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Form 1مَاتَ24 senses · 1 main
maṣdarمَوْتٌ مَوَتَانٌmuḍāriʿيَمُوتُ يَمَاتُ يَمِيتُ

Core sense — he died; he or it became still, motionless; he sleptgenerated

1.1

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Also مَاتَ (originally مَوِتَ, like خَافَ, originally خَوِفَ) [second person مِتَّ], this last being of the dialect of Teiyi.

Also مَاتَ (in which the middle radical letter is originally ى, like بَاعَ), a form which some have disapproved.

Also مَاتَ (originally مَوِتَ), second person مِتَّ, like دَامَ (originally دَوِمَ), muḍāriʿ يَدُومُ.

And, like the sound verbs, نَعِمَ, muḍāriʿ يَنْعُمُ, and فَضِلَ, muḍāriʿ يَفْضُلُ, of the class of words in which two dialectal forms are mixed together.

He died; the opposite of حَيِى.

1.1.1he died leaving behind him sons and daughters—مَاتَ عَنْ بَنِينَ وَبَنَاتٍ
he died having passed eighty years, being eighty years old—مَاتَ عَنْ ثَمَانِينَ سَنًة
1.1.2[The milk will not die]—اللَّبَنُ لَا يَمُوتُ

In a saying of 'Omar, in a tradition, this means that if a child sucks the milk of a dead woman, it becomes unlawful for him afterwards to marry any of her relations who would be unlawful to him if he had sucked her milk while she was living.

Or it means that if milk taken from a woman's breast is given to a child and he drinks it, the result is the same: the effect of the milk in producing this result is not cancelled by its separation from the breast, since whatever is separated from a living being is called ميت, or dead, except milk and hair and wool, because of the need to make use of these.

1.1.3figurative · مجازthe land became destitute of cultivation and of inhabitants—مَاتَتِ الأَرْضُ

Maṣdar مَوَتَانٌ and مَوَاتٌ.

1.1.4figurative · مجازit (soil) became deprived of vegetable life—مَاتَ

Az: hence an expression in the Qurʾān 30:18.

1.1.5figurative · مجازhe became deprived of sensation; [dead as to the senses]—مَاتَ

Az: so in the Qurʾān 19:23. [But this seems to me doubtful.]

1.1.6figurative · مجازhe became deprived of the intellectual faculty; intellectually dead; or ignorant—مَاتَ

Az: hence an expression in the Qurʾān 6:122, another in 27:82, and another in 30:51.

1.1.7figurative · مجاز[he became as though dead with grief and fear;] he felt grief and fear that disturbed his life—مَاتَ

Az: hence what is said in the Qurʾān 14:20.

1.1.8figurative · مجازhe, or it, became still, quiet, or motionless—مَاتَ
1.1.9figurative · مجازthe wind became still, or calm—ماتَتِ الرِّيح
1.1.10figurative · مجازhe slept—مَاتَ
1.1.11figurative · مجاز[the fire died away;] the ashes of the fire grew cold and none of its live coals remained—مَاتَتِ النَّارُ

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1.1.12figurative · مجازit (heat or cold) became less severe—مَاتَ
1.1.13figurative · مجازit (water) became dried up by the earth—مَاتَ
1.1.14figurative · مجازit (a garment) wore out, became worn out—مَاتَ

Also استمات.

1.1.15figurative · مجازit (a road) ceased to be travelled—مات
1.1.16[a town, or country, in which the wind is broken, or loses its force]—بَلَدٌ تَمُوتُ فِيهِ الرِّيحُ
1.1.17figurative · مجازthe man slept heavily; he became heavy in his sleep—مَاتَ فُوقُ الرَّجُلِ
1.1.18figurative · مجاز[he dies, or will die, of envy]—يَمُوتُ مِنَ الحَسَدِ
1.1.19figurative · مجازhe became poor; he was reduced to poverty; he became a beggar—مَاتَ
1.1.20figurative · مجاز

He became base, abject, vile, or despicable.

1.1.21figurative · مجاز

He became extremely aged, old and weak, or decrepit.

1.1.22figurative · مجاز

He became disobedient, or rebellious.

In a tradition Iblees is said to be أَوَّلُ مَنْ مَاتَ because he was the first who became disobedient, or rebellious.

1.1.23figurative · مجاز — inferredhe (a man) became lowly, humble, or submissive, to the truth—مَاتَ
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 38
3:158
وَلَئِن مُّتُّمْ أَوْ قُتِلْتُمْ لَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

And if ye die, or are slain, Lo! it is unto Allah that ye are brought together.

7:25
قَالَ فِيهَا تَحْيَوْنَ وَفِيهَا تَمُوتُونَ وَمِنْهَا تُخْرَجُونَ

He said: "Therein shall ye live, and therein shall ye die; but from it shall ye be taken out (at last)."

19:66
وَيَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَءِذَا مَا مِتُّ لَسَوْفَ أُخْرَجُ حَيًّا

Man says: "What! When I am dead, shall I then be raised up alive?"

50:3
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌ

"What! When we die and become dust, (shall we live again?) That is a (sort of) return far (from our understanding)."

