شط

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ش ط ط (š-ṭ-ṭ).

Verb

شَطَّ (šaṭṭa) I, non-past يَشِطُّ or يَشُطُّ‎ (yašiṭṭu or yašuṭṭu)

  1. to go to extremes, to go too far, to exceed proper bounds, to be excessive
  2. to deviate, to digress, to stray

Conjugation

Noun

شَطّ (šaṭṭ) m (plural شُطُوط (šuṭūṭ))

  1. chott, bank, shore, coast, seashore, riverside, seaside, riverbank, seacoast, beach, strand
    شَطُّ الْعَرَبِšaṭṭu l-ʿarabiShatt al-Arab

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833), شط”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 421
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), شط”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1548
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), شط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 550
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