خ ي ط

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sewing, stitching, and connecting things together. It extends to concepts of lineage, weaving, and even metaphorical connections or healing through the use of needles.

Derived headwords

خَيَّاطnoun

1.
tailorboth
A person who makes or mends clothes, especially by sewing.
2.
stitcherclassical
One who sews or stitches, often referring to a specific type of craftsman.

خياطname

1.
epithetclassical
A title or epithet given to certain scholars or individuals, such as 'Khayyat ibn Khalifa' or 'Hammād ibn Khālid al-Khayyāṭ'.

خياطيname

1.
nisbaclassical
A nisba indicating origin or affiliation, such as 'al-Khayāṭī al-Khwārazmī' or 'al-Khayāṭī al-Jirjānī'.

خيوطيname

1.
nisbaclassical
A nisba indicating origin or affiliation, such as 'al-Khuyūṭī'.

خيوطينname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, specifically 'Jazīrat al-Khuyūṭayn', a location in Egypt.

خياط السنةname

1.
epithetclassical
A specific epithet, 'Khayyat al-Sunnah', given to a famous hadith narrator.

مِخْيَطnoun

1.
needleboth
A tool used for sewing, characterized by its sharp point and an eye for thread. It is also used metaphorically for healing.

مخايطةnoun

1.
sewingboth
The act or process of sewing or stitching.
2.
healingclassical
The act of healing or mending, particularly in the context of the epithet 'Mukhayṭ' who healed the afflicted.

Parallel reading

وخياط بن خليفة، والد خليفة: محدثان مشهوران

And Khayyat ibn Khalifa, the father of Khalifa, are two famous hadith narrators.

وحماد بن خالد الخياط، وغيره: محدثون

And Hammad ibn Khalid al-Khayyat, and others, are hadith narrators.

وشيخ الإسلام علاء الدين سديد بن محمد - الخياطي الخوارزمي

And Shaykh al-Islam Ala' al-Din Sadid ibn Muhammad - al-Khayyati al-Khwarizmi.

والحافظ أبو الحسين محمد بن حسن بن علي الجرجاني الخياطي، سكن ما وراء النهر

And Al-Hafiz Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn Hasan ibn Ali al-Jarjani al-Khayyati, resided beyond the river.

وأحمد بن علي الأبار - الخيوطي

And Ahmad ibn Ali al-Abbar - al-Khuyuti.

وعلي بن الفضل الخيوطي، عن البغوي

And Ali ibn al-Fadl al-Khuyuti, from al-Baghawi.

وجزيرة الخيوطين: موضع بمصر

And Jazirat al-Khuyutayn: a place in Egypt.

وخياط السنة: لقب محدث مشهور

And Khayyat al-Sunnah: an epithet of a famous hadith narrator.

ومخيط، كمنبر: لقب الشريف أبي محمد الحسين بن أحمد بن الحسين بن داوود الحسيني، أمير المدينة

And Mukhayt, like 'minbar': an epithet of Sharif Abu Muhammad al-Husayn ibn Ahmad ibn al-Husayn ibn Dawud al-Husayni, the prince of the city.

وإنما لقب به لأنه كان يبرئ المكلوبين

He was only given this epithet because he used to heal the afflicted.

وكان إذا أتي بمكلوب يقول: ائتوني بمخيط

And when an afflicted person was brought to him, he would say: Bring me a mukhayt (needle).

وهي الإبرة

Which is the needle.

وهو جد المخايطة بالمدينة ومصر والكوفة

And he is the ancestor of the sewing (or healing) in Medina, Egypt, and Kufa.