87:13
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

In which they will then neither die nor live.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, aor. يَمُوتُ , (inf. n. مَوْتٌ ; Msb,) and مَاتَ , (originally مَوِتَ , like خَافَ , originally خَوِفَ , MF) [sec. per. مِتَّ ,] aor. يَمَاتُ , (S, K,) which latter is of the dial. of Teiyi; (TA;) and مَاتَ , (in which the medial radical letter is originally ى , like بَاعَ , MF) aor. يَمِيتُ , (K,) a form which some have disapproved; (MF;) and مَاتَ , (originally مَوِتَ , Kr,) sec. pers. مِتَّ , aor. يَمُوتُ , like دَامَ , (originally دَوِمَ , Kr,) aor. يَدُومُ , (Kr, Msb, &c.,) and like the sound verbs نَعِمَ , aor. يَنْعُمُ , and فَضِلَ , aor. يَفْضُلُ , (TA,) of the class of words in which two dial. forms are intermixed; (Msb;) He died; contr. of حَيِى . (K,) [ مَاتَ عَنْ بَنِينَ وَبَنَاتٍ He died having passed away from, i. e. leaving behind him, sons and daughters. And مَاتَ عَنْ ثَمَانِينَ سَنًة He died having passed beyond eighty years; i. e. being eighty years old.] اللَّبَنُ لَا يَمُوتُ [The milk will not die], in a saying of 'Omar, in a trad., means, that if a child sucks the milk of a dead woman, it becomes unlawful for him afterwards to marry any of her relations who would be unlawful to him if he sucked her milk while she was living: or it means, that, if milk taken from the breast of a woman is given to a child to drink, and he drinks it, the consequence is the same; that the effect of the milk in producing this consequence is not annulled by its separation from the breast; for whatever is separated from a living being is termed ميت , or dead, except the milk and hair and wool on account of the necessity of making use of these. (TA.) مَاتَتِ الأَرْضُ , inf. n. مَوَتَانٌ and مَوَاتٌ , The land became destitute of cultivation and of inhabitants. (Msb.) مَاتَ It (soil) became deprived of vegetable life. Hence an expression in the Kur, xxx. 18. (Az, Er-Rághib.) مَاتَ He became deprived of sensation; [dead as to the senses]. So in the Kur, xix. 23: [but this appears to me doubtful]. (Az, Er-Rághib.) مَاتَ He became deprived of the intellectual faculty; [intellectually dead;] or ignorant. Hence an expression in the Kur, vi. 122; and another in the Kur, xxvii. 82; and xxx. 51. (Az, Er-Rághib.) مَاتَ [He became as though dead with grief, or sorrow, and fear;] he experienced grief, or sorrow, and fear, that disturbed his life. Hence what is said in the Kur, xiv. 20. (Az, Er-Rághib.) مَاتَ He or it, was or became, still, quiet, or motionless. (K.) ماتَتِ الرِّيح The wind became still, or calm. (TA.) مَاتَ He slept. (AA, K.) مَاتَتِ النَّارُ , inf. n. مَوْتٌ , [The fire died away;] the ashes of the fire became cold, or cool, and none of its live coals remained. (TA.) مَاتَ It (heat or cold) became assuaged. (TA.) مَاتَ It (water) became dried up by the earth. (TA.) مَاتَ (and استمات , TA.) It (a garment, TA,) wore out; became worn out. (A, K.) مات It (a road) ceased to be passed along. (TA.) بَلَدٌ تَمُوتُ فِيهِ الرِّيحُ [A town, or country, &c., in which the wind becomes broken, or loses its force]. (TA.) مَاتَ فُوقُ الرَّجُلِ The man slept heavily; became heavy in his sleep. (TA.) يَمُوتُ مِنَ الحَسَدِ [He dies, or will die, of envy]. (TA.) مَاتَ He became poor; was reduced to poverty: he became a beggar. (TA.) He became base, abject, vile, despicable, or ignominious. (TA.) He became extremely aged, old and weak, or decrepit. (TA.) He became disobedient, or rebellious. Iblees is said, in a trad., to be أَوَّلُ مَنْ مَاتَ because he was the first who became disobedient, or rebellious. (TA.) مَاتَ He (a man) became lowly, humble, or submissive, to the truth. (TA.)
Form 2مَوَّتَتِ الدَّوَابُّ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the beasts of carriage died in great numbersgenerated

2.1

The beasts of carriage died in great numbers; deaths among them were frequent.

2.1.1

See Form 4.

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The beasts of carriage died in great numbers; or deaths amongst them were frequent. (TA.) See 4.
Form 3مَاْوَتَ1 sense
maṣdarمُمَاوَتَةٌ

Core sense — he vied with him in patience and in firmnessgenerated

3.1he vied with him in patience, and in firmness, or steadiness—ماوتهُ

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The maṣdar is also explained by مُصَابَرَة, and by مُثَابَتَة.

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[ ماوتهُ ,] inf. n. مُمَاوَتَةٌ , He vied with him in patience, (K,) and in firmness, or steadiness, or the like. (TA.) [In the K, the inf. n. is expl. by مُصَابَرَة ; and in the TA, by مُثَابَتَة also.]
Form 4اماتهُ12 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he caused him to die, he killed him; he lost children by deathgenerated

4.1he (God) caused him to die; he put him to death; he killed him—موّتهُ

This form has an intensive meaning.

