ذَيْتَ

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ذَيْتَ (AO, S, M voce ذَا, Msb, * K) and ذَيْتِ وَذَيْتِ and ذَيْتُ وَذَيتُ, the last of which is unknown, except as mentioned by IKtt, and ذَيَّةَ وَذَيَّةَ and ذَيَّآءَ وَذَيَّآءَ, i. q. كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ: so in the saying, كَانَ مِنَ الأَمْرِ ذَيْتَ وَذَيْتَ [&c., Some of the circumstances of the case were thus and thus, or so and so, or such and such things]. It is plainly implied in the K [and the S] that the ت in ذيت is a radical letter, the last radical letter of the word: but AHei says that the ت in ذيت and كيت is substituted for ى; that they are originally ذَيَّةَ and كَيَّةَ; and that the ة is elided, and the ى which is the last radical letter is changed into ت: [in like manner also says ISd in the M, voce ذَا:] and most of the leading authorities on inflection assert the same: therefore, [though most persons would look for them among words of which the last radical letter is ت,] they are incorrectly placed in the K [and in the S]. Or ذَيْتَ is formed from ذَيْوٌ, by eliding the و and doubling the ى and then substituting for the teshdeed ت; and if you elide the ت and replace it by ه, you must restore the teshdeed, and say, كَانَ ذَيَّهْ وَذَيَّهْ. (S at the end of art. ذو.)

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