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محت

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to purity, intensity, and intelligence. It describes something as pure or unadulterated, and can also refer to extreme conditions like intense heat. Additionally, it denotes a person of sharp intellect and sound judgment.

Derived headwords

مَحْتadjective
  1. 1.
    pure, unadulteratedboth

    Describing something as completely pure, genuine, and free from any admixture or impurity.

  2. 2.
    intense, extremeboth

    Referring to a severe or extreme condition, such as intense heat.

مَحْتnoun
  1. 1.
    intelligent personclassical

    An intelligent, discerning, and wise individual.

  2. 2.
    sharp-minded personclassical

    A person with a keen intellect, sound judgment, and a well-composed heart.

  3. 3.
    intensityclassical

    The quality of being intense or extreme.

مَحْتadjective
  1. 1.
    intense heatclassical

    Describing a day characterized by severe and oppressive heat.

مَحْتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    intense heatclassical

    A night characterized by severe and oppressive heat.

مَحَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to be intensely hotclassical

    The past tense verb indicating that a night was characterized by severe heat.

مَحُوتnoun
  1. 1.
    intelligent peopleclassical

    The plural of 'maht', referring to intelligent and discerning individuals.

مَحْتَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    intelligent peopleclassical

    Another plural form of 'maht', referring to intelligent and discerning individuals.

Parallel reading

عربي محت بحت أي خالص
An Arabic word 'maht' means pure.
ويوم محت: شديد الحر
And a 'maht' day: intensely hot.
مثل حمت
Like 'hamat' (intensely hot).
وليلة محتة
And a 'mahtah' night (intensely hot).
وقد محتا
And it was intensely hot.
والمحت: العاقل اللبيب
And 'al-maht': the intelligent, discerning one.
وقيل: المجتمع القلب الذكيه
And it was said: the one with a composed heart and sharp intellect.
وجمعه محوت
And its plural is 'mahūt'.
ومحتاء
And 'mahtā'.
كأنهم توهموا فيه محيتا
As if they imagined 'muḥyitā' in it.
كما قالوا سمح وسمحاء
Just as they said 'samḥ' and 'samḥā'.
والمحت: الشديد من كل شيء
And 'al-maht': the intense of everything.