سُكَاتٌ
1.
Constant, or continual, silence. (Msb.) Hence, by way of comparison, one says, الإِفْحَامُ
سُكَاتٌ [as though meaning The state of being silenced in a dispute, &c., is a state of constant, or continual, silence: but it seems to mean, more probably, الافحام (as an act. verbal noun) is an act that silences; agreeably with what here follows]. (Msb.)
2.
رَمَاهُ بِسُكَاتٍ (AZ, M, K) and
سُكَاتَةٍ, (AZ, S, M, A, K,) to which latter is generally added وَصُمَاتَةٍ, (M, TA,) He (a man, S, M, and God, TA) smote him, or afflicted him, with a thing that silenced him; (S, A, K;) thought by ISd to mean, with anxiety, or grief, that silenced him, or a thing in consequence of which he became silent: not explained by AZ. (TA.)
3.
[In like manner] one says also,
رَمَاهُ بِالمُسْكِتَاتِ [He smote him, or afflicted him, with the words, or acts, that silenced him]. (T in article رم, from Aboo-Málik.) And بِهِ سُكَاتٌ [He has in him that which makes him silent]: said of one long silent in consequence of disease (A, TA) or of some evil in him. (TA.) And أَصَابَ سُكَاتًا
He met with, or experienced, a disease that prevented him from speaking. (TA.)
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