3- حَطَّ البَعِيرُ, (S, K,) فِى السَيْرِ, (S,) inf. n. حِطَاطٌ, (S, K,) (tropical:) The camel bore upon his nose-rein (S, K) towards one side, (K,) in going; (S;) as also ↓ انحطّ: (K:) or, accord. to AA, انحطّت النَّاقَةُ فِى سَيْرِهَا signifies (assumed tropical:) the she-camel was quick in her pace; (S, TA;) and so حَطَّت: (TA:) and حِطَاطٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) vehement running. (TA.) [From what next follows, it seems that the verb in this sense is of the measure فَعِلَ, aor. حَطَ3َ .] The poet 'Amr-Ibn-El-Ahtam uses the phrase, حَطِّى فِى هَوَاىَ, meaning (assumed tropical:) Rest thou upon my love, and incline my way. (TA.) And it is said in a trad., فَحَطَّتْ إِلَى الشَّابِّ (assumed tropical:) And she inclined with her heart towards the youth. (TA.) حَطَّ فِى عِرْضِ فُلَانٍ (assumed tropical:) He launched forth into, or pressed on in, the reviling of such a one. (TA.) حَطَّ فِى الطَّعَامِ (tropical:) He ate the food; (K, TA;) as also ↓ حطّط, (Sgh, K,) inf. n. تَحْطِيطٌ: (TA:) or he ate much of the food. (A, TA.) -A4- حَطَّ الجِلْدَ, inf. n. حَطٌّ, He polished, or smoothed, the skin; and figured, or decorated, it; (K, TA;) and ruled it, or made lines upon it; (TA;) with the مِحَطّ. (K, TA.)

, quasi-pass. of حَطَّهُ; It was, or became, put down; (S, * TA;) said of [a load, or any other thing from a back;] a camel's saddle; a horse's saddle; (TA;) [&c.] He, or it, descended; went down, or downwards, or down a declivity; from above to below. (S, * TA.) You say, انحطّ فِى حَدَرٍ [He descended a declivity]. (S and TA in art. حدر, from a trad.) [(assumed tropical:) He became lowered, or degraded.] Said of a price: see 1. Said of a camel: see 1. Also (assumed tropical:) He, or it, went back, or backward: went away: perished. (TA.) See also R. Q. 1.

He asked him to put down from him [his heavy burden: or (tropical:) his heavy burden of sin]: (K, TA:) if a real load be intended, this is proper; but if an ideal thing, it is tropical. (TA.) اِسْتَحَطَّنِى مِنَ الثَّمَنِ, (S, Msb,) or مِنْ ثَمَنِهِ (K,) شَيْيءًا, (S, K,) or كَذَا, (Msb,) (tropical:) He asked, demanded, or desired, of me an abatement, a lowering, a diminution, or a lessening, of somewhat, or so much, of the price. (S, * Msb, K.) -A2- استحطّ (assumed tropical:) He deserved to be lowered, or degraded. (Har p. 258.)

(assumed tropical:) Smooth in the مَتْنَانِ [or two portions of flesh and sinew next the back-bone, on each side]. (IAar, K.) [See also مَحْطُوطٌ.]

(tropical:) What is abated, or diminished, of a price: (Mgh, Msb, K, TA:) pl. حَطَايءِطُ. (TA.) You say, الحَطِيطَةُ كَذَا وَ كَذَا مِنَ الثَّمَنِ (tropical:) [The portion that is abated is so much and so much of the price]. (S.) And طَلَبَ مِنِّى حَطِيطَةً (tropical:) [He sought, or demanded, of me an abatement of price]. (TA.)

i. q. ↓ انحطّ [but in what sense is not pointed out]: (Ibn-' Abbád, K:) said of a thing. (Ibn-' Abbád, TA.) He was, or became, quick, (IDrd, K,) in his walk, or going, and in his work. (IDrd, TA.)

A declivity, or declivous place; a place of descent, or by which one descends: (S, TA:) a hill (أَكَمَةٌ) that is difficult of descent: or, accord. to IDrd, a difficult أَكَمَة. (TA.) -A2- (assumed tropical:) An excellent, swift she-camel; (S, K;) as also ↓ مُنْحَطَّةٌ. (TA.)

