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نيت

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a swaying or staggering motion, often attributed to weakness or drowsiness. It also includes a place name and a nisba derived from it.

Derived headwords

النيتnoun
  1. 1.
    swaying from weaknessclassical

    A swaying or staggering motion caused by weakness.

ناتverb
  1. 1.
    to sway from weaknessclassical

    To sway or stagger due to weakness.

ينيتverb
  1. 1.
    to sway from weaknessclassical

    To sway or stagger due to weakness.

نوتاًnoun
  1. 1.
    swaying from weaknessclassical

    A swaying or staggering motion caused by weakness.

نيتاًnoun
  1. 1.
    swaying from weaknessclassical

    A swaying or staggering motion caused by weakness.

النايتname
  1. 1.
    a place in Basraclassical

    A place located in Basra.

النايتيname
  1. 1.
    a nisbaclassical

    A nisba (attributive epithet) indicating origin from the place called Al-Nait in Basra.

Parallel reading

هو (التمايل من ضعف، كالنوت)
It is swaying from weakness, like Al-Nawt.
نات ينوت وينيت نوتاً ونيتاً
Nata yanutu wa yiniti nawtān wa naytān.
وقيل: هو التمايل من النعاس
And it is said: it is swaying from drowsiness.
النايت: موضع بالبصرة
Al-Nait: a place in Basra.
وإليه نسب أبو الحعسن (علي بن عبد العزير النايتي البصري المؤدب، محدث)
And Abu Al-Hasan (Ali bin Abdul Aziz Al-Naiti Al-Basri, the educator, a traditionist) is attributed to it.