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سخط

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of displeasure, anger, and dissatisfaction, often in contrast to contentment or approval. It describes the state of being angry, the act of causing anger, and the feeling of finding something inadequate or displeasing.

Derived headwords

السُّخْطnoun
  1. 1.
    The opposite of contentment/satisfaction.both

    The opposite of contentment/satisfaction.

سَخِطَverb
  1. 1.
    He was displeased/angry.both

    He was displeased/angry.

ساخِطadjective
  1. 1.
    angryboth

    angry

أسْخَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to displeaseboth

    To cause someone to feel displeased or angry.

  2. 2.
    to angerboth

    To make someone angry.

تَسَخَّطَverb
  1. 1.
    he considered it little/insufficientboth

    he considered it little/insufficient

Parallel reading

السخط والسخط: خلاف الرضا.
Displeasure and anger: the opposite of contentment.
وقد سخط، أي غضب،
And he was displeased, meaning he was angry,
فهو ساخط.
and he is displeased/angry.
وأسخطه، أي أغضبه.
And it displeased him, meaning it angered him.
ويقال: تسخط عطاءه، أي استقله ولم يقع منه موقعا.
And it is said: he found his gift inadequate, meaning he considered it insufficient and it did not satisfy him.