[A petition for the putting down of a heavy burden from one: or, (tropical:) of the heavy burden of sin: or merely a putting down thereof:] a subst. from استحطّهُ وِزْرَهُ, explained above; as also ↓ حِطِّيطَى. (K.) It is said in the Kur [ii. 55, and vii. 161], وَ قُولُوا حِطَّةٌ; i. e. they were told to say حِطَّةٌ for the purpose of asking thereby for the putting down of their heavy burdens from them, and they should be put down from them: (Ibn-Isráeel, TA:) the meaning is, And say ye, Put Thou down from us our heavy burdens, (S, TA,) or (tropical:) our sins: (Ibn-' Arafeh, K:) or [and say ye,] Our petition is حِطَّةٌ; i. e. that Thou wouldest put down from us our sins: (Aboo-Is- hák, K:) or, accord. to some, حِطَّة is a word which the children of Israel were commanded to say; and if they said it, their heavy burdens, or sins, were put down: (S, TA:) accord. to IAar, it is the saying لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ: (TA:) or it means forgiveness: (I' Ab:) or our affair is an alighting and abiding in this town: (Bd in ii. 55:) and there is another reading, وَ قُولُوا حِطَّةً, which is explained in two ways; either by making the verb to govern the noun, as though he had said, and say ye a saying which shall put down from you your heavy burdens, or (tropical:) sins; or by making the noun to be in the accus. case as an inf. n. meaning supplicating and petitioning [that God may put down from you your heavy burdens, or (tropical:) sins]; i. e. اُحْطُطِ اللَّهُمَّ أَوْزَارَنَا حِطَّةً: (TA:) but they changed this saying, (Fr, Sgh, K,) using for it a Nabathean expression; (Fr, TA;) saying هِطِّى سُمْهَاثًا, i. e. ” red wheat, “ (Sgh, K,) accord. to Es-Suddee and Mujáhid; or, accord. to IAar, حِنْطَةً شُمْقَايَا, i. e. ” good wheat. “ (Sgh, TA.) You say also, ↓ سَأَلَهُ الحِطِّيطَى, i. e. الحِطَّةَ [He asked of him the putting down of his heavy burden from him: or (tropical:) his sin]. (TA.) And it is said in a trad., that when God tries a person with a trial in his body, هُوَ لَهُ حِطَّةٌ, i. e. It is to him a mode of putting down from him his sins. (TA.) الحِطَّةُ is also A name of the month of Ramadán, in the Gospel, or some other book: (Az, K, * TA:) because it puts down somewhat of the sin of him who observes the fast thereof. (Az, TA.) Also (tropical:) A decrease, or state of diminution, in respect of rank, or station: (TA:) [or low, or the lowest, rank, or station: for] ↓ الحُطُطُ, (K, TA,) which is its pl., (TA,) is explained as signifying, (K, TA,) on the authority of IAar, (TA,) مَرَاكِبُ السِّفَلِ, or correctly مَرَاتِبُ السِّفَلِ: (K, TA:) the latter [meaning (tropical:) the ranks, or stations, of the lowest, or meanest, of mankind,] is the right reading, as verified by Az. (TA.)

: see حِطَّةٌ; first sentence; and again, in the latter half of the paragraph.

See حِطَّةٌ.

-A2- Also (tropical:) Smooth, or sleek, bodies; (IAar, K, TA;) as though polished with the مِحَطَّة. (TA.)

(tropical:) An ankle-bone covered with flesh and fat so that it is not apparent. (TA.)

[A place where loads, &c., are put down. And hence,] (assumed tropical:) A place where one alights, or alights and abides; (S, TA;) as also ↓ مَحَطَّاتٌ: pl. [of either] مَحَاطُّ and [of the latter] مَحَطَّاتٌ. (TA.) [Hence also,] مَحَطُّ سُفُنٍ [A place for unloading of ships]. (S and K in art. فرض.) [Hence also,] هٰذَا مَحَطُّ الكَلَامِ (tropical:) [This is the meaning, or intent, of the saying, or sentence: used in this sense in the present day]. (TA.)

[originally, Put down; applied to a load, &c. See 1. And hence,] applied to a price: see حَاطِطٌ. -A2- Leather polished, or made smooth [&c.: see 1; last sentence]. (TA.) (tropical:) A sword made thin. (TA.) أَلْيَةٌ مَحْطُوطَةٌ (tropical:) [A rump] without مَأْكَمَة [or protuberant buttocks]; (K, TA;) as though it were smoothed (حُطَّتْ) with the مِحَطّ. (TA.) And جَارِيَةٌ مَحْطُوطَةُ المَتْنَيْنِ (tropical:) A girl having the مَتْنَانِ [or two portions of flesh and sinew next the backbone, on each side,] extended [or long]; as though they were smoothed with the مِحَطّ: (TA:) or having them extended [or long] and even (S, TA) and beautiful. (Az, TA.) And مَحْطُوطّةُ الكَشْحِ may mean (assumed tropical:) A woman whose flank is as though it were smoothed with the مِحَطّ: but it is better explained as meaning elevated, or protuberant, in the posteriors, and depressed in the flank. (Ham p. 141.) [See also أَحَطُّ.]

(S, O, K) and ↓ مِحَطَّةٌ (K) An instrument of iron, (O, K,) or of wood, prepared (K, in some copies of which, for مُعَدَّةٌ, we find مُعَدِّلَةٌ, which is a mistake, TA,) for the polishing, or smoothing, of skins, (O, K,) to make them soft and beautiful; (O;) and for figuring, or decorating, them; (K;) [and for ruling them, or making lines upon them: see 1; last sentence:] or an instrument with which tattooing is performed: or an iron instrument used by sewers of boots &c., with which they figure, or decorate, the leather: (S:) or an instrument (T, A, TA) with a pointed extremity, (T, TA,) used by binders of books, (T, A, TA,) and by others. (A, TA.)

(tropical:) A shoulder-joint (K, TA) neither high nor low, (TA,) of the most beautiful kind. (K, TA.) -A2- See also حَطُوطٌ.

(tropical:) A low, or cheap, price; as also ↓ مَحْطُوطٌ. (TA.)