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خَيْط
thread /ˈxajtˤ/
nounB1#2384 most common
Also: string, strand, cord
Example sentences
هٰذا خَيْطٌ أَحْمَر.
This is a red thread.
أَحْتَاجُ إِلَى خَيْطٍ وَإِبْرَة.
I need thread and a needle.
رَبَطَتِ الأُمُّ الهَدِيَّةَ بِخَيْطٍ ذَهَبِيّ.
The mother tied the gift with a golden thread.
انْقَطَعَ الخَيْطُ أَثْنَاءَ خِيَاطَةِ القَمِيص.
The thread snapped while the shirt was being sewn.
تَتَشَابَكُ خُيُوطُ القِصَّةِ بِطَرِيقَةٍ مُعَقَّدَة.
The threads of the story interweave in a complex way.
يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ بَيْنَ العَبْقَرِيَّةِ وَالجُنُونِ خَيْطًا رَفِيعًا.
They say there is a thin thread between genius and madness.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خَيْطٌ | خُيُوطٌ |
| Genitive | خَيْطٍ | خُيُوطٍ |
| Accusative | خَيْطًا | خُيُوطًا |
| Vocative | يَا خَيْطُ | يَا خُيُوطُ |
Word family
خَاطَto sew
خَيَّاطtailor
خِيَاطَةsewing, the craft of tailoring
مِخْيَطneedle
خُيُوطthreads (plural)
Etymology
Khayt comes from the Semitic root kh-y-t, which centers on the idea of sewing and thread. Arabic keeps this root active in words for tailoring, needles, and stitching. Because Arabic is a Semitic language rather than an Indo-European one, it has no Proto-Indo-European root; its deep history lies instead in shared Semitic vocabulary.
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