مَمَات
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مَوْت in English
Noun · masculine
Verbal noun of مَاتَ (to die): the act or idea of the verb.
- death
أَيۡنَمَا تَكُونُوا۟ يُدۡرِككُّمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ وَلَوۡ كُنتُمۡ فِي بُرُوجࣲ مُّشَيَّدَةࣲWherever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you should be within towers of lofty construction.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:78
- demise
Word origin
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *mawt- (“death”). Compare Akkadian 𒁁 (mūtum, “death”), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎚 (mt, “death”), Aramaic ܡܘܬܐ (mawtā), Hebrew מָוֶת (mávet, “death”), Amharic ሞት (mot, “death”) and Egyptian mtt:m*A14
Words from the root م-و-ت
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
مَاتَ
· present يَمُوتُ
Form I · The plain action
to die
مَاتَ
· present يَمُوتُ
Form I · The plain action
to be empty, to be or become unoccupied (of land, a city, etc.); to dead end, to have no outlet (of a road); to be unused, to be untrodden (of a road)
مَوَات
مَوَّتَ
· present يُمَوِّتُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to die off; to make die, let perish, to kill, to cause the death of
تَمْوِيت
مُمَوِّت
مُمَوَّت
أَمَاتَ
· present يُمِيتُ
Form IV · Causative
to cause to die; to mortify (one's desires, e.g. through asceticism)
إِمَاتَة
instance noun of أَمَاتَ
مُمِيت
مُمَات
اِسْتَمَاتَ
· present يَسْتَمِيتُ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to sacrifice oneself, to risk one's life; to fight desperately, to make desperate efforts; to fight to the death
اِسْتِمَاتَة
مُسْتَمِيت
مُسْتَمَات
مُمِيت
Form
causing death, fatal, deadly, lethal
مِيتَة
manner of death
مَيْتَة
corpse
مَوْتَان
plague
مَوَتَان
inanimate goods
مَوْتَان
inexcitable
مَوْتَة
a death
تَمَاوُت
مَوْت in a sentence
Dictionary examples
death
أَيۡنَمَا تَكُونُوا۟ يُدۡرِككُّمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ وَلَوۡ كُنتُمۡ فِي بُرُوجࣲ مُّشَيَّدَةࣲWherever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you should be within towers of lofty construction.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:78
From a fully vowelled text
آخِرُ عَدُوٍّ يُبْطَلُ هُوَ الْمَوْتُ.The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.1 Corinthians 15:26, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
لِيَسْمَعَ أَنِينَ الأَسِيرِ، لِيُطْلِقَ بَنِي الْمَوْتِ،To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;Psalms 102:20, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
إِذًا الْمَوْتُ يَعْمَلُ فِينَا، وَلكِنِ الْحَيَاةُ فِيكُمْ.So then death worketh in us, but life in you.2 Corinthians 4:12, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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