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اصمتهُ

Root: صمت

Form: 4

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اصمتهُIV : see 2.
2 [Hence,] لَمْ يُصْمِتْهُ ذٰلِكَ That did not suffice him [so as to quiet him]: said only of what is eaten and drunk.
3 And اصمتهُ He made it to be solid, not hollow; without a cavity. [For that which is without a cavity is generally non-sonorous.]
4 And أُصْمِتَتِ الأَرْضُ, or أَصْمَتَت, The land became altered (أَحَالَت) [so as to be rugged, or hard, app. in consequence of its having been left untilled and unsown,] at the end of two years, and had rugged patches of urine and dung.

def.2 See also 1, first sentence.
2 أَصْمَتَ also signifies He was, or became, tonguetied, and spoke not; said of a sick man.
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