إسقاط

Arabic

Root
س ق ط (s q ṭ)
9 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of أَسْقَطَ (ʔasqaṭa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔis.qaːtˤ/
  • Rhymes: -aːtˤ

Noun

إِسْقَاط • (ʔisqāṭm

  1. verbal noun of أَسْقَطَ (ʔasqaṭa) (form IV)
  2. toppling, overthrow
    اَلشَّعْبُ يُرِيدُ إِسْقَاطَ ٱلنِّظَامِ.
    aš-šaʕbu yurīdu ʔisqāṭa n-niẓāmi.
    The people want the toppling of the regime.
  3. (mathematics, geography, psychology) projection
  4. (grammar, phonology, phonetics) elision, deletion
  5. (mathematics, accounting) subtraction, deduction

Declension

Declension of noun إِسْقَاط (ʔisqāṭ)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal إِسْقَاط
ʔisqāṭ
الْإِسْقَاط
al-ʔisqāṭ
إِسْقَاط
ʔisqāṭ
nominative إِسْقَاطٌ
ʔisqāṭun
الْإِسْقَاطُ
al-ʔisqāṭu
إِسْقَاطُ
ʔisqāṭu
accusative إِسْقَاطًا
ʔisqāṭan
الْإِسْقَاطَ
al-ʔisqāṭa
إِسْقَاطَ
ʔisqāṭa
genitive إِسْقَاطٍ
ʔisqāṭin
الْإِسْقَاطِ
al-ʔisqāṭi
إِسْقَاطِ
ʔisqāṭi

Descendants

  • Kurdish: îsqat, isqat
  • Ottoman Turkish: اسقاط (iskât)
  • Urdu: اسقاط (isqāt)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سقط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN