شَخْتٌ

and ↓ شَخِيتٌ, (S, A, K,) the former also pronounced ↓ شَخَتٌ, (K, TA,) by some, (TA,) applied to a man, (S,) Thin, or slender, (S, A, L, K,) lean, and lank in the belly, not in consequence of emaciation: (A, L, K:) slender in the body: feminine of the first with ة: (TA:) plural شِخَاتٌ: (S, A, K:) or شَخْتٌ signifies thin, or slender, as applied to anything: thus it is applied to him who is thin, or slender, in the neck, and in the legs: one says, [of a beast,] إِنَّه لَشَخْتُ الجُزَارَةِ Verily he is thin, or slender, in the legs: (TA:) and قَوَايءِمُهُ شِخَاتٌ His legs are thin, or slender: (A:) and حَطَبٌ شَخْتٌ Slender firewood. (TA.)

[Hence,] إِنَّهُ لَشَخْتُ العَطَاءِ (assumed tropical:) Verily he is one who gives little. (TA.) And زَيْدٌ شَخْتُ الخُلُقِ (tropical:) Zeyd is low, ignoble, or mean, in natural disposition. (A, TA.)

Some say that it is arabicized, from the Pers. سَخْت. (TA.)