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الكعت

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to shortness or being short, but also encompasses concepts of speed, anger, and specific objects or beings.

Derived headwords

الكَعْتadjective
  1. 1.
    shortboth

    Describes someone or something as being short in stature or length.

  2. 2.
    beautyclassical

    Refers to beauty or comeliness, often associated with a person.

الكُعَيْتnoun
  1. 1.
    nightingaleboth

    A type of bird, specifically a nightingale.

ج: كعتان، بالكسر — nightingales
أَكْعَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to go quicklyclassical

    To move or proceed with great speed and haste.

  2. 2.
    to sitclassical

    To assume a seated position.

  3. 3.
    to be puffed up with angerclassical

    To become swollen or distended with rage.

أبو مكعتname
  1. 1.
    Abu Mak'atclassical

    A proper name, referring to a specific poet.

الكَعْتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    base of a flaskclassical

    The bottom part or stand of a flask or bottle.

Parallel reading

القصير، وهي بهاء.
The short one, and it [referring to beauty] is splendor.
والكعيت، كزبير: البلبل، ج: كعتان، بالكسر.
And al-Ku'aytit, like Zubayr: the nightingale, its plural is Ka'tān, with a kasra.
وأكعت: انطلق مسرعا، وقعد، ضد، وركب منتفخا من الغضب، وأبو مكعت، كمحسن: شاعر.
And ak'ata: he went quickly, and he sat, the opposite, and he became puffed up with anger, and Abu Mak'at, like Muhsin: a poet.
والكعتة، بالضم: طبق القارورة.
And al-Ka'tah, with a damma: the base of the flask.