منقطع

Arabic

Root
ق ط ع (q ṭ ʕ)
26 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of اِنْقَطَعَ (inqaṭaʕa, “to be cut off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mun.qa.tˤiʕ/

Adjective

مُنْقَطِع • (munqaṭiʕ)

1. severed, cut off
2. concluded, settled, decided
3. disconnected, interrupted
4. (Islam) interrupted (chain of narration) (about a Hadith of the Prophet)
5. finished, terminated

Declension

Declension of adjective مُنْقَطِع (munqaṭiʕ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُنْقَطِع munqaṭiʕ	الْمُنْقَطِع al-munqaṭiʕ	مُنْقَطِعَة munqaṭiʕa	الْمُنْقَطِعَة al-munqaṭiʕa
Nominative	مُنْقَطِعٌ munqaṭiʕun	الْمُنْقَطِعُ al-munqaṭiʕu	مُنْقَطِعَةٌ munqaṭiʕatun	الْمُنْقَطِعَةُ al-munqaṭiʕatu
Accusative	مُنْقَطِعًا munqaṭiʕan	الْمُنْقَطِعَ al-munqaṭiʕa	مُنْقَطِعَةً munqaṭiʕatan	الْمُنْقَطِعَةَ al-munqaṭiʕata
Genitive	مُنْقَطِعٍ munqaṭiʕin	الْمُنْقَطِعِ al-munqaṭiʕi	مُنْقَطِعَةٍ munqaṭiʕatin	الْمُنْقَطِعَةِ al-munqaṭiʕati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُنْقَطِعَيْن munqaṭiʕayn	الْمُنْقَطِعَيْن al-munqaṭiʕayn	مُنْقَطِعَتَيْن munqaṭiʕatayn	الْمُنْقَطِعَتَيْن al-munqaṭiʕatayn
Nominative	مُنْقَطِعَانِ munqaṭiʕāni	الْمُنْقَطِعَانِ al-munqaṭiʕāni	مُنْقَطِعَتَانِ munqaṭiʕatāni	الْمُنْقَطِعَتَانِ al-munqaṭiʕatāni
Accusative	مُنْقَطِعَيْنِ munqaṭiʕayni	الْمُنْقَطِعَيْنِ al-munqaṭiʕayni	مُنْقَطِعَتَيْنِ munqaṭiʕatayni	الْمُنْقَطِعَتَيْنِ al-munqaṭiʕatayni
Genitive	مُنْقَطِعَيْنِ munqaṭiʕayni	الْمُنْقَطِعَيْنِ al-munqaṭiʕayni	مُنْقَطِعَتَيْنِ munqaṭiʕatayni	الْمُنْقَطِعَتَيْنِ al-munqaṭiʕatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	مُنْقَطِعَات munqaṭiʕāt	الْمُنْقَطِعَات al-munqaṭiʕāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	مُنْقَطِعَاتٌ munqaṭiʕātun	الْمُنْقَطِعَاتُ al-munqaṭiʕātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	مُنْقