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سَكُت
to be silent, to fall silent /ˈsa.ka.ta/
verbB1#2688 most common
Also: to stop talking, to keep quiet, to hush
Example sentences
سَكَتَ الطِّفْلُ بَعْدَ البُكَاءِ.
The child fell silent after crying.
هِيَ تَسْكُتُ دائِماً فِي الاجْتِماعاتِ.
She always stays quiet in meetings.
اُسْكُتْ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ، أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُرَكِّزَ.
Be quiet, please, I want to concentrate.
سَكَتَ المُعَلِّمُ لَحْظَةً قَبْلَ أَنْ يُجِيبَ.
The teacher paused silently before answering.
لَمْ يَسْكُتْ عَنِ الظُّلْمِ رَغْمَ التَّهْدِيدَاتِ.
He did not stay silent about the injustice despite the threats.
سَكَتَتِ الحُكُومَةُ عَنِ القَضِيَّةِ إِرْضَاءً لِلرَّأْيِ العَامِّ، مِمَّا أَثَارَ انْتِقَاداتٍ وَاسِعَةً.
The government kept silent about the issue to appease public opinion, which sparked widespread criticism.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَسْكُتُ | سَكَتُّ | سَأَسْكُتُ |
| 2sg | تَسْكُتُ | سَكَتَّ | سَتَسْكُتُ |
| 3sg | يَسْكُتُ | سَكَتَ | سَيَسْكُتُ |
| 1pl | نَسْكُتُ | سَكَتْنَا | سَنَسْكُتُ |
| 2pl | تَسْكُتُونَ | سَكَتُّمْ | سَتَسْكُتُونَ |
| 3pl | يَسْكُتُونَ | سَكَتُوا | سَيَسْكُتُونَ |
Word family
سُكُوت (sukūt)silence
سَاكِت (sākit)silent, quiet
مَسْكُوت عَنْهُ (maskūt ʿanhu)passed over in silence, taboo
سَكْتَة (sakta)a pause, or a stroke in medical usage
إِسْكَات (iskāt)the act of silencing someone
Etymology
Sakata comes from the Semitic root س-ك-ت (s-k-t), which carries the core sense of stillness or silence. Arabic built the whole verb family, silence, the silent one, silencing, on this three-consonant root, as is typical of Semitic morphology. The root has a plausible cognate in Hebrew, pointing to a shared Proto-Semitic origin rather than any Indo-European source.
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