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كيت

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to filling or equipping something, often a container or provisions. It also extends to signifying an unspecified matter or story, acting as a placeholder word.

Derived headwords

كيت الوعاءverb
  1. 1.
    to fill a containerboth

    To fill a container, such as a vessel, with something.

تكييتاnoun
  1. 1.
    filling (a container)both

    The verbal noun for filling a container, synonymous with its action.

كيت الجهازverb
  1. 1.
    to equip provisionsboth

    To prepare or equip one's provisions or belongings, especially for a journey.

كيتnoun
  1. 1.
    a story or matterclassical

    A placeholder word used to refer to an unspecified story, matter, or event.

  2. 2.
    such and suchclassical

    Used to indicate something vaguely, meaning 'this and that' or 'such and such'.

الأكياتnoun
  1. 1.
    bags or sacksclassical

    Plural of 'kiy' (كيس), meaning bags or sacks. It is suggested this form might be a lisp or an alteration.

Parallel reading

كيت الوعاء و (حشاه) بمعنى واحد
To fill a container and to stuff it are synonymous.
كيت الجهاز: يسره
To equip provisions: to make them easy.
كيت جهازك إما كنت مرتحلا إن أخاف على أذوادك السبعا
Prepare your provisions if you are departing, lest I fear the beasts will attack your herds.
والأكيات: الأكياس
And 'al-akiyat' means 'bags'.
كان من الأمر كيت وكيت
It was a matter of this and that.
تقول العرب: كان من الأمر كيت! وكيت
The Arabs say: It was a matter of such and such!
وهي كناية عن القصة أو الأحدوثة
And it is a metaphor for a story or an anecdote.
بئس ما لأحدكم أن يقول: نسيت آية كيت وكيت
How bad it is for one of you to say: I forgot such and such a verse.