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السكت

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of silence, stopping speech, or being quiet. It extends to related ideas like sudden cessation, a pause in music, a disease causing speechlessness, and things that are sudden or stealthy.

Derived headwords

السَّكْتnoun
  1. 1.
    silenceboth

    The state of being silent or not speaking.

  2. 2.
    pause in musicclassical

    A distinct pause or break between two musical notes, without breathing.

السُّكُوتnoun
  1. 1.
    silenceboth

    The act or state of being silent.

السَّكَّاتnoun
  1. 1.
    silenceclassical

    A state of silence, often used in plural.

السَّاكُوتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    silenceclassical

    A state of silence.

السَّكْتِيتadjective
  1. 1.
    very silentclassical

    One who is very prone to silence or speaks little.

السَّكِيتadjective
  1. 1.
    silentclassical

    One who is silent or speaks little.

السَّاكُوتadjective
  1. 1.
    silentclassical

    One who is silent or speaks little.

أَسْكَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to fall silentclassical

    His speech ceased, and he stopped talking.

السَّكْتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    diseaseboth

    A disease that causes speechlessness.

  2. 2.
    pacifierclassical

    Something used to quiet a child or someone else.

  3. 3.
    residueboth

    A remaining amount left in a container.

السُّكْتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pacifierclassical

    Something used to quiet a child or someone else.

السَّكْتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    final horseclassical

    The last horse in a race.

سَكَّاتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    silencerclassical

    Something that causes silence or makes one quiet.

سُكَّاتnoun
  1. 1.
    silencerclassical

    Something that causes silence or makes one quiet.

سُكَّاتnoun
  1. 1.
    stealthy snakeclassical

    A type of snake that bites before one notices.

الأَسْكَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    rabbleclassical

    The lowest class of people; riff-raff.

  2. 2.
    remnantsclassical

    The remaining parts of anything.

  3. 3.
    moderate daysclassical

    The mild days following the summer season.

سَكَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to dieclassical

    To pass away; to die.

سَكِيتadjective
  1. 1.
    quietclassical

    A man of few words, who speaks well when he does.

سَكَتَnoun
  1. 1.
    end of lotsclassical

    The end of the drawing lots, referring to the last of the arrows.

Parallel reading

والسكوت، كالسكات والساكوتة، والكثير السكوت، كالسكتيت، والسكيت والسكيت ط والسكيت ط والساكوت والساكوتة
And silence, like al-sakat and al-sakuta, and much silence, like al-saktit, and al-skit and al-skit (pl.) and al-skit (pl.) and al-sakut and al-sakuta.
والفصل بين نغمتين بلا تنفس
And the pause between two notes without breathing.
وأسكت: انقطع كلامه فلم يتكلم
And 'asakta': his speech ceased, and he did not speak.
والسكتة: داء
And al-saktah: a disease.
وبالضم: ما أسكت به صبيا أو غيره
And with dammah: what one uses to silence a child or someone else.
وبقية تبقى في الوعاء
And a remainder that stays in the container.
وكالكميت، ويشدد: آخر خيل الحلبة
And like al-kumayt, and it is intensified: the last horse of the race.
ورماه بسكاتة وسكات، (بضمهما)، أي: بما يسكته
And he shot him with sakatah and sakat (with dammah on both), meaning: with something that silences him.
وهو على سكات الأمر، أي: مشرف على قضائه
And he is on the verge of the matter, meaning: about to complete it.
والسكات من الحيات: ما يلدغ قبل أن يشعر به
And al-sakat from snakes: that which bites before one feels it.
والأسكات: الأوباش، والبقايا من كل شيء، والأيام المعتدلات دبر الصيف
And al-askat: the rabble, the remnants of everything, and the moderate days after the summer.
وسكت: مات
And sakata: he died.
ورجل سكت: قليل الكلام، فإذا تكلم أحسن
And a man sakit: little of speech, but when he speaks, he speaks well.
(وكمعظم: آخر القداح)
(And like mu'dham: the end of the lots).