4.1.1figurative · مجازhe (a man) lost a son, or sons, by death—امات
4.1.2such a man lost sons by death—امات فُلَانٌ بَنِينَ
4.1.3she lost her offspring by death—اماتت

Said of a woman, and of a camel.

4.1.4death, or a mortal disease, happened among their camels—اماتوا
4.1.5figurative · مجاز[How dead is his heart!]—مَا أَمْوَتَهُ

One does not wonder at an action that does not increase, so what is meant here is not death in the literal sense.

It has the same meaning as مَا أَمْوَتَ قَلْبَهُ.

4.1.6figurative · مجازhe (God) made him poor; he reduced him to poverty—اماتهُ
4.1.7figurative · مجازhe, or it, caused him to sleep—اماتهُ
Praise be to God, who has woken us after causing us to sleep!—الحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِى أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا

Said in a prayer on waking.

4.1.8figurative · مجاز — inferredhe sleeps during the night—يُمِيتُ اللَّيْلَ
4.1.9he took great pains in cooking the meat thoroughly, and in boiling it—امات اللَّحْمَ

In the same way of onions and garlic, cooked so as to take away their strong taste and smell.

Also موّتهُ.

4.1.10the wine was cooked, and ceased to boil—أُمِيتَتِ الخَمْرُ
4.1.11

اماتهُ is also used in various other senses, in agreement with the senses of the primitive verb.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4 5 shown of 20
10:56
هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

It is He Who giveth life and who taketh it, and to Him shall ye all be brought back.

26:81
وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ

"Who will cause me to die, and then to life (again);

50:43
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ

Verily it is We Who give Life and Death; and to Us is the Final Goal-

53:44
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا

That it is He Who granteth Death and Life;

80:21
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ

Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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and موّتهُ (but the latter has an intensive signification, S,) He (God) caused him to die; put him to death; killed him. (S, K.) امات He (a man) lost a son, or sons, by death. (ISk, S.) امات فُلَانٌ بَنِينَ Such a man lost sons by death. (A.) اماتت She (a woman, AO, S, K, and a camel, S, K.) lost her offspring by death. (S, K.) اماتوا Death [or a mortal disease] happened among their camels. (K.) مَا أَمْوَتَهُ signifies مَا أَمْوَتَ قَلْبَهُ [ How dead is his heart !] for one does not wonder at any action that does not increase: (S, K:) therefore what is here meant is not literally death. (TA.) اماتهُ He (God) rendered him poor; reduced him to poverty. (TA, from a trad.) اماتهُ He [or it] caused him to sleep. Ex., in a prayer said on awaking, الحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِى أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا Praise be to God who hath awaked us after having caused us to sleep ! (L.) يُمِيتُ اللَّيْلَ He sleeps during the night. (W, p. 9.) امات اللَّحْمَ , (and موّتهُ , TA,) He took extraordinary pains in thoroughly cooking, and in boiling, the meat. (K.) And in like manner, onions, and garlic, so as to deprive them of their strong taste and odour. (TA.) أُمِيتَتِ الخَمْرُ The wine was cooked, and ceased to boil. (TA.) [ اماتهُ is also employed in various other senses, agreeably with the senses of the primitive verb.]
Form 6ضَرَبْتُهُ فَتَمَاوَتَ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he feigned himself deadgenerated

6.1figurative · مجاز

I beat him and he feigned himself dead, though he was alive.

6.1.1figurative · مجاز

He pretended to be weak and motionless because of acts of devotion and fasting. [See the ism fāʿil below.]

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I beat him and he feigned himself dead, being alive. (TA.) He pretended to be weak and motionless by reason of acts of devotion and fasting: [see the act. part. n. below]. (TA.)
Form 10استمات9 senses · 1 main
maṣdarإِستِمَاتٌ

Core sense — he sought death, he courted death; he did his utmost in seeking a thinggenerated

10.1

He sought death, and other senses: see مُسْتَمِيتٌ.

10.1.1wait until you are sure that your game has died—إِسْتَمِيتُوا صَيْدَكُمْ
wait until you are sure that your beast of carriage has died—دَابَّتَكُمْ
10.1.2[properly, he sought, or courted, death;] he cared nothing for death, because of his courage—استمات

Equivalent to استقتل, in the article قتل; and see the article قتل.

10.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredhe (a man) was pleased with death; he was content to die—استمات
10.1.4figurative · مجاز — inferredhe (a man) tried every way, or did his utmost, in seeking a thing—استمات
10.1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredhe (a man, and a camel) became fat after having been thin—استمات

occurring in this shape with the final ة dropped.

10.1.6figurative · مجازit (a thing) became relaxed, loose, or flabby—استمات
10.1.7figurative · مجاز — inferredit reached the utmost degree of softness—استمات لِينًا

Said of a fine skin, which is likened to the thin pellicle that sticks to the white of an egg; and of other things, as also استمات فِى اللِّينِ.

In the same way فِى الصَّلَابَةِ is said of hardness. See مُسْتَمِيتٌ.

