صَيِّتٌ
Root: صوت
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صَيِّتٌ
, applied to a man, and
صَاتٌ , so applied, and the latter likewise applied to an ass, both signify the same, Vehement, strong, or loud, of voice:
رَجُلٌ صَاتٌ is like رَجُلٌ مَالٌ “ a man having much property, ” and رَجُلٌ نَالٌ “ a man who gives much, ” and كَبْشٌ صَافٌ [“ a ram having much wool ”], &c., all of these epithets being originally of the measure فَعِلٌ: or صَاتٌ may be of the measure فَاعِلٌ from which the medial radical has gone; or it may be [originally صَوِتٌ,] of the measure فَعِلٌ. One says also صَوْتٌ صَيِّتٌ [A vehement, strong, or loud, voice]. See also صَائِتٌ.
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