إسقاط

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Arabic

Root
س ق ط (s q ṭ)
9 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of أَسْقَطَ (ʔasqaṭa).

Pronunciation

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

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