10.1.8

And see Form 1.

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[He sought death: &c.: see مُسْتَمِيتٌ ]. إِسْتَمِيتُوا صَيْدَكُمْ , and دَابَّتَكُمْ , Wait until ye ascertain that your game, and your beast of carriage, has died. (A.) استمات [properly, He sought, or courted, death;] i. q. استقتل ; (S, K; in art. قتل ;) meaning he cared not for death, by reason of his courage. (JM, in art. قتل .) استمات He (a man) was pleased with death; content to die. (TA.) استمات He (a man, TA.) tried every way, or did his utmost, in seeking a thing. (IAar, K.) استمات , inf. n. إِستِمَاتٌ , (occurring thus with the final ة elided, (TA,) He (a man, and a camel, IAar,) became fat after having been emaciated, (IAar, K.) استمات It (a thing) became relaxed, loose, or flabby. (A.) استمات لِينًا It attained the utmost degree of softness: said of a fine skin, that is likened to the thin pellicle that adheres to the white of an egg: and of other things, as also استمات فِى اللِّينِ : and in like manner, فِى الصَّلَابَةِ , in hardness. (TA.) See مُسْتَمِيتٌ And see 1.

Derived nouns 16

Nounمَوْتٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — death, lifelessnessgenerated

1death; lifelessness—مَوَتَانٌ

The opposite of حَيَاةٌ; as also مُوَاتٌ and مَمَاتٌ.

It occurs in the Qurʾān 6:163, 17:77 and 45:20; see the article حى.

See also مُوتَانٌ below; and see Form 1.

Or مَوَتَانٌ means much death, as حَيَوَانٌ means much life; see the article حى.

1.1sudden death—المَوْتُ الأَبْيَضُ
sudden death—الجَارِفُ
sudden death—اللَّافِتُ
sudden death—الفَاتِلُ

IAar; see the article فلت.

1.2death by slaughter with the sword—المَوْتُ الأَحْمَرُ

IAar; see the article فلت.

1.3death by drowning, and by suffocation—المَوْتُ الأَسْوَدُ

IAar; see the article فلت.

1.4figurative · مجاز — inferred[the daughters of death;] deadly arrows—بَنَاتُ المَوْتِ

See جَعْبَةٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences مَوْت 5 shown of 47
2:56
ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَـٰكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَوْتِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Then We raised you up after your death: Ye had the chance to be grateful.

23:99
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ٱرْجِعُونِ

(In Falsehood will they be) Until, when death comes to one of them, he says: "O my Lord! send me back (to life),-

29:57
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ

Every soul shall have a taste of death in the end to Us shall ye be brought back.

50:19
وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ

And the stupor of death will bring Truth (before his eyes): "This was the thing which thou wast trying to escape!"

56:60
نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

We have decreed Death to be your common lot, and We are not to be frustrated

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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(and مَوَتَانٌ , TA,) Death; lifelessness; contr. of حَيَاةٌ : (S, TA:) as also مُوَاتٌ , (S, K,) and مَمَاتٌ . [Occurring in the Kur, vi. 163, xvii. 77, and xlv. 20,] (S, * TA, in art. حى , and Jel, in vi. 163.) [See also مُوتَانٌ , below: and see 1.] Or مَوَتَانٌ , signifies much death, like as حَيَوَانٌ signifies much life. (Msb, in art. حى .) المَوْتُ الأَبْيَضُ , and الجَارِفُ , and اللَّافِتُ , and الفَاتِلُ , Sudden death. (IAar, in T and TA, art. فلت .) المَوْتُ الأَحْمَرُ Death by slaughter with the sword. (IAar, in T, TA, art. فلت .) المَوْتُ الأَسْوَدُ Death by drowning, and by suffocation. (IAar, in T and TA, art. فلت .) بَنَاتُ المَوْتِ [The daughters of death;] meaning deadly arrows. (A, TA, voce جَعْبَةٌ , q. v.)
Nounمَيْتٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — dead; carrion; unfruitful landgenerated

1

See مَيِّتٌ.

1.1unfruitful land—أَرْضٌ مَيْتَةٌ

See مَوَاتٌ.

As ارض حَيَّةٌ means fruitful land, land abounding with herbage; see the article حى.

1.2carrion: whatever has not been killed in the manner prescribed by the law—مَيْتَةٌ

See مَيِّتٌ.

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: see مَيِّتٌ . أَرْضٌ مَيْتَةٌ : see مَوَاتٌ : Unfruitful land; like as ارض حَيَّةٌ means fruitful land, or land abounding with herbage. (TA, in art. حى .) مَيْتَةٌ Carrion: whatsoever hath not been killed in the manner prescribed by the law. (K, Jel, ii. 168.) See مَيِّتٌ .
Nounمُوتَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a fainting fit; madness or possession; epilepsygenerated

1figurative · مجاز

A fainting, or swoon, and languor in the intellect; or something like a fainting fit.

Madness, insanity, or possession by a devil, synonym جُنُونٌ, because it brings on a stillness like death.

Or a kind of madness or possession by a devil, and epilepsy, that befalls a man; when he recovers from it his full reason returns to him, as it does to one who has been asleep, or drunk. [See هُمْزٌ.]

