خ ي ط

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of 'thread' or 'line', extending to concepts of connection, sewing, and linear movement. It also encompasses related ideas like a thin line, a group, a path, and even abstract notions like distinguishing truth from falsehood.

Derived headwords

الخَيْطnoun

1.
threadboth
A thin strand of fiber used for sewing or weaving, or a fine line.
2.
spinal cordclassical
The marrow of the neck, metaphorically referring to one's life or blood.
3.
mountainclassical
A known mountain.
4.
groupclassical
A flock or herd, specifically mentioned as a flock of ostriches or a herd of cattle.
5.
locust swarmclassical
A piece or swarm of locusts.
6.
white and black threadsboth
Metaphor for the white of dawn and the black of night, used to signify the distinction between them.
7.
colorclassical
The hue or color of something.
8.
length of ostrich featherclassical
The length of an ostrich's feather or neck, or the mixture of black and white in its plumage.

خُيُوطnoun

1.
threadsboth
Plural of خيط (thread).

خُيُوطَةnoun

1.
threadclassical
A diminutive or variant form of خيط (thread), often used poetically.

أخْيَاطnoun

1.
threadsboth
Plural of خيط (thread).

الخِيَاطnoun

1.
sewing needleboth
A needle used for sewing.
2.
sewingclassical
The act or craft of sewing.
3.
path, passageclassical
A way or passage, a route.
4.
one who passes quicklyclassical
Someone who moves or passes by swiftly.

المِخْيَطnoun

1.
sewing needleboth
A needle used for sewing.
2.
path, passageclassical
A way or passage, a route.
3.
snake's trackclassical
The path or track left by a snake on the ground.

خَاطَverb

1.
to sewboth
To join or repair something with stitches.
2.
to flow, to move linearlyclassical
To move or flow in a linear fashion, like a snake.
3.
to pass quicklyclassical
To move or pass by swiftly.

خِيَاطَةnoun

1.
sewingboth
The act or craft of sewing.

مُخَيَّطadjective

1.
sewnboth
Something that has been sewn.

مُخِيطadjective

1.
sewnboth
Something that has been sewn.

مُخِيطًاnoun

1.
path, passageclassical
A way or passage, a route.

خَيْطَاءadjective

1.
long-neckedclassical
Describing an ostrich with a long neck.

تَخْيِيطnoun

1.
appearance of grey hairclassical
The appearance of streaks of grey hair.

خَيْطَةnoun

1.
stakeclassical
A stake driven into the ground, used for tying or support.
2.
ropeclassical
A thin rope or cord.
3.
garmentclassical
A type of garment worn.
4.
once, a single timeclassical
A single instance or occurrence.

تَخَوَّطَverb

1.
to move quicklyclassical
To move swiftly and directly, without deviation.

مَخِيطnoun

1.
snake's trackclassical
The path or track left by a snake on the ground.
2.
gathering of the peritoneumclassical
The meeting point of the abdominal membranes, the visible part of the abdomen.

خَاطَ إِلَيْهِ خَيْطَةًverb phrase

1.
to pass by quicklyclassical
To pass by swiftly and without stopping.

خَيْط بَاطِلnoun phrase

1.
dust motesclassical
Fine dust particles visible in sunlight entering a room; metaphor for something insignificant.
2.
sun's salivaclassical
A colloquial term for dust motes or spider's silk.

الخَيْطَانnoun

1.
group of peopleclassical
A gathering or assembly of people.

خَيْطَانnoun

1.
group of peopleclassical
A gathering or assembly of people.

مَخِيطnoun

1.
mountainclassical
A mountain.

Parallel reading

الخيط: السلك ج أخياط وخيوط وخيوطة

The thread: the wire, plural akhyat, khuyut, and khuyutah.

زادوا الهاء لتأنيث الجمع

They added the 'ha' for feminine pluralization.

فريسا ومغشيا عليه كأنه ... خيوطة ماري لواهن فاتله

Prey, and one overcome as if... a thread of Mari for a weak spinner.

الخيط من الرقبة: نخاعها، يقال: جاحش فلان عن خيط رقبته، أي دافع عن دمه.

The khayt of the neck: its marrow; it is said: 'So-and-so defended himself from the khayt of his neck,' meaning he defended his blood.

