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hold my peace

4 occurrences across 1 Arabic/Persian root

ص- م- ت
(ṣ-m-t) — silent; be silent; silence

“hold my peace” accounts for 4 of 20 occurrences of this root (20%)

Forms seen

أَصْمُتُ ×2 صمت ×1 أَصْمُتَ ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

silence 25% hold my peace 20% silent 10% guarded 10% proclaim unceasingly 5% peace 5% i hold my peace 5% hold their peace 5% held his peace 5% he will not be silent 5% cease to 5%

Examples

GWB §192: صمت: hold my peaceP&M §468: أَصْمُتُ: to hold my peaceP&M §500: أَصْمُتُ: hold my peaceP&M §531: أَصْمُتَ: hold my peace

See Also

Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots:

silence (5) silent (2) guarded (2)