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 • (ʔisqāṭ) m

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)
  • > Turkish: ıskat (inherited)
• → 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