ميط1 مَاطَ, (S, Msb, K, &c.,) aor. ـِ inf. n. مَيْطٌ (Msb, K) and مَيَطَانٌ, (K,) He removed; retired, or went, to a distance; or became remote; (As, IAar, * A 'Obeyd, S, Msb, K;) عَنْهُ from him; (IAar, A'Obeyd, S, K;) as also ↓ استماط; (TA;) and ↓ اماط; (IAar, A 'Obeyd, S, K;) but As disallows the last in this sense; (S, * Msb;) it occurs, however, in a trad.: (TA:) also, he went away; (S, TA;) and so ↓ اماط: (TA:) and it (a thing) went away. (TA.) b2:  He, or it, inclined to one side; or declined; i. q., مَادَ, and حَادَ. (TA.) b3:  Also, aor.  as above, inf. n. مَيْطٌ, He declined, or deviated, from the right course; or acted unjustly; (Az, Ks, S, K;) فِى حُكْمِهِ in his judgment. (Az, Ks, S.) b4:  [See also مَيْطٌ, below: and see 3.]A2:  Also, (A 'Obeyd, S, Msb, K,) inf. n. مَيْطٌ; (TA;) and ↓ اماط, (A 'Obeyd, S, Msb, K,) inf. n. إِمَاطَةٌ; (S, Msb;) or the latter only, accord. to As; (S, * Msb, TA;) He removed, put away, or put at a distance, (A 'Obeyd, S, Msb, K,) him, or it; (A 'Obeyd, S, Msb;) and مَاطَ بِهِ signifies the same as اماطهُ; (Msb;) and some say بِهِ ↓ مَيَّطْتُ [if this be not a mistranscription for مِطْتُ به] in the sense of أَمَطْتُهُ. (TA.) You say, الأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ ↓ أَمَاطَ, (Mgh, TA,) inf. n. إِمَاطَةٌ, (S, Msb,) He removed, or put away, or put at a distance, what was hurtful from the road, or way; (S, Mgh, Msb, TA;) and [some say] مَاطَهُ, inf. n. مَيْطٌ. (TA.) and it is said in a trad., عَنَّا يَدَكَ ↓ أَمِطْ Remove thou from us thy hand. (TA.) And مَاطَ بِهِ and ↓ اماطهُ signify He took away him, or it; syn. ذَهَبَ بِهِ and أَذْهَبَهُ. (TA.) b2:  مَيْطٌ also signifies The act of repelling, impelling, pushing, or thrusting; (S;) and so ↓ مِيَاطٌ: (S, K:) and both signify the act of chiding: (S, K:) the former being an inf. n. of which the verb is مَاطَ, aor. ـِ (K:) [the latter, app., an inf. n. of which the verb, namely مايط, is unused; the like being said of هِيَاطٌ, which we find coupled with مِيَاطٌ.] You say, ↓ القَوْمُ فِى هِيَاطٍ وَمِيَاطٍ The people, or company of men, are engaged in making a clamour, and repelling, &c.: (S, in the present art. and in art. هيط:) or هياط and مياط, respectively, signify the most vehement driving in coming to water, and the most vehement driving in returning from water; (Fr, K;) and مَا زَلْنَا بِالهِيَاطِ وَالْمِيَاطِ means we ceased not to be engaged in coming and going: (Fr, TA:) or advancing (Lh, TA) and retreating: (Lh, K:) or labouring, or striving, or conflicting, one with another, to overcome, (Lth, TA,) and inclining [one towards another]: (Lth, K:) or collecting together, in a neuter sense, and mutual retiring to a distance: or collecting themselves together for peace or reconciliation, and dissolving themselves from a state of peace or reconciliation: or raising a clamour, or confused noise; and retiring to a distance: or saying No, by God, and Yes, by God. (TA.) [See art. هيط.] Yousay also, مَا زَالَ فِى هَيْطٍ وَمَيْطٍ, meaning He ceased not to be engaged in crying out, or vociferating, or calling for aid or succour, and in evil, or mischief, and raising a clamour, or confused noise. (K in art. هيط.) 2 مَيَّطْتُ بِهِ: see 1. b2:  ميّط بَيْنَهُمَا, inf. n. تَمْيِيطٌ, He wavered between them two. (TA.) 3 مِيَاطٌ: see 1, throughout the greater part of the latter half of the paragraph. b2:  بَيْنَهُمَا مُمَايَطَةٌ and مُهَايَطَةٌ and مُعَايَطَةٌ and مُسَايَطَةٌ are said to signify Between them two is low, faint, or gentle, speaking. (TA in art. هيط.) 4 أَمْيَطَ see 1, in five places.6 تمايطوا They removed, retired, went to a distance, or became remote, one from another; and their mutual state became bad, disordered, or disturbed; (S, K;) contr. of تهايطوا. (Fr, S, in art. هيط.) 10 إِسْتَمْيَطَ see 1, first sentence.مَيْطٌ: see 1. b2:  It also signifies Inclination: so in the trad.,
 لَوْ كَانَ عُمَرُ مِيزَانًا مَا كَانَ فِيهِ مَيْطُ شَعْرَةٍ
[If 'Omar were a balance, there would not be in it the inclination of a hair]. (TA.) A2:  Also, A state of mixture, or confusion: mentioned only by IF. (TA.) مَائِطٌ and هَائِطٌ are explained by IAar as signifying Coming and going. (TA.) موع &c.
