Arabic word sheet
مَوْتٌ
Death
- Type
- noun
- Root
- م و ت
Meaning and usage
Death
The end of the life of a person, an animal or a plant; the opposite of life.
حَزِنَتِ الْأُسْرَةُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ الْجَدِّ
The family grieved after the grandfather's death.
Stillness, dying down (figurative, older use)
By a figure of speech, said of whatever stops moving or acting: wind that drops, a fire that goes out, heat that abates.
جَلَسْنَا فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ الرِّيحِ
We sat in the garden after the wind had died down.
Word family
What the root means م و ت
The root carries the idea of ceasing to live, and by a figure of speech of ceasing to move or act. From it come the words for dying, the dead, a manner of dying, land left untilled, playing dead and giving oneself to a thing to the very end.
to die
مَاتَ
dead; dying
a manner of dying
مِيتَةٌ
untilled land; a lifeless thing
مَوَاتٌ
to play dead
تَمَاوَتَ
to go all out, to stop at nothing
اِسْتَمَاتَ
Synonyms
decease, passing
وَفَاةٌ
A more formal and respectful word, kept for people; the headword is the general term, for any living being.
perishing, destruction
هَلَاكٌ
It states a violent end or a ruin, and is also used of things and of property.
Opposites
life