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سحطه

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of rapid or forceful cutting, slaughtering, or causing something to fall. It also extends to meanings related to choking, causing death by water, and things that hang or detach easily.

Derived headwords

سَحَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to slaughter quicklyboth

    To slaughter an animal rapidly or swiftly.

  2. 2.
    to chokeboth

    To cause someone to choke on food.

  3. 3.
    to kill with waterclassical

    To cause someone to die by drinking an excessive amount of water.

  4. 4.
    to send downclassical

    To send a young goat down with its mother.

سَحْطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    rapid slaughterboth

    The act of slaughtering quickly.

مَسْحَطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    rapid slaughterboth

    The act of slaughtering quickly.

مَقْعَدnoun
  1. 1.
    throatclassical

    The throat, the passage for food and air.

سَيْحَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    valleyclassical

    A valley, or a plain, or a mountain peak, or a piece of land.

المَسْحُوطadjective
  1. 1.
    mixedclassical

    Referring to a drink that is mixed, especially with water.

انسَحَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to slip and fallboth

    To slip from one's hand and fall.

  2. 2.
    to hang downboth

    To hang down from a date palm or other object, detaching without being held by hand.

Parallel reading

سحطه، كمنعه، سحطا ومسحطا: ذبحه سريعا
He slaughtered it, like 'man'a', with a rapid slaughter and a swift slaughter.
و الطعام فلانا: أغصه
And the food choked him.
و فلان الشراب: قتله بالماء
And he killed him with water (by drinking too much).
و السخل: أرسله مع أمه
And the kid (goat) was sent down with its mother.
وكمقعد: الحلق
And like 'maq'ad': the throat.
وسيحاط، كقيفال: ة، أو واد، أوقارة، أو قنة، أو أرض
And 'sayhaat', like 'qifaaal': a plain, or a valley, or a mountain, or a peak, or land.
والمسحوط من الشراب كله: الممزوج
And 'al-mashoot' of all drinks: the mixed one.
وانسحط من يده: انملص فسقط
And it slipped from his hand: it detached and fell.
و عن النخلة وغيرها: تدلى عنها حتى ينزل، لا يمسكها بيده
And from the date palm and other things: it hung down until it came off, not holding it with its hand.