سخد

Arabic

Alternative forms

• سُخْت (suḵt), نُخْط (nuḵṭ)

Etymology

Disputed etymology with connections to:

• Derivative from the verb, Aramaic סחי (sḥy, “to wash, to bathe, to swim, to float in, to wring out, to baptize”).
• From Middle Persian ʾšyhtn' (āšixtan, “to pour, to overflow”), or through its older form Parthian ʾšyxt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suxd/

Noun

سُخْد • (suḵd) m

1. liquor amnii, waters
2. amniotic sac

Declension

Declension of noun سُخْد (suḵd)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُخْد suḵd	السُّخْد as-suḵd	سُخْد suḵd
Nominative	سُخْدٌ suḵdun	السُّخْدُ as-suḵdu	سُخْدُ suḵdu
Accusative	سُخْدًا suḵdan	السُّخْدَ as-suḵda	سُخْدَ suḵda
Genitive	سُخْدٍ suḵdin	السُّخْدِ as-suḵdi	سُخْدِ suḵdi

References

• “سخد” in Almaany
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “سخد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 295
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “سخد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1323–24
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سخد”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 558