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نيط

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to death, fate, and the vital essence of life, often metaphorically linked to hanging or attachment. It also extends to concepts of distance and the initial stages of a well.

Derived headwords

النَّيْطnoun
  1. 1.
    deathclassical

    The state of being dead.

  2. 2.
    funeral processionclassical

    The procession accompanying a deceased person to their burial place.

  3. 3.
    fateclassical

    One's appointed time or destiny, particularly concerning death.

  4. 4.
    vital cordclassical

    The part of the heart to which it is attached, metaphorically representing life.

  5. 5.
    well's upper partclassical

    The part of a well before reaching the bottom, where water is first encountered.

نَاطَverb
  1. 1.
    to hangboth

    To suspend something from a higher point.

  2. 2.
    to be distantclassical

    To become far away or remote.

نَاطَ نَيْطًاverb
  1. 1.
    to become distantclassical

    To move away or become remote.

انْتَاطَverb
  1. 1.
    to become distantclassical

    To move away or become remote.

نِيَاطُ القَلْبِnoun
  1. 1.
    vital cord of the heartclassical

    The main artery or vessel connected to the heart, considered its attachment point.

Parallel reading

النيط: الموت.
Al-niyt: death.
وطعن في نيطه أي في جنازته إذا مات.
And he was struck in his niyṭ, meaning in his funeral procession, if he died.
ورمي فلان في طنيه وفي نيطه: وذلك إذا رمي في جنازته، ومعناه إذا مات.
And so-and-so was cast into his grave and into his niyṭ: this is when he is cast in his funeral procession, and its meaning is when he dies.
يقال رماه الله بالنيط ورماه الله بنيطه أي بالموت الذي ينوطه
It is said, 'May God strike him with al-niyt' and 'May God strike him with niyṭuhu,' meaning with the death that He decrees.
لود معاوية أنه ما بقي من بني هاشم نافخ ضرمة إلا طعن في نيطه
Mu'awiyah wished that no one remained among the Banu Hashim who could blow on an ember, except that he would be struck in his niyṭ.
معناه إلا مات.
Its meaning is, except that he died.
والقياس النوط لأنه من ناط ينوط إذا علق
And the standard form is al-nawṭ because it is from nāṭa yanūṭu if it is hung.
غير أن الواو تعاقب الياء في حروف كثيرة.
Except that the waw replaces the ya' in many letters.
وقيل: النيط نياط القلب وهو العرق الذي القلب متعلق به.
And it was said: Al-niyṭ is the niyāṭ of the heart, which is the vessel to which the heart is attached.
وأشار إلى نياط قلبه.
And he pointed to the niyāṭ of his heart.
وأتاه نيطه أي أجله.
And his niyṭ came to him, meaning his appointed time.
ناط نيطا وانتاط: بعد.
Nāṭa niyṭan and intāṭa: to be distant.
والنيط: العين في البئر قبل أن تصل إلى القعر.
And al-niyṭ: the source of water in a well before it reaches the bottom.