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م (Supplement)
 alphabetical letter م مَ for the interrogative مَا immediately following a prep.: see مَا in the S, K; and إِلَى last sentence. b2:  مِ for مِنْ: see an ex., from a poet, voce رُبَّ. b3:  مُ اللّٰهِ &c.: see أَيْمُنُ اللّٰهِ. b4:  مّ  for أُمّ: see the latter.مَا when following كُلّ or إِنَّ or أَيْنَ or أَىّ, if having the signification of الَّذِى, is written separately. (El-Hareeree, in De Sacy's Anthol. Gram. Ar., p. 67 of the Ar. text.) b2:  مَا added to certain adverbial nouns is not merely redundant, but gives to them a conditional and general signification; as in أَيْنَمَا Wherever; and حَيْثُمَا Wherever, and whenever; &c.: see Kur, ii. 143, 145, &c.: and see De Sacy's Gram., i. 537 and 538. b3:  مَا While; as in مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا: and as much as; see Kur, lxiv. 16. b4:  بِمَا Because  بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ Because they did transgress; or for that they did transgress. (Kur.) b5: إِنَّكَ مَا وَخَيْرًا, for مَعَ خَيْرٍ. See خَيْرٌ. b6:  مَا is also added to a noun to denote the littleness of that which is signified by the noun; as in أَرَبٌ مَّا Some little want. (IAth in TA, art. ارب.) b7: مَا in أَمَّا and إِمَّا (of which latter إِمَّا لَا is an instance) I have mentioned in arts. أَمَّا and إِمَّا. b8:  بَالِغًا مَا بَلَغَ: see بَلَغَ. b9:  مَا أَنْتَ [What art thou?] means what are thy qualities, or attributes? (Har, p. 155.) مَا رَبُّ العَالَمِينَ, in the Kur, xxvi. 22, means أَىٌّ شَىْءٍ هُوَ. (Jel.) See also an ex. voce فَىّ. b10:  مَا لَكَ signifies أَىُّ شَىْءٍ ثَبَتَ لَكَ (IbrD) and may be rendered What aileth thee? b11:  شَىْءٌ مَّا Some particular thing: something. (See إِيهِ.) Also, Any particular thing? (IbrD.) See an ex. cited voce صَبَاحٌ. b12:  فَتًى مَّا فُلَانٌ An excellent youth is such a one. (IbrD.) See Kull, p. 336. See also Bd, middle p. 42. b13:  مَا is sometimes put for مَا دَامَ, مَا دَامُوا, and the like; i. e. As long as: see an ex. voce  كَاظَّ, and التُّرْكُ, and جَلَّ. b14:  الشَّكْلُ إِلَى الطُّولِ مَا هُوَ The form inclines somewhat to length; agreeably with a rendering voce عُقْرٌ: see De Sacy's Gr., sec. ed., i. 543 and 539: see also شَىْءٌ مَّا above: in the Kur xxxviii. 23, ما is redundant, (Bd,) denoting vagueness and wonder, (Ksh, Bd,) or a corroborative of fewness: (Jel:) it means somewhat whether great or little in degree or importance.A2:  مَا, the negative particle, followed by a pret., often requires the latter to be rendered in English by the preterperfect: ex. مَا رَأَيْتُهُ مُذْ يَوْمَان I have not seen him for two days. See De Sacy's Anthol. Gram. Ar., p. 253.