حطأ1 حَطَأَ He cast, or threw; syn. رَمَى [and, like this, trans. by means of بِ]. (K.) [Hence,] حَطَأَ بِهِ الأَرْضَ, (Az, S, K,) aor. ـَ (K,) inf. n. حَطْءٌ, (S,) He cast him, or threw him, down prostrate upon the ground: (Az, S, K:) or, with violence: one says, اِحْتَمَلَهُ فَحَطَأَ بِهِ الأَرْضَ [He raised him upon his back, and threw him down violently upon the ground]. (Lth, TA.) and حَطَأَتْ بِوَلَدِهَا She (a woman) cast forth her child from her womb. (TA in art. زكب.) and حَطَأَتِ القِدْرُ بِزَبَدِهَا The cooking-pot cast forth its froth, or scum, (S, TA,) in boiling. (TA.) And حَطَأَ بِسَلْحِهِ He cast forth his excrement, or ordure. (S.) And حَطَأَ [alone], aor. ـَ and حَطِاَ, He cast forth his excrement, or ordure, at once, (K, TA,) quietly, or gently. (TA.) And حَطَأَ, (K,) or حَطَأَ بِهَا, (S,) He broke wind, with a sound. (S, K.) b2:  حَطَأَ بِهِ عَنْ رَأْيِهِ He turned him back from the opinion, or judgment, that he had formed. (IAth, K.) b3:  حَطَأَهُ He struck him, or slapped him, on the back with his open hand: (S, K:) or struck him gently on the back with the palm of his hand: (S in art. لطح:) or slapped him on the back, or between the shoulders, or on the upper part of the side, or on the chest; (Khálid Ibn-Jembeh, TA;) or on the back of the head: (Az, TA:) and he struck him, or beat him, (Sh, K, *) with his hand; (Sh, TA;) but it is said that the meaning is, he struck him on the back of the neck: (TA:) it also occurs without ء. (TA.) b4:  حَطَأَهَا He lay with her. (S, K. *) حَطْأَةٌ A slap on the back [&c. (see the verb)] with the open hand. (S, TA.) It also occurs without ء, written حَطْوَةٌ. (TA.) حَطِىْءٌ, applied to a man, Low, ignoble, mean, or sordid. (Az, S, K.) You say also حَطِىْءٌ بَطِىْءٌ, using the latter word as an imitative sequent. (S.) حُطَيْئَةٌ, applied to a man, Ugly; or contemptible; or ugly in aspect and small in body: (Th, S, K:) or short. (S, K.)