سكت

سُكَاتٌ ذ Constant, or continual, silence. (Msb.) Hence, by way of comparison, one says, الاـِفْحَامُ سُكَاتٌ [as though meaning The state of being silenced in a dispute, &c., is a state of constant, or continual, silence: but it seems to mean, more probably, الافحام (as an act. inf. n.) is an act that silences; agreeably with what here follows]. (Msb.) ― -b2- رَمَاهُ بِسُكَاتٍ (AZ, M, K) and ↓ سُكَاتَةٍ, (AZ, S, M, A, K,) to which latter is generally added وَصُمَاتَةٍ, (M, TA,) He (a man, S, M, and God, TA) smote him, or afflicted him, with a thing that silenced him; (S, A, K;) thought by ISd to mean, with anxiety, or grief, that silenced him, or a thing in consequence of which he became silent: not expl. by AZ. (TA.) ― -b3- [In like manner] one says also, ↓ رَمَاهُ بِالمُسْكِتَاتِ [ He smote him, or afflicted him, with the words, or acts, that silenced him ]. (T in art. رم, from Aboo-Málik.) And بِهِ سُكَاتٌ [ He has in him that which makes him silent ]: said of one long silent in consequence of disease (A, TA) or of some evil in him. (TA.) And أَصَابَ سُكَاتًا He met with, or experienced, a disease that prevented him from speaking. (TA.) ― -b4- هُوَعَلَى سُكَاتِ الأَمْرِ He is at the point of accomplishing the affair. (K.) And كُنْتُ عَلَى سُكَاتِ هٰذِهِ الحَاجَةِ I was at the point of attaining this want, or needful affair. (S.) ― -b5- حَيَّةٌ سُكَاتٌ (tropical:) A serpent that bites before one has knowledge of it; (S, A, K, TA;) as also ↓ سَكُوتٌ. (TA.)