1.VerbTo render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
2.VerbTo pierce with a sharp pointed weapon.
3.VerbTo fix or impale.
4.NounA discontinuous affix, typical of Afro-Asiatic languages, which occurs at more than one position in a word, i.e. a combination of prefixes, infixes and/or suffixes.
"The Arabic word مكتوب (maktūb, “written”) is built from the root [script needed] (k–t–b, “writing”) and the transfix [script needed] (ma––ū–, “passive participle”)."