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الشخت

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a state of being thin, lean, and withered, often associated with dryness or dust. It also extends to concepts of reaching a destination or the appearance of bright dust.

Derived headwords

شَخْتadjective
  1. 1.
    Thin, leanboth

    Describing something that is thin and withered, not merely weak or emaciated.

شَخَتَverb
  1. 1.
    To be thin, witheredboth

    The verb form indicating the state of being thin and withered.

شُخُوتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Thinness, witherednessboth

    The state or quality of being thin, lean, and withered.

شَخِيتnoun
  1. 1.
    Bright dustclassical

    Dust that is bright or shining, possibly due to its fineness or the light reflecting off it.

شَخْتِيتnoun
  1. 1.
    Bright dustclassical

    An alternative form for bright or shining dust.

تَشْخِيتnoun
  1. 1.
    Reaching, arrivalclassical

    The act of reaching a destination or achieving arrival.

Parallel reading

الدقيق الضامر، لا هزالا
The thin, withered one, not merely weak.
وقد شخت، ككرم شخوتة
And he became thin, like karuma (became noble) in thinness.
فهو شخت وشخيت
So he is thin and withered.
والشخيت، كسكيت وكريم: الغبار الساطع
And al-shakhīt, like siskīt and karīm: the shining dust.
كالشختيت
Like al-shakhtīt.
والتشخيت: الإبلاغ
And al-tashkhīt: reaching (a destination).