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A fainting, or swoon; (K;) and languor in the intellect: (TA:) or [an affection] like a fainting, or swoon: (Lh:) madness, or insanity, or diabolical possession; syn. جُنُونٌ ; (AO, K;) because it occasions a stillness like death: (TA:) or a kind of madness or diabolical possession ( جُنُونٌ ), and epilepsy, that befalls a man; on the recovery from which, his perfect reason returns to him, as to one who has been sleeping, and to one who has been drunk. (S.) [See هُمْزٌ .]
Nounمِيتَةٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a kind, or manner, of deathgenerated

1

A kind, mode, or manner, of death.

Plural مِيَتٌ.

1.1such a one died a good kind of death—مَاتَ فُلَانٌ مِيتَةً حَسَنَةً
1.2he died a pagan kind of death, in error and disunion—مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً
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A kind, mode, or manner, of death: (S, K:) pl. مِيَتٌ . (TA.) مَاتَ فُلَانٌ مِيتَةً حَسَنَةً Such a one died a good kind of death. (S.) مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً He died a pagan kind of death, in error and disunion. (TA, from a trad.)
Nounمَوْتَانُ الفُؤَادِ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a man dull, stupid, not lively in heartgenerated

1figurative · مجاز

A man who is dead, or not lively, in heart: a man who is stupid, dull, and cannot be made brisk or lively, as though the heat of his intelligence had cooled and died.

Feminine with ة.

1.1

See مُوتَانٌ and مَوَاتٌ.

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A man who is [dead, or] not lively, in heart: (A:) a man who is stupid, dull, unexcitable, or not to be rendered brisk, sprightly, or lively; (S,. K;) as though the heat of his intelligence had cooled and died: (TA:) fem. with ة . (S, K.) See مُوتَانٌ and مَوَاتٌ .
Nounمُوتَانٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a mortal disease among camels or sheep; a mortality among mengenerated

1death, [or a mortal disease, or a murrain,] that befalls camels or sheep or the like—مَوْتَانٌ
death, [or a mortal disease, or a murrain,] that befalls camels or sheep or the like—مُوَاتٌ

on this sense Et-Tilimsánee: the first of these forms is of the dialect of Temeem, the other of the dialect of others.

1.1death, or a mortal disease, happened among the camels—وَقَعَ فِى المَالِ مُوتَانٌ
death, or a mortal disease, happened among the camels—مُوَاتٌ
1.2there will be among men a mortality, or much death—يَكُونُ فِى النَّاسِ مُوتَانٌ كَقُعَاصِ الغَنَمِ

Also the like among men.

From a tradition: like the قُعَاص that befalls sheep or goats.

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(Fr, S, K) and مَوْتَانٌ (K) and مُوَاتٌ (Fr) Death, [or a mortal disease, or a murrain,] that befalls camels or sheep or the like. (Fr, S, K.) The first is of the dial. of Temeem: the second, of the dial. of others. (Et-Tilimsánee.) وَقَعَ فِى المَالِ مُوتَانٌ , and مُوَاتٌ , Death [or a mortal disease] happened among the camels &c. (Fr.) Also, The like among men. Ex., from a trad., يَكُونُ فِى النَّاسِ مُوتَانٌ كَقُعَاصِ الغَنَمِ There will be, among men, a mortality, or much death, [or mortal disease], like the قُعَاص that befalls sheep or goats. (TA.)
Nounمَوَتَانٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — inanimate goods, dead stock, such as lands and housesgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Inanimate things, or goods; dead stock, such as lands and houses; the opposite of حَيَوَانٌ.

It is given this measure so as to match its opposite حيوان; both words depart from the usual course of speech, having a measure that properly belongs to maṣdars. [See also مَوَاتٌ.]

1.1buy lands and houses, and do not buy slaves and beasts of carriage—إِشْتَرِ المَوَتَانَ وَلا تَشْتَرِ الحَيَوَانَ
1.2a man who sells utensils, or furniture, and anything but what has life—رَجُلٌ يَبِيعُ المَوَتَانَ
1.3

See also مَوْتٌ.

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Inanimate things, or goods; dead stock; such as lands and houses [&c.]; (S;) contr. of حَيَوَانٌ [q. v.] (S, K.) It is made of this measure to agree in measure with its contr. حيوان : both these words deviate from the constant course of speech; being of a measure properly belonging to inf. ns. (TA.) [See also مَوَاتٌ .] إِشْتَرِ المَوَتَانَ وَلا تَشْتَرِ الحَيَوَانَ Buy lands and houses [or the like], and buy not slaves and beasts of carriage [&c.]. (S.) رَجُلٌ يَبِيعُ المَوَتَانَ A man who sells utensils or furniture or the like, and anything but what has life. (L.) See also مَوْتٌ .
Nounمَوَاتٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — an inanimate thing; land with no owner, land not brought into cultivationgenerated

1

That in which there is no spirit or life; an inanimate thing. [See also مَوَتَانٌ.]

1.1figurative · مجازland that has no human owner, that is put to no use, and in which there is no water—مَوَاتٌ

You say أَرْضٌ مَوَاتٌ.

