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1 طَاحَ ذ , (S, A, L, K,) aor. يَطُوحُ and يَطِيحُ, (S, L, K,) inf. n. of the former طَوْحٌ, and of the latter طَيْحٌ, (L,) He, or it, perished, or came to nought; (S, A, K;) as also ↓ تطوّح : (A:) or was, or became, at the point of perishing: (K:) and he, or it, (i. e. anything, TA,) went away; passed away; (K, TA;) came to nought. (TA.) ― -b2- And (as some say, TA) He, or it, fell; (S, A, K;) and so ↓ تطوّح , as in the phrase تطوّح فِى البِئْرِ [It fell into the well], said of a bucket. (TA.) ― -b3- And He lost his way, syn. تَاهَ, (S, A, K,) in the land, (S, K,) or in the desert; as also ↓ تطّوح and ↓ تطيّح . (TA.) And, said of an arrow, It missed its aim. (Har p. 126.) -A2- And أَيْنَ طِيحَ بِكَ Whither hast thou been taken, or carried, away? (A.) And طاح بِهِ فَرَسُهُ His horse went away with him [or carried him away] like an arrow. (A.) And مَا كَانَتْ إِِلَّا مَزْحَةً طَاحَ بِهَا لِسَانِى [It was nought but a jest, or joke, which my tongue hastily uttered, or which my tongue let full]. (A.) ― -b2- See also the next paragraph.

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