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سُكُوت
silence /suˈkuːt/
nounB2#3670 most common
Also: quietness, hush, muteness
Example sentences
هُوَ يُحِبُّ السُّكُوتَ.
He likes silence.
طَلَبَتِ المُعَلِّمَةُ السُّكُوتَ فِي الصَّفِّ.
The teacher asked for silence in the classroom.
سَادَ السُّكُوتُ الغُرْفَةَ بَعْدَ الخَبَرِ.
Silence filled the room after the news.
كَانَ سُكُوتُهُ عَلَامَةَ مُوافَقَةٍ.
His silence was a sign of agreement.
السُّكُوتُ عَنِ الحَقِّ نَوْعٌ مِنَ الظُّلْمِ.
Staying silent about the truth is a form of injustice.
يُقَالُ إِنَّ السُّكُوتَ فِي بَعْضِ الأَحْيَانِ أَبْلَغُ مِنَ الكَلَامِ.
It is said that silence is sometimes more eloquent than speech.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سُكُوتٌ | — |
| Genitive | سُكُوتٍ | — |
| Accusative | سُكُوتًا | — |
| Vocative | يَا سُكُوتُ | — |
Word family
سَكَتَto fall silent, to stop talking
سَاكِتsilent, quiet
سَكْتَةa pause; a stroke (medical sense)
إِسْكَاتthe act of silencing someone
مُسْكِتsilencing, that which quiets
Etymology
سُكُوت comes from the triliteral Semitic root س-ك-ت (s-k-t), which carries the sense of stopping speech or motion and becoming still. It is the masdar, or verbal noun, of the verb سَكَتَ (sakata), "to fall silent," built on the فُعُول (fu'ūl) pattern often used for states and inner conditions. The same root gives Arabic its everyday adjective for a silent person and its word for a sudden stroke, since a stroke can leave someone unable to speak.
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