En-Nawawee: such land is also called أَرْضٌ مَيْتَةٌ.

Land that has not been sown, or cultivated, or occupied by any man's camels.

مَوَتَانٌ means the same as مُوَاتٌ, namely land that is no man's property; it is also written مَوْتَانٌ.

مَوَتَانٌ means land that has not yet been brought into cultivation. In a tradition it is said that such land is the property of God and His Apostle, and whoever brings such land into cultivation, it belongs to him.

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That wherein is no spirit or life; an inanimate thing. (S, K.) [See also مَوَتَانٌ .] مَوَاتٌ (you say أَرْضٌ مَوَاتٌ , TA,) Land that has no owner (S, K) of mankind, and of which no use is made, or from which no advantage is derived, (S,) and in which is no water: such as is also called أَرْضٌ مَيْتَةٌ : (En-Nawawee:) land that has not been sown, nor cultivated, nor occupied by any man's camels &c.: مَوَتَانٌ signifies the same as مُوَاتٌ ( مَوَاتٌ ?), namely, land that is no man's property; and is also written مَوْتَانٌ : (L:) or مَوَتَانٌ signifies land that has not yet been brought into a state of cultivation: (Fr, S, L, K:) in a trad. it is said, that such land is the property of God and his Apostle; and whosoever brings into a state of cultivation such land, to him it belongs. (S.)
Nounمُوَاتٌ1 sense

Core sense — land that has no owner and is not cultivatedgenerated

1

See مَوْتٌ and مُوتَانٌ.

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Nounمَيِّتٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — dead, or dying; carrion; barren landgenerated

1dead, or dying—مَيْتٌ

This and the headword mean the same. The headword is originally مَيْوِتٌ, of the measure فَيْعِلٌ; the other is contracted from it, and both are used as masculine and as feminine.

'Adee Ibn-Er-Raalà says:

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لَيْسَ مَنْ مَاتَ فَٱسْتَرَاحَ بِمَيْتٍإِنَّمَا المَيْتُ مَيِّتُ الأَحْيَآءِ

[He who has died and become at rest is not dead: the dead is only the dead of the living.]

Or مَيْتٌ means one who has actually died, while مَيِّتٌ, as also مَائِتٌ, means one who has not yet died but is near to dying.

Or, according to a verse cited by AA to Kh, مَيْتٌ is applied to one who is carried to the grave, that is, one who is dead and lifeless, and مَيِّتٌ to one who is dying but still has life in him.

Fr says: of one who has not died you say إِنَّهُ مَائِتٌ, عَنْ قَلِيلٍ and مَيِّتٌ, but of one who has died you do not say هذا مَائِتٌ. Some say that this is a mistake, and that مَيِّتٌ applies to that which will soon die.

Those who hold that ميّت applies only to the living cite the words of the Qurʾān 39:31, إِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ وَإِنَّهُمْ مَيِّتُونَ, that is, you will certainly die, and they will certainly die.

MF observes that مَيْتٌ is said to be contracted from مَيِّتٌ, and if so there can be no difference in their meanings; that making a difference between them is against analogy, by which they should be like هَيْنٌ and هَيِّنٌ, and لَيْنٌ and لَيِّنٌ; and that it is also against what has been heard from the Arabs, who made no difference in their use of the two words. [See also what is said of مَيْتَةٌ below.]

The plurals are أَمْوَاتٌ, مَوْتَى, مَيِّتُونَ and مَيْتُونَ.

The first of these plurals belongs to مَيِّتٌ, and so also to مَيْتٌ, because the latter is contracted from the former; as مَيِّتٌ is of the measure فَيْعِلٌ, and this measure resembles فَاعِلٌ, it has received a form of plural that sometimes belongs to the measure فاعل; or اموات is the plural of مَيْتٌ only.

The second form, which is applied to rational beings, is also the plural of ميّت and ميت.

The third and fourth are applied to rational beings only.

The feminine adjective is مَيِّتَةٌ, مَيْتَةٌ, مَيِّتٌ and مَيْتٌ; some copies have مَيِّتٌ in place of this.

مَيِّتَةٌ is an adjective applied to a female rational being, and its plural is مَيِّتَاتٌ; مَيْتَةٌ is applied to a female brute, to keep the distinction, and its plural is مَيْتَاتٌ. The latter is contracted because it is more in use than the former adjective applied to a female rational being. The plural of ميّت and ميت as feminine adjectives is as given above, أَمْوَاتٌ and مَوْتَى.

1.1that which has not been slaughtered in the manner prescribed by the law; carrion—مَيْتَةٌ

Or that whose life has departed without slaughter; so in the classical language and in the language of practical law. En-Nawawee: all such is unlawful to eat, except fish and locusts, which are lawful by universal consent of the Muslims.

Or, in the common usage of the language of law, what has died a natural death, or has been killed in a state or manner different from that prescribed by the law, either the agent or the animal killed not being such as the law prescribes: as an animal sacrificed to an idol, or slaughtered by a person in the state of إِحْرَام, or not by cutting the throat, and any animal it is unlawful to eat, such as a dog. [And any separated part of an animal whose flesh is not lawful food: see عَاجٌ.]

