خوط

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of a slender, flexible branch or shoot. It extends to describe a person who is slender and agile, and metaphorically, to the act of approaching someone intermittently.

Derived headwords

الخُوطnoun

1.
Slender branchboth
A soft, tender branch or shoot. It can also refer to a branch that is one year old, or any slender rod.

خُوطnoun

1.
Slender branchboth
Singular form of 'khayṭān', referring to a slender branch or shoot.

خِيطَانnoun

1.
Slender branchesboth
The plural of 'khūṭ', referring to slender, soft branches or shoots.

خُوطَةnoun

1.
Slender branchboth
A single instance of a slender branch or shoot.

خُوطadjective

1.
Slender and agileboth
Describing a man who is robust yet light and agile, like a slender branch.

خُوطَانِيَّةadjective

1.
Resembling a slender branchboth
Describing a young girl who is slender and graceful, likened to a slender branch.

خَطَّverb

1.
To approach stealthilyclassical
To approach someone stealthily or cautiously, especially with a spear.

تَخَوَّطَverb

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To approach intermittentlyclassical
To approach someone or visit them from time to time, at intervals.

تَخَوَّتَverb

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To approach intermittentlyclassical
An alternative form of 'takhawwaṭa', meaning to approach someone or visit them from time to time, at intervals.

Parallel reading

الخوط: الغصن الناعم

Al-khūṭ: the soft branch.

وقيل: الغصن لسنة

And it was said: the branch of one year.

وقيل: هو كل قضيب ما كان

And it was said: it is every rod, whatever it may be.

والجمع خيطان

And the plural is khayṭān.

لعمرك إني في دمشق وأهلها، ... وإن كنت فيها ثاويا، لغريب

By your life, I am in Damascus and its people, ... and though I reside there, I am a stranger.

ألا حبذا صوت الغضا حين أجرست، ... بخيطانه بعد المنام، جنوب

How pleasant is the sound of the dry wood when it crackles, ... by its slender branches after sleep, to the south.

سرعرعا خوطا كغصن نابت

Swiftly, a slender branch like a growing shoot.

يقال: خوط بان، الواحدة خوطة

It is said: a slender branch of a sandalwood tree, the singular is khūṭah.

والخوط من الرجال: الجسيم الخفيف كالخوط

And al-khūṭ from men: the robust, light one like a slender branch.

وجارية خوطانية: مشبهة بالخوط

And a khūṭāniyyah girl: likened to a slender branch.

خط خط إذا أمرته أن يختل إنسانا برمحه

He approached stealthily if you ordered him to strike a person with his spear.

تخوطت فلانا وتخوته تخوطا وتخوتا إذا أتيته الفينة بعد الفينة أي الحين بعد الحين

You approached so-and-so intermittently and intermittently, meaning you came to him from time to time, i.e., hour after hour.