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مَوْتٌ

Root: موت

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مَوْتٌ (and مَوَتَانٌ , TA,) Death; lifelessness; contr. of حَيَاةٌ: as also مُوَاتٌ , and مَمَاتٌ . [Occurring in the Kur, vi. 163, xvii. 77, and xlv. 20,] (S, * TA, in art. حى, and Jel, in vi. 163.) [See also مُوتَانٌ, below: and see 1.] Or مَوَتَانٌ , signifies much death, like as حَيَوَانٌ signifies much life. (Msb, in art. حى.)
2 المَوْتُ الأَبْيَضُ, and الجَارِفُ, and اللَّافِتُ, and الفَاتِلُ, Sudden death. (IAar, in T and TA, art. فلت.)
3 المَوْتُ الأَحْمَرُ Death by slaughter with the sword. (IAar, in T, TA, art. فلت.)
4 المَوْتُ الأَسْوَدُ Death by drowning, and by suffocation. (IAar, in T and TA, art. فلت.)
5 بَنَاتُ المَوْتِ [The daughters of death;] meaning deadly arrows. (A, TA, voce جَعْبَةٌ, q. v.)
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