How to say "to be quiet, fall silent" in Arabic
New wordMeaningto be quiet, fall silent
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
سَكَتَ
sakataסכת
سكت
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שתק
shatakشَاتَاك
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Arabic root
س-ك-تTempting next to Hebrew שתק and שקט, but neither lines up consonant for consonant with س-ك-ت, so this app treats them as unrelated.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
سَكَت
sakatסכתHeard in every classroom: uskut! (to a group uskutu!) — 'be quiet!'
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
سِكِت
sikitסכתCairene: sikit; the command is iskut!
In a phrase
سَكَتَ الطُّلَّاب
sakata ṭ-ṭullābסכת א-טלאבThe students fell silent.