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سوط

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 سَاطَهُ ذ , [aor. يَسُوطُ,] (M,) inf. n. سَوْطٌ, (S, M, K,) He mixed it, (S, M, K,) one part with another, (S,) and stirred it about, and beat it; (M;) as also ↓ سوّطهُ, (M, K, *) inf. n. تَسْوِيطٌ: (K:) or سَوْطٌ signifies the putting together two things in a vessel, then beating them with the hand until they become mixed: (Jm, K:) or, accord. to some, it relates particularly to a cooking-pot, when its contents are mixed: (M:) you say, سَاطَ قِدْرَهُ بِالمِسْوَطِ [ he mixed, and stirred about, and beat, the contents of his cooking-pot with the مِسْوَط, q. v.]: (TA:) but you say also, سَاطَ الهَرِيسَةَ, and ↓ سَوَّطَهَا, he stirred about the [ food called ] هريسة with a piece of wood, in order that it might become mixed: (TA:) or ↓ سوّطهُ signifies he mixed it much. (S.) ― -b2- [Hence,] سِيطَ حُبُّكَ بِدَمِى and مِنْ دَمِى (assumed tropical:) [ The love of thee is mixed with my blood ]. (TA.) And هُوَ يَسْوطُ الأَمْرَ (assumed tropical:) He turns over the affair [ in his mind ]. (TA.) And فُلَانٌ يَسُوطُ الحَرْبَ and ↓ يُسَوِّطُهَا (assumed tropical:) Such a one superintends, manages, or conducts, in person, the war. (A, TA.) And فُلَانٌ أُمُورَهُ ↓ سَوَّطَ, inf. n. as above, (S, TA,) (tropical:) Such a one rendered his affairs confused, or disordered, or perplexed: (TA:) and in like manner, رَأْيَهُ [ his opinion ]. (M.) And أَمْرَهُ ↓ سَوَّطَ (tropical:) He created confusion, or disorder, in his affair, or case. (K, TA.) -A2- سَاطَهُ, (M,) aor. يَسُوطُ, (S,) inf. n. سَوْطٌ, (M, K,) He whipped him; struck him with a سَوْط; (S, M, K;) namely, a beast, and a man. (TA.) ― -b2- سَاوَطَنِى فَسُطْتُهُ: see 3.

Derived headwords

سَاطَهُverb
  1. 1.
سَاطَ قِدْرَهُ بِالمِسْوَطِ
سَاطَ الهَرِيسَةَ
حُبُّكَ بِدَمِى
مِنْ دَمِى
هُوَ يَسْوطُ الأَمْرَ
فُلَانٌ يَسُوطُ الحَرْبَ
فُلَانٌ أُمُورَهُ
سَاوَطَنِى فَسُطْتُهُ