ش خ ب ط

Arabic

Etymology

Likely an augmentation of the root خ ب ط (ḵ-b-ṭ) meaning “to knock leaves off a branch to the ground”, “to disturb or to mess up”, “to be confounded or confused”; compare also ل خ ب ط (l-ḵ-b-ṭ) and خ ل ب ط (ḵ-l-b-ṭ) denoting a similar conception of a mess or disorganized pile.

Root

ش خ ب ط • (š-ḵ-b-ṭ)

1. related to scribbling

Derived terms

• Form Iq: شَخْبَطَ (šaḵbaṭa, “to scribble”)
  • Verbal noun: شَخْبَطَة (šaḵbaṭa)
  • Active participle: مُشَخْبِط (mušaḵbiṭ)
  • Passive participle: مُشَخْبَط (mušaḵbaṭ)
• Form IIq: تَشَخْبَطَ (tašaḵbaṭa, “to become scribbled upon”)
  • Verbal noun: تَشَخْبُط (tašaḵbuṭ)
  • Active participle: مُتَشَخْبِط (mutašaḵbiṭ)

References

• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ش خ ب ط”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 637