صمت

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ص م ت (ṣ m t)
2 terms

Verb

صَمَتَ (ṣamata) I (non-past يَصْمُتُ (yaṣmutu), verbal noun صَمْت (ṣamt) or صُمُوت (ṣumūt))

  1. to be silent, to be taciturn, to hold one's tongue, to hush up, to be quiet, to become quiet
    • Hadith
      مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللّٰهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْآخِرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ
      man kāna yuʔminu bi-l-lāhi wal-yawmi l-ʔāḵiri falyaqul ḵayran ʔaw liyaṣmut
      Whoever believes in God and the Last Day, let him speak good or keep silent.
Conjugation

Verb

صَمَّتَ (ṣammata) II (non-past يُصَمِّتُ (yuṣammitu), verbal noun تَصْمِيت (taṣmīt))

  1. to silence
Conjugation

Noun

صَمْت (ṣamtm

  1. verbal noun of صَمَتَ (ṣamata) (form I)
  2. silence
    • فِي صَمْت (fī ṣamt, silently, quietly)
Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

صمت (form I)

  1. صُمْتُ (ṣumtu) /sˤum.tu/: first-person singular past active of صَامَ (ṣāma)
  2. صُمْتَ (ṣumta) /sˤum.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of صَامَ (ṣāma)
  3. صُمْتِ (ṣumti) /sˤum.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of صَامَ (ṣāma)
  4. صِمْتُ (ṣimtu) /sˤim.tu/: first-person singular past passive of صَامَ (ṣāma)
  5. صِمْتَ (ṣimta) /sˤim.ta/: second-person masculine singular past passive of صَامَ (ṣāma)
  6. صِمْتِ (ṣimti) /sˤim.ti/: second-person feminine singular past passive of صَامَ (ṣāma)