نعت

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Arabic

Root
ن ع ت (n ʕ t)
2 terms

Verb

نَعَتَ (naʕata) I (non-past يَنْعَتُ (yanʕatu), verbal noun نَعْت (naʕt))

  1. to describe, to characterize, to bewrite
    • 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل [wajdiyy al-ʔahdal], أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 51:
      وَنَعَتَنِي بِأَلْفَاظٍ غَيْرِ لَائِقَةٍ، كَانَ فِي حَالةِ هِيَاجٍ جُنُونِيَّةٍ وَٱلشَرَرِ يُقْدَحُ مِن عَيْنَيْهِ، […]
      wanaʕatanī biʔalfāẓin ḡayri lāʔiqatin, kāna fī ḥālati hiyājin junūniyyatin waš-šarari yuqdaḥu min ʕaynayhī, […]
      And he called me unseemly epithets, in a frantic state of commotion, sparks firing from his eyes.
  2. (grammar) to attributize, to qualify, to epithetize

Conjugation

Noun

نَعْت (naʕtm (plural نُعُوت (nuʕūt))

  1. verbal noun of نَعَتَ (naʕata) (form I)
  2. description, qualification, characterization
  3. quality, property
  4. attribute
  5. (grammar) adjective, epithet
    Synonym: صِفَة (ṣifa)

Declension

Derived terms

Punjabi

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نعت (nāt), which is from Arabic نَعْت (naʕt).

Noun

نَعْت (na’tf (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਾਤ)

  1. (Islam) naat, poem in praise of Holy Prophet Muhammad.

Urdu

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نعت (nāt), which is from Arabic نَعْت (naʕt).

Pronunciation

Noun

نَعْت (na’tf (Hindi spelling नात)

  1. (Islam) naat, poem in praise of Holy Prophet Muhammad.

Declension

Declension of نعت
singular plural
direct نعت (na’t) نعتیں (na’tẽ)
oblique نعت (na’t) نعتوں (na’tõ)
vocative نعت (na’t) نعتو (na’to)

References

  • نعت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • نعت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu نعت (na’t).

Noun

نعت (na’t)

  1. (Islam) naat, poem in praise of Holy Prophet Muhammad.