ستت

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the number six and its derivatives. It also touches upon related ordinal numbers and grammatical variations in counting and word formation.

Derived headwords

سِتَّةٌnoun

1.
men and women (genitive case), meaning three men and three womenboth
men and women (genitive case), meaning three men and three women
2.
with two fatha (original form of 'ist')both
with two fatha (original form of 'ist')

سِتٌّnoun

1.
sixboth
The cardinal number six, used in certain grammatical contexts.

سُدْسٌnoun

1.
a part of six, a sixthboth
a part of six, a sixth
2.
he took a sixth of their wealthboth
he took a sixth of their wealth

سُدَيْسَةٌnoun

1.
diminutive of sixclassical
The diminutive form of the number six, used for small quantities or endearment.

أَسْدَاسٌnoun

1.
sixesboth
The plural of the number six, referring to multiple instances of six.

سَادِسٌadjective

1.
sixthboth
The ordinal number indicating the position of six in a sequence.

سَادِيًاadjective

1.
sixthclassical
An alternative form for the ordinal number 'sixth', derived by changing the initial 's' to 'y'.

سَاتًاadjective

1.
sixthclassical
An alternative form for the ordinal number 'sixth', derived from the word for six.

أَمَاparticle

1.
he became one hundred peopleboth
he became one hundred people
2.
he made others one hundredboth
he made others one hundred
3.
meaning without the emphatic nunboth
meaning without the emphatic nun
4.
in the sense of recompense because 'ma' is added to 'in'both
in the sense of recompense because 'ma' is added to 'in'

أَيْمَاparticle

1.
as forclassical
An alternative form of 'أما', used similarly to introduce a topic or contrast.

تَسَنَّنَverb

1.
to become like teethclassical
To resemble teeth or to have teeth-like projections.

تَسَنَّىverb

1.
it changedboth
it changed

تَقَضَّضَverb

1.
to break into piecesclassical
To break or crumble into small pieces.

تَقَضَّىverb

1.
the falcon: swooped downboth
the falcon: swooped down
2.
it endedboth
it ended

تَلَعْلَعَverb

1.
to stammerclassical
To stammer or to speak with difficulty.

تَلَعَّىverb

1.
to be long-neckedclassical
To have a long neck.

تَسَرَّرَverb

1.
to be pleasedclassical
To be pleased or delighted.

تَسَرَّىverb

1.
to take a concubineclassical
To take a concubine or a female slave as a partner.

اسْتَother

1.
the rumpboth
the rump
2.
the anusboth
the anus

Parallel reading

ستة رجال وست نسوة.

Six men and six women.

وأصله سدس، فأبدل من إحدى السينين تاء وأدغم فيه الدال، لأنك تقول في تصغيرها سديسة.

Its origin is 'sudsun' (one-sixth), so a 'ta' was substituted for one of the 'sin's and the 'dal' was assimilated into it, because you say its diminutive is 'sudaysah'.

وفى الجمع أسداس.

And its plural is 'asdasun' (sixes).

تقول عندي ستة رجال ونسوة، أي عندي ثلاثة من هؤلاء وثلاث من هؤلاء.

You say, 'I have six men and women,' meaning I have three of these and three of those.

وإن شئت قلت عندي ستة رجال ونسوة فنسقت بالنسوة على الستة، أي عندي ستة من هؤلاء وعندي نسوة.

And if you wish, you say, 'I have six men and women,' and the women are coordinated with the six, meaning I have six of these and I have women.

وكذلك كل عدد احتمل أن يفرد منه جمعان مثل الست والسبع وما فوقهما، فلك فيه الوجهان.

And likewise, every number from which two plurals can be derived, like six, seven, and above, you have two options for it.

فأما إذا كان عدد لا يحتمل أن يفرد منه جمعان مثل الخمس والاربع والثلاث فالرفع لا غير.

But if it is a number from which two plurals cannot be derived, like five, four, and three, then only the nominative case is used.

تقول: عندي خمسة رجال ونسوة ولا يكون الخفض.

You say: 'I have five men and women,' and the genitive case is not used.

ويقال: جاء فلان سادسا وساديا وساتا.

And it is said: 'So-and-so came as the sixth,' 'sadiyan,' and 'satan'.

فمن قال سادسا بناه على السدس، ومن قال ساتا بناه على لفظ ستة وست، ومن قال ساديا أبدل من السين ياء.

So whoever says 'sadisan' bases it on 'sudsun' (one-sixth), whoever says 'satan' bases it on the word 'sittah' and 'sitt', and whoever says 'sadiyan' substitutes a 'ya' for the 'sin'.

وقد يبدلون بعض الحروف ياء، كقولهم في أما: أيما، وفى تسنن: تسنى، وفى تقضض: تقضى، وفى تلعع: تلعى، وفى تسرر: تسرى.

And they may substitute 'ya' for some letters, like their saying 'ayma' for 'ama', 'tasannā' for 'tasannana', 'taqaddā' for 'taqaddada', 'tala'lā' for 'tala'la'a', and 'tasarrā' for 'tasarrara'.

وأما است فتذكر في باب الهاء، لان أصلها ستة بالهاء.

And as for 'ista', it is mentioned in the chapter of 'ha', because its origin is 'sittah' with 'ha'.