يقال: أعطني خياطا ونصاحا، أي خيطا، واحدا، قاله أبو زيد

It is said: 'Give me a khayyat and a nasah,' meaning one khayt, said Abu Zayd.

أدوا الخياط والمخيط أراد بالخياط هنا: الخيط، وبالمخيط: الإبرة.

They paid the khayyat and the mikhayt; by khayyat here is meant the thread, and by mikhayt: the needle.

الخيط: انسياب الحية على الأرض، وقد خاط الحية، وهو مجاز.

The khayt: the slithering of a snake on the ground, and one may say 'he sewed the snake,' which is metaphorical.

وفي الصحاح: القطيع من النعام، وفي اللسان: وقد يكون من البقر.

And in Al-Sihah: the flock of ostriches, and in Al-Lisan: it may be of cattle.

الخيط: القطعة من الجراد، كالخيطى، كسكرى، نقله الجوهري.

The khayt: the piece of locusts, like khayta, like sukra, as narrated by Al-Jawhari.

وخيطا من خواضب مؤلفات ... كأن رئالها أرق الإفال

And a khaytan of mingled plants... as if their dung were finer than that of young camels.

نعامة خيطاء بينة الخيط، أي طويلة العنق، نقله الجوهري.

An ostrich khayta', clearly khayta', meaning long-necked, as narrated by Al-Jawhari.

حتى يلج الجمل في سم الخياط أي في ثقب الإبرة

Until a camel passes through the eye of the khayyat, meaning the eye of the needle.

والمخيط، أي كمقيل: الممر والمسلك، كما هو في اللسان والعباب على الصواب

And al-mikhayt, like maqil: the passage and the path, as it is correctly in Al-Lisan and Al-Abab.

وثوب مخيط ومخيوط، وقد خاطه! خياطة

And a garment is mukhayyat and mukhuyyat, and he sewed it with sewing.

هل في دجوب الحرة المخيط وذيلة تشفي من الأطيط

Is there in the lava fields of Al-Hurrah the sewn [garment] and its tail that cures from the creaking?

حتى يتبين لكم الخيط الأبيض من الخيط الأسود من الفجر

Until the white thread becomes clear to you from the black thread of the dawn.

الخيط الأبيض ضوء الصبح منفلق ... والخيط الأسود لون الليل مركوم

The white thread is the breaking light of the morning... and the black thread is the piled-up color of the night.

فلما أضاءت لنا سدفة ... ولاح من الصبح خيط أنارا

And when a darkness illuminated for us... and a thread of light appeared from the morning.

تالله لا أنسى منيحة واحد ... حتى تخيط بالبياض قروني

By God, I will not forget the gift of one... until my hair is threaded with white.

أرق من خيط باطل

More subtle than a thread of falsehood.

تدلى عليها بين سب وخيطة ... بجرداء مثل الوكف يكبو غرابها

He lowered himself upon it between a rope and a khayta... on a bare rock like a spread hide whose raven falls back.

تدلى عليها بين سب وخيطة ... شديدة الوصاة نابل وابن نابل

He lowered himself upon it between a rope and a khayta... strongly tied, a fowler and the son of a fowler.

خاط فلان خيطة: إذا امتد في السير لا يلوي على شيء

So-and-so 'khayyata khaytah': if he extended in his journey without turning aside.

وبينهما ملقى زمام كأنه ... مخيط شجاع آخر الليل ثائر

And between them lies a rein as if it were... the track of a serpent, late at night, stirring.

كأن على صحاصحه رياطا ... منشرة نزعن من الخياط

As if on its clear surfaces were fine cloths... spread out, taken from the khayyat.

فهن بالأيدي مقيساته مقدرات ... ومخيطاته

They are measured by hands, estimated... and sewn by them.

لحى الله قوما ملكوا خيط باطل ... على الناس يعطي من يشاء ويمنع

May God curse the people who ruled by 'khayt batil'... giving to whomever they wish and withholding.

بليد لم يخط حرفا بعنس ... ولكن كان يختاط الخفاء

A dullard who did not tie a camel to a camel... but rather he would tie the covering.

في البطن مقاطه ومخيطه

In the abdomen is its مقاطه and its مخيطه.

فقل لذاك الشاعر الخياط وذي المراء المهمر الضفاط

So say to that poet, the swift one, and to the argumentative, the bellowing, the stumbling one.