صمَتَ يَصمُت، صَمْتًا وصُمُوتًا وصُماتًا، فهو صامِت

Root: ص م ت

صمَت الشَّخصُ

سكت ولم ينطق

🇬🇧 Translation:

Became silent and did not speak (To fall silent/keep quiet).

تكلَّم، نطق.

🇬🇧 Translation:

Spoke, uttered (To speak (as an antonym)).

" عيٌّ صامت خيرٌ من عيٍّ ناطق
صمتَ دهرًا ونطق كفرًا
لا حكمة كالصَّمْت [مثل أجنبيّ] : يماثله في المعنى المثل العربيّ : الصَّمت زين وقليل فاعله
مَنْ صَمَتَ نَجَا [حديث]
{سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ أَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْ أَمْ أَنْتُمْ صَامِتُونَ} "

🇬🇧 Translation:

" 'iyyun samitun khayrun min 'iyyin natiqin
samata dahran wanataqa kufran
la hikmata kas-samti [mathal ajnabiyy] : yumathiluhu fi al-ma'na al-mathalu al-'arabiyyu : as-samtu zaynun waqalilun fa'iluhu
man samata naja [Hadith]
{sawa'un 'alaykum ada'awtumuhum am antum samituna} (A silent incapacity is better than a speaking incapacity
He was silent for an age and spoke nonsense
There is no wisdom like silence [Foreign proverb]: the Arabic proverb similar in meaning is: Silence is an adornment, and few are those who practice it
Whoever is silent is saved [Hadith]
It is the same to you whether you call them or you are silent). "