سوط
العربية
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سوط¹
- /sawtˤ/
Where it comes from
Apparently via Aramaic שׁוֹטָא (šōṭā) / ܫܱܘܛܳܐ (šawṭā, “whip”) from Old Georgian შოლტი (šolṭi, “whip”).
noun سَوْط · sawṭ · أَسْوَاط · سِيَاط · السَّوْط
- verbal noun of سَاطَ (sāṭa)
- scourge, switch, whip
- any punishment فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
- flagellum
- an astronomical measure of approximately 4.5 degrees
سوط²
- /sawtˤ/
Where it comes from
A native root. Some occurrences of Biblical Hebrew שׁוֹט (šōṭ) are understood as “spate”, whose sense seems to have influenced the Arabic sense of “a punishment” otherwise belonging to the “whip” noun, as in the Qurʾān place above God صَبَّ (ṣabba) it, that is “poured” or “dispensed“ punishment like liquid, although Jakob Barth considered all the Arabic words and senses on this page natively developed from سَطَا (saṭā, “to throw oneself upon someone or something with impetuosity; to be restive; to march with large steps; to be found in abundance (said of water)”).
noun سَوْط · sawṭ · السَّوْط · سَوْطٌ
- water that bides in a pool or puddle or the place where there is such water
- someone's deal, a designated deal
verb سَوَّطَ · sawwaṭa · يُسَوِّطُ · تَسْوِيط · مُسَوِّط
- to commix the liquids by stirring
In English
Talk about this word "سوط." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B7. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. سوط. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B7 "سوط." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B7.Cite this
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title = {سوط},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B7},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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