سُكُوت
silence
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Highlights
Present tense
يَسْكُتُ
Verbal nouns
سَكْت، سُكَات، سُكُوت
Active participle
سَاكِت
Passive participle
مَسْكُوت
Most common words from the same root
Noun
سَكْتَة
a single interval of silence
Adjective
سَاكِت
silent
Noun
سُكُوت
silence
سَكَتَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to be silent
- to subside
- to die
Word origin
Compare Hebrew שָׁקַט (shakát, “rest, be in peace”).
Words from the root س-ك-ت
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سَكَتَ
· present يَسْكُتُ
Form I · The plain action
to be silent; to subside; to die
سَكْت
سُكَات
سَاكِت
silent
مَسْكُوت
what is not said
سَكْتَة
a single interval of silence
سَكَّتَ
· present يُسَكِّتُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to scare into silence; to accuse of silence
تَسْكِيت
مُسَكِّت
مُسَكَّت
إِسْكَات
silencing
سَكَتَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | سَكَتُّ | أَسْكُتُ | أَسْكُتَ | أَسْكُتْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | سَكَتَّ | تَسْكُتُ | تَسْكُتَ | تَسْكُتْ | اُسْكُتْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | سَكَتِّ | تَسْكُتِينَ | تَسْكُتِي | تَسْكُتِي | اُسْكُتِي |
| هُوَ he | سَكَتَ | يَسْكُتُ | يَسْكُتَ | يَسْكُتْ | — |
| هِيَ she | سَكَتَتْ | تَسْكُتُ | تَسْكُتَ | تَسْكُتْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | سَكَتُّمَا | تَسْكُتَانِ | تَسْكُتَا | تَسْكُتَا | اُسْكُتَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | سَكَتَا | يَسْكُتَانِ | يَسْكُتَا | يَسْكُتَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | سَكَتَتَا | تَسْكُتَانِ | تَسْكُتَا | تَسْكُتَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | سَكَتْنَا | نَسْكُتُ | نَسْكُتَ | نَسْكُتْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | سَكَتُّمْ | تَسْكُتُونَ | تَسْكُتُوا | تَسْكُتُوا | اُسْكُتُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | سَكَتُّنَّ | تَسْكُتْنَ | تَسْكُتْنَ | تَسْكُتْنَ | اُسْكُتْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | سَكَتُوا | يَسْكُتُونَ | يَسْكُتُوا | يَسْكُتُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | سَكَتْنَ | يَسْكُتْنَ | يَسْكُتْنَ | يَسْكُتْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | سَكْت، سُكَات، سُكُوت |
|---|---|
| Active participle | سَاكِت |
| Passive participle | مَسْكُوت |
سَكَتَ in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
فَسَكَتُوا. فَأَمْسَكَهُ وَأَبْرَأَهُ وَأَطْلَقَهُ.And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;Luke 14:4, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
صَمَتُّ صَمْتًا، سَكَتُّ عَنِ الْخَيْرِ، فَتَحَرَّكَ وَجَعِي.I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.Psalms 39:2, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
لَمَّا سَكَتُّ بَلِيَتْ عِظَامِي مِنْ زَفِيرِي الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ،When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.Psalms 32:3, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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