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شت

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of separation, dispersion, and being scattered. It describes things or people that are divided, spread out, or distinct from one another.

Derived headwords

شتّverb
  1. 1.
    to separateboth

    To cause something to be divided or scattered.

  2. 2.
    to be separatedboth

    To become divided, dispersed, or scattered.

يشتverb
  1. 1.
    he separatesboth

    Present tense verb indicating the action of separating or causing separation.

  2. 2.
    he is separatedboth

    Present tense verb indicating the state of being separated or dispersed.

شتاverb
  1. 1.
    to separateclassical

    An alternative form of the verb meaning to separate or become separated.

شتاتاnoun
  1. 1.
    dispersionboth

    A state of being scattered or dispersed; separation.

شتيتاnoun
  1. 1.
    dispersionclassical

    Similar to 'شتاتا', denoting a state of being scattered or separated.

تشتتverb
  1. 1.
    to be dispersedboth

    To become scattered, dispersed, or divided; to lose cohesion.

استشتverb
  1. 1.
    to become separatedclassical

    To become separated or dispersed, often implying a voluntary or natural scattering.

شتتهverb
  1. 1.
    He dispersed itboth

    A past tense verb form indicating that someone or something caused another thing to be scattered or separated.

أشتهverb
  1. 1.
    He dispersed itclassical

    Another form of the verb meaning to disperse or scatter, often used in the passive.

الشتيتadjective
  1. 1.
    scatteredboth

    Describing something that is dispersed, separated, or spread out.

  2. 2.
    gapped (teeth)classical

    Referring to teeth that are spaced apart or have gaps.

شتىadjective
  1. 1.
    variousboth

    Diverse, different, or of various kinds.

  2. 2.
    scatteredboth

    Separated into groups or individuals; dispersed.

شتاتnoun
  1. 1.
    dispersed groupsboth

    Referring to individuals or groups that are scattered and not unified.

شتاتاadverb
  1. 1.
    separatelyboth

    In a scattered or dispersed manner.

شتانparticle
  1. 1.
    how differentclassical

    An expression used to emphasize the great difference between two things.

شتتnoun
  1. 1.
    dispersionclassical

    The state of being scattered or dispersed.

محمود بن شتىname
  1. 1.
    Mahmud ibn Shataclassical

    A proper name of a hadith narrator.

Parallel reading

فرق، وافترق، كانشت وتشتت واستشت.
He separated, and they separated; they became scattered and dispersed.
وشتته الله، وأشته.
And Allah dispersed him, and He scattered him.
والشتيت: المفرق المشتت
And 'al-shatīt' means the one who separates, the dispersed one.
ومن الثغر: المفلج.
And from the gum line: gapped (teeth).
وقوم شتى، أي: فرقا من غير قبيلة.
And a people 'shattā', meaning: separated, not belonging to a single tribe.
وجاؤوا شتات شتات، أي: أشتاتا متفرقين.
And they came 'shatāt shatāt', meaning: scattered, separated.
وشتان بينهما
And how far apart they are!
وما هما وما بينهما
And how different they and what is between them are!
وما عمرو وأخوه
And how different Amr and his brother are!
أي: بعد ما بينهما
Meaning: the great distance between them.
وتكسر النون مصروفة، عن شتت.
And the 'nūn' is broken and declined, from 'shatāt'.
ومحمود بن شتى، (بالضم) : محدث.
And Mahmud ibn Shata, (with dammah) : a hadith narrator.