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سخت

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

The root 'سخت' primarily denotes intensity, severity, and hardness. It is used to describe strong heat, a severe condition, and also refers to a type of fine dust or a specific preparation of food.

Derived headwords

السَّخْتadjective
  1. 1.
    with the kha' silent: the severe/strongboth

    with the kha' silent: the severe/strong

حَرٌّ سَخْتadjective
  1. 1.
    scorching heatboth

    A very intense and oppressive heat.

السَّخْتِيتadjective
  1. 1.
    severe, intenseclassical

    Similar to 'sokht', denoting extreme severity or intensity.

السَّخْتِيتnoun
  1. 1.
    unmixed sūwīqclassical

    A type of sūwīq (roasted barley or wheat flour) that has not been mixed with fat or oil.

  2. 2.
    intense dustclassical

    A cloud of dust that is raised intensely.

اسْخَاتَverb
  1. 1.
    to subsideclassical

    Used to describe a wound whose swelling has calmed down or subsided.

اسْخِيتَاتًاnoun
  1. 1.
    subsidenceclassical

    The act or process of subsiding, specifically referring to the calming of swelling in a wound.

Parallel reading

يقال هذا حر سخت
This is scorching heat.
وهو معروف في كلام العرب
And it is known in the speech of the Arabs.
وهم ربما استعملوا بعض كلام العجم
And they sometimes used some of the speech of the non-Arabs.
كما قالوا للمسح: بلاس
Just as they said for 'wiping': 'balas'.
والسختيت بالكسر: الشديد أيضا
And 'al-sakhtīt' (with kasra) also means severe.
هل ينجيني حلف سختيت
Will an intense oath save me?
أو فضة أو ذهب كبريت
Or silver or sulfurous gold?
والسختيت أيضا: السويق الذى لايلت بالادم
And 'al-sakhtīt' also means the sūwīq that is not mixed with fat.
وهو أيضا الغبار الشديد الارتفاع
And it is also the intensely raised dust.
وهي تثير الساطع السختيتا
And it raises the bright, intense dust.
اسخات الجرح اسخيتاتا
The wound subsided, its swelling subsiding.
أي سكن ورمه
Meaning its swelling calmed down.