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ح-و-ط

The Arabic root ح-و-ط (h-w-t)

Form I verb حَاطَ: to guard

18 words in the dictionary are built from ح-و-ط, including verbs in Forms I, II, III, IV, V, VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Noun
wall
Adjective
whole
Noun
ocean
Verb · Form IV
أَحَاطَ
to surround
Noun
اِحْتِيَاط
precaution
Verb · Form I
حَاطَ
to guard

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

حَاطَ · present يَحُوطُ
Form I · The plain action

to guard, to protect; to attend to (something, transitive); to take care of, to look after (transitive)

حَوْط
Verbal noun
حِيطَة
Verbal noun
cautiousness
حِيَاطَة
Verbal noun
guarding
Active participle
wall
مَحُوط
Passive participle
حَوَّطَ · present يُحَوِّطُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to wall in; to encircle, surround

تَحْوِيط
Verbal noun
encirclement
مُحَوِّط
Active participle
مُحَوَّط
Passive participle
حَاوَطَ · present يُحَاوِطُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to try to outsmart, to mislead

مُحَاوَطَة
Verbal noun
مُحَاوِط
Active participle
مُحَاوَط
Passive participle
أَحَاطَ · present يُحِيطُ
Form IV · Causative

to surround, encircle, ring; to contain; to comprehend, understand fully

إِحَاطَة
Verbal noun
encirclement
Active participle
whole
Active participle
ocean
مُحَاط
Passive participle
تَحَوَّطَ · present يَتَحَوَّطُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to guard, protect; to take precautions concerning; to be careful

تَحَوُّط
Verbal noun
provision
مُتَحَوِّط
Active participle
مُتَحَوَّط
Passive participle
اِحْتَاطَ · present يَحْتَاطُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to be careful; to take precautions (بِ (bi) for something, to ensure it happens); to surround (بِ (bi))

اِحْتِيَاط
Verbal noun
precaution
مُحْتَاط
Active participle
active participle of اِحْتَاطَ
مُحْتَاط
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

أَحْوَط
Adjective
elative degree of حَائِط

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