1.2a tract of land without herbage, or pasture—بَلَدٌ مَيِّتٌ

See the article بلد.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredan unbeliever—مَيِّتٌ

As حَىٌّ means a Muslim; see the article حى.

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and مَيْتٌ signify the same, [Dead, or dying]: (Zj, S, K:) the former is originally مَيْوِتٌ , of the measure فَيْعِلٌ : (S:) the latter is contracted from the former; and is both masc. and fem.; (Zj, S;) as is also the former. (Zj.) 'Adee Ibn-Er-Raalà says, 1 [He who has died and become at rest is not dead: the dead is only the dead of the living]. (S, TA.) Or مَيْتٌ signifies One who has died (actually, TA,); and مَيِّتٌ , as also مَائِتٌ , one who has not yet died, (K,) but who is near to dying: or, accord. to a verse cited by AA, to Kh, مَيْتٌ is applied to him who is borne to the grave; [i. e., who is dead, or lifeless]; and مَيِّتٌ , to him who [is dying, but] has life in him. (TA.) Fr says, you say of him who has not died, إِنَّهُ مَائِتٌ , عَنْ قَلِيلٍ ↓ and مَيِّتٌ ; but you do not say of him who has died هذا مَائِتٌ : (S:) but some say, that this is an error, and that مَيِّتٌ is applicable to that which will soon die. Those who assert that ميّت is applicable only to the living adduce the following words of the Kur, [xxxix. 31,] إِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ وَإِنَّهُمْ مَيِّتُونَ : (TA:) i. e. Verily thou wilt die, and verily they will die. (Msb.) MF observes, that مَيْتٌ is asserted to be contracted from مَيِّتٌ ; and if so, that there can be no difference in their meanings: that the making a difference between them is contrary to analogy; agreeably with which, they should be like هَيْنٌ and هَيِّنٌ , and لَيْنٌ and لَيِّنٌ : and also contrary to what has been heard from the Arabs; for they made no difference in their use of these two words. (TA.) [See also what is said of مَيْتَةٌ , below.] The pls. are أَمْوَاتٌ and مَوْتَى and مَيِّتُونَ and مَيْتُونَ . (S, K.) The first of these is pl. of مَيِّتٌ , and consequently of مَيْتٌ , because this latter is contracted from the former: as مَيِّتٌ is of the measure فَيْعِلٌ , and this measure resembles فَاعِلٌ , it has received a form of pl. which is sometimes applicable to the measure فاعل : (Sb:) or اموات is [only] pl. of مَيْتٌ . (Msb.) [The second form (which is applied to rational beings, Msb,) is also pl. of ميّت and ميت .] The third and fourth are [only] applied to rational beings. (Msb.) The fem. epithet is مَيِّتَةٌ and مَيْتَةٌ and مَيِّتٌ (K, TA) and مَيْتٌ . (TA; and so in some copies of the K, in the place of مَيِّتٌ .) مَيِّتَةٌ is an epithet applied to a female rational being; [and its pl. is مَيِّتَاتٌ :] مَيْتَةٌ , to a female brute, for the sake of distinction; and its pl. is مَيْتَاتٌ : the latter is contracted because it is more in use than the former epithet applied to a female rational being: (Msb:) the pl. of ميّت and ميت as fem. epithets is as above [ أَمْوَاتٌ and مَوْتَى ]. (TA.) لَيْسَ مَنْ مَاتَ فَٱسْتَرَاحَ بِمَيْتٍ | إِنَّمَا المَيْتُ مَيِّتُ الأَحْيَآءِ مَيْتَةٌ signifies That which has not been slaughtered (AA, S, K) [in the manner prescribed by the law, i. e., carrion]: or that of which the life has departed without slaughter: so in the classical language and in the language of practical law: all such is unlawful to be eaten, except fish and locusts, which are lawful by universal consent of the Muslims: (En-Nawawee:) or, in the common acceptation of the language of law, what has died a natural death, or been killed in a state or manner different from that prescribed by the law, either the agent or the animal killed not being such as is so prescribed; as that which is sacrificed to an idol, or slaughtered [by a person] in the state of إِحْرَام , or not by having the throat cut, and that which it is unlawful to eat, such as a dog: (Msb:) [and any separated part of an animal of which the flesh is not lawful food: see عَاجٌ .] بَلَدٌ مَيِّتٌ A tract of land without herbage, or pasture, (Msb, in art. بلد .) مَيِّتٌ An unbeliever; like as حَىٌّ means a Muslim. (TA, in art. حى .)
Nounمَيِّتٌ1 sense

Core sense — dead, lifelessgenerated

1

This word and مَيْتٌ are used in various other senses, in agreement with the senses of the verb.

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[ and مَيْتٌ are employed in various other senses, agreeably with the senses of the verb.]
Nounمَائِتٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — dying, one who is dyinggenerated

1

See مَيِّتٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز[such a one is dying, or absorbed, in grief]—فُلَانٌ مَائِتٌ فى الغَمِّ
1.2a severe, painful, or violent death—مَوْتٌ مَائِتٌ

Like لَيْلٌ لَائِلٌ, the second word being added to strengthen the first.

