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كعت

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to smallness, shortness, and diminutiveness. It also encompasses terms for specific birds, a type of container, and a poet's kunya.

Derived headwords

الكُعَيْتnoun
  1. 1.
    nightingaleboth

    A small bird, specifically a nightingale. It is a diminutive form, indicating smallness.

  2. 2.
    sparrowclassical

    A small bird, identified as a sparrow. This meaning is supported by some classical sources.

  3. 3.
    wagtailclassical

    A small bird, identified as a wagtail by some inhabitants of Medina.

كَعْتnoun
  1. 1.
    shortnessclassical

    A state of being short or small in stature.

كَعْتَةadjective
  1. 1.
    short (female)classical

    A female who is short in stature.

كَعْتadjective
  1. 1.
    short (male)classical

    A male who is short in stature.

أبو مكعتname
  1. 1.
    kunya of a poetclassical

    The kunya (honorific name) of a known poet.

كعتانnoun
  1. 1.
    nightingalesboth

    The plural of الكُعَيْت, referring to nightingales.

كعتةnoun
  1. 1.
    tray for a bottleclassical

    A tray or stand designed to hold a bottle, particularly its base.

Parallel reading

الكعيت: البلبل، مبني على التصغير، كما ترى، والجمع: كعتان.
Al-Ku'ayt: The nightingale, formed by diminutivization, as you see, and its plural is Ku'aytan.
وقد ورد في الحديث ذكر الكعيت، قال ابن الأثير: هو عصفور، وأهل المدينة يسمونه النغر، وقيل: هو البلبل.
The word Al-Ku'ayt has been mentioned in the Hadith. Ibn al-Athir said: It is a sparrow, and the people of Medina call it al-Nughr, and it is said to be the nightingale.
وأبو مكعت، على مثال ملجم: شاعر معروف؛ قال ابن سيده: ولا أعرف له فعلا.
And Abu Mak'at, on the pattern of Muljam: is a known poet; Ibn Sidah said: I do not know a verb for him.
رجل كعت وامرأة كعتة، وهما القصيران
A short man and a short woman, and they are the short ones.
والكعتة طبق القارورة.
And al-Ka'tah is the tray for the bottle.