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يهت

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the process of a wound or flesh becoming putrid and foul-smelling. It conveys a sense of decay and corruption, specifically related to organic matter.

Derived headwords

أَيَهَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to become putridclassical

    The wound or flesh became foul-smelling and rotten.

يُوهِتُverb
  1. 1.
    to become putridclassical

    The wound or flesh is becoming foul-smelling and rotten.

Parallel reading

أيهت الجرح يوهت، وكذلك اللحم: أنتن.
The wound became putrid, it becomes putrid, and likewise the flesh: it became foul-smelling.
أيهت الجرح
The wound became putrid.
يوهت
it becomes putrid.
وكذلك اللحم
and likewise the flesh.
أنتن
it became foul-smelling.