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: see مَيِّتٌ . فُلَانٌ مَائِتٌ فى الغَمِّ [Such a one is dying, or absorbed, in grief]. (TA.) مَوْتٌ مَائِتٌ A severe, painful, or violent, death: (TA:) like لَيْلٌ لَائِلٌ : the latter word being added to corroborate the former. (S.)
Nounمَمَاتٌ1 sense

Core sense — deathgenerated

1

See مَوْتٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences مَمَات 1 shown of 3
6:162
قُلْ إِنَّ صَلَاتِى وَنُسُكِى وَمَحْيَاىَ وَمَمَاتِى لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Say: "Truly, my prayer and my service of sacrifice, my life and my death, are (all) for Allah, the Cherisher of the Worlds:

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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: see مَوْتٌ .
Nounمُمِيتٌ1 sense

Core sense — a woman, or she-camel, that has lost her offspring by deathgenerated

1figurative · مجازa woman, or a she-camel, that has lost her offspring by death—مُمِيتَةٌ

Also a woman who has lost her husband by death.

Plural مَمَاوِيتُ.

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and مُمِيتَةٌ A woman, and a she-camel, that has lost her offspring by death: (S:) and a woman who has lost her husband by death: (TA:) pl. مَمَاوِيتُ . (S.)
Nounمُتَمَاوِتٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one feigning himself dead; a hypocritical devoteegenerated

1figurative · مجاز

Feigning himself dead.

1.1figurative · مجاز

An adjective applied to a hypocritical devotee, who pretends to be like one dead in his devotion, lowering his voice and moving little, as though he put on the outward look of devotees and forced himself to take on the characteristics of the dead, so that he might be thought weak from much devotion.

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[Feigning himself dead]. An epithet applied to A hypocritical devotee, (S, K,) who pretends to be like one dead in his devotion, who lowers his voice, and moves little: as though he were one who put on the outward appearance of devotees, and constrained himself to characterize himself by the characteristics of the dead, that he might be imagined to be weak by reason of much devotion. (TA.)
Nounمُسْتَمِيتٌ8 senses · 2 main

Core sense — one who courts death, careless of death; one who gives himself up to a thinggenerated

1

A courageous man, who seeks, or courts, death; a man who seeks to be slain, who cares nothing for death in war; giving himself up to death, as also مُسْتَقْتِلٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Giving himself up, or devoting himself, to a thing or affair; synonym مُسْتَرْسِلٌ لِأَمْرٍ.

1.2figurative · مجازhe is so devoted to such a thing that he imagines he will die if he does not get it—هَوَ مُسْتَمِيتٌ إِلَى كَذَا

As also مُسْتَهْلِكٌ.

1.3

Ru-beh says:

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وَزَبَدُ البَحْرِ لَهُ كَتِيتُوَاللَّيْلُ فَوْقَ المَاءِ مُسْتَمِيتُ

[And the froth of the sea had a sound like that of boiling, and night came down over the water.]

Here مستميت is taken to mean مُسْتَرْسِل.

1.4figurative · مجاز — inferred

One who feigns himself insane, or possessed by a devil, without really being so.

1.5figurative · مجاز — inferred

One who feigns lowliness, or submissiveness, in voice and the like, to one man until he feeds him, and to another until he feeds him, and, when he has had his fill, is ungrateful to his benefactors.

1.6figurative · مجاز — inferred

Ibn-El-Mubárak: one who makes a show of being good and quiet, and is not so in reality.

2the thin pellicle that sticks to the white of an egg—مُسْتَمِيتٌ

See Form 10; and see also مُسْتَمِيثٌ in the article ميث.

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A courageous man, who seeks, or courts death: (K:) a man who seeks to be slain; who cares not, in war, for death: (S:) abandon- ing, or devoting, himself to death, ( مسْتَرْسِلٌ لِلْمَوْتِ ,) as also مُسْتَقْتِلٌ . (A.) Abandoning, or devoting himself to a thing, or affair; syn. مُسْتَرْسِلٌ لِأَمْرٍ . (S, K.) هَوَ مُسْتَمِيتٌ إِلَى كَذَا , as also مُسْتَهْلِكٌ , He [is devoted to such a thing, so that he] imagines that he shall die if he do not attain it. (A.) Ru-beh says, 1 [And to the froth of the sea there was a sound like that of boiling, and night impended over the water]. (S.) [It is implied in the S that مستميت here signifies مُسْتَرْسِل .] وَزَبَدُ البَحْرِ لَهُ كَتِيتُ | وَاللَّيْلُ فَوْقَ المَاءِ مُسْتَمِيتُ One who feigns himself to be insane, or possessed by a devil; not being really so. (TA.) One who feigns lowliness, or submissiveness, in voice, &c., to this man until he feeds him, and to this until he feeds him, and, when he is satiated, is ungrateful to his benefactors. (TA.) One who makes a show of being good and quiet or tranquil, and is not so in reality. (Ibn-El-Mubárak.) مُسْتَمِيتٌ The thin pellicle that adheres to the white of an egg. (K.) [See 10: and see also مُسْتَمِيثٌ , in art. ميث .]