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الخت

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of piercing, striking, and deficiency. It also encompasses terms for weakness, baseness, and a specific geographical location.

Derived headwords

خَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to pierce, to strikeboth

    To pierce or strike something, often in a repeated or successive manner.

خَتَتٌnoun
  1. 1.
    weakness, feeblenessclassical

    A feeling of weakness or feebleness in the body.

خَتِيتٌadjective
  1. 1.
    base, ignobleclassical

    Describing someone or something as base, ignoble, or of low character.

  2. 2.
    deficient, lackingclassical

    Describing something as deficient, lacking, or incomplete.

أَخْتَverb
  1. 1.
    to be shy, to be modestboth

    To feel shy or modest.

أَخْتَ فُلَانًاverb
  1. 1.
    to make someone's share meagerclassical

    To make someone's share or portion meager or deficient.

خَتَىname
  1. 1.
    Khaty (place name)classical

    A place name, specifically referring to a location near Bab al-Abwab.

ابْنُ خَتٍّname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Khatclassical

    A kunya or epithet for Yahya ibn Musa, a teacher of Al-Bukhari.

Parallel reading

الطعن مداركا
Piercing successively.
والختت، محركة: الفتور في البدن
And al-khatt, with vowelization: weakness in the body.
والختيت: الخسيس، والناقص
And al-khateet: the base, and the deficient.
وأخت: استحيا
And akhta: he was shy.
وفلانا: أخس حظه
And [he did] falana: he made his share meager.
وختى، بالضم (كربى) : د بباب الأبواب
And Khaty, with damma (like ruba): a place near Bab al-Abwab.
وابن خت يحيى بن موسى: شيخ البخاري
And Ibn Khat, Yahya ibn Musa: the teacher of Al-Bukhari.