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شت

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 شتّت ذ , (S, K,) inf. n. تَشْتِيتٌ; (S;) and ↓ اشتّ; and ↓ شَتَّ, aor. شَتِ3َ , [which is anomalous in the case of a trans. verb of this class,] inf. n. شَتٌّ and شَتَاتٌ and شَتِيتٌ; (K;) [the first and second mentioned in the K only with reference to God as the agent;] He dissolved, broke up, discomposed, deranged, disorganized, disordered, or unsettled, syn. فَرَّقَ, (S, K,) the state of affairs [&c.], (S,) and the state of union of a people or party. (TA.) And one says also, بِى قَوْمِى ↓ اشتّ My people, or party, dissolved, broke up, &c., my state of affairs. (S, TA.) And بِقَلْبِى ↓ شَتَّ كَذَا وَكَذَا Such and such things discomposed, or disorganized, (فَرَّقَ, [which may also be rendered frightened, ]) my mind, or heart. (As, TA.) And شَتَّتَهُمُ ا@للّٰهُ God separated, disunited, dispersed, or scattered, them. (A.)

Derived headwords

شتّتverb
  1. 1.
بِى قَوْمِى
كَذَا وَكَذَا
شَتَّتَهُمُ ا@للّٰهُ