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صمت

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 اصمتهُ ذ : see 2. ― -b2- [Hence,] لَمْ يُصْمِتْهُ ذٰلِكَ That did not suffice him [ so as to quiet him ]: said only of what is eaten and drunk. (TA.) ― -b3- And اصمتهُ He made it to be solid, not hollow; without a cavity. (A'Obeyd, S, K.) [For that which is without a cavity is generally non-sonorous.] ― -b4- And أُصْمِتَتِ الأَرْضُ, or أَصْمَتَت, (accord. to different copies of the K, the latter accord. to the O,) The land became altered (أَحَالَت) [ so as to be rugged, or hard, app. in consequence of its having been left untilled and unsown, ] at the end of two years, (O, K,) and had rugged patches of urine and dung. (O.) -A2- See also 1, first sentence. ― -b2- أَصْمَتَ also signifies He was, or became, tonguetied, (O, TA,) and spoke not; (TA;) said of a sick man. (O, TA.)

Derived headwords

اصمتهُverb
  1. 1.
لَمْ يُصْمِتْهُ ذٰلِكَ
أُصْمِتَتِ الأَرْضُ