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خوت

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of swooping down, attacking prey, or seizing something stealthily. It extends to meanings of betrayal, diminishing something, and even aging or becoming bold.

Derived headwords

خَاتَverb
  1. 1.
    swooped downboth

    The falcon swooped down upon the prey with the intention of seizing it.

اِخْتَاتَverb
  1. 1.
    swooped downboth

    The falcon swooped down upon the prey with the intention of seizing it.

يَخُوتُونَverb
  1. 1.
    they seizeclassical

    They seize the prey, referring to the action of the falcon.

خُوتُnoun
  1. 1.
    seizingclassical

    The act of seizing or swooping down, specifically referring to the falcon's attack.

الخَائِتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    eagleclassical

    The eagle, specifically when it swoops down, and its sound of descent is heard.

الخَوَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of wingsclassical

    The sound of the eagle's wings when it swoops down. This word is feminine in form but masculine in meaning.

  2. 2.
    bold manclassical

    A bold or daring man.

خَوَّاتadjective
  1. 1.
    boldclassical

    A bold or daring man.

تَخَوَّتَverb
  1. 1.
    diminishedboth

    To diminish or reduce someone's property.

يَخْتَاتُverb
  1. 1.
    stealsboth

    The wolf stealthily steals the sheep, one after another.

  2. 2.
    eavesdropsboth

    To listen in on or secretly take from the conversation of a group of people.

يَتَخَوَّتُverb
  1. 1.
    eavesdropsboth

    To listen in on or secretly take from the conversation of a group of people.

يَخْتَاتُونَverb
  1. 1.
    travel stealthilyclassical

    They travel stealthily through the night, cutting across the road.

خَالَverb
  1. 1.
    he thought it, imagined itboth

    he thought it, imagined it

Parallel reading

خات البازي واختات، أي انقض على الصيد ليأخذه.
The falcon swooped down and attacked, meaning it descended upon the prey to seize it.
يخوتون أخرى القوم خوت الا جادل
They seize the prey, the falcon's attack, not arguing.
والخائتة: العقاب إذا انقضت فسمعت صوت انقضاضها.
And the Khā'itah: the eagle when it swoops down and its sound of descent is heard.
والخوات لفظ مؤنث ومعناه مذكر: دوي جناح العقاب.
And Al-Khawāt is a feminine word whose meaning is masculine: the sound of the eagle's wings.
خاتت العقاب تخوت خواتا.
The eagle swooped down, making the sound of its wings.
والخوات، بالتشديد: الرجل الجرئ.
And Al-Khawāt, with shadda: the bold man.
لا يهتدي فيه إلا كل منصلت * من الرجال زميع الرأي خوات وخوات بن جبير الانصاري.
No one finds their way in it except those who are sharp, of men, firm in opinion, bold, like Khawāt bin Jubayr Al-Anṣārī.
وتخوت ماله، مثل تخونه، أي تنقصه.
And he diminished his property, like betraying it, meaning he reduced it.
ما زال الذئب يختات الشاة بعد الشاة، أي يختلها فيسرقها.
The wolf kept stealthily taking the sheep after sheep, meaning it tricked it and stole it.
وفلان يختات حديث القوم ويتخوت، إذا أخذ منه وتحفظه.
And so-and-so eavesdrops on the people's conversation and takes from it, if he takes from it and keeps it secret.
وإنهم يختاتون الليل، أي يسرون ويقطعون الطريق.
And they travel stealthily through the night, meaning they move secretly and cut across the road.
خات الرجل، إذا أخلف وعده.
A man broke his promise, if he went back on his word.
وخات الرجل، أي أسن.
And a man aged, meaning he grew old.