Arabic word sheet
مَيِّتٌ
Dead
- Type
- adjective
- Root
- م و ت
Meaning and usage
Dead
No longer alive; said of a person, an animal or a plant. Classical authors also apply it to one who is on the point of dying.
وَجَدَ الْفَلَّاحُ طَائِرًا مَيِّتًا فِي الْحَقْلِ.
The farmer found a dead bird in the field.
Barren, without vegetation
Said of land where nothing grows, with neither grass nor pasture. The image is of soil with no life in it.
صَارَ الْحَقْلُ مَيِّتًا بَعْدَ الْجَفَافِ.
The field became barren after the drought.
Plural
أَمْوَاتٌ / مَوْتَى
Word family
What the root means م و ت
The root carries the idea of life coming to an end and, by image, of anything that becomes still or inert. From it come dying, death, the manner of dying, land left untilled and playing dead.
to die
مَاتَ
death
manner of dying
مِيتَةٌ
wasteland, land never cultivated
مَوَاتٌ
to play dead
تَمَاوَتَ
one who fights heedless of death
مُسْتَمِيتٌ
Synonyms
perished
هَالِكٌ
It presents death as a loss or a ruin, often sudden or accidental; the headword simply states that life has ended.
Opposites
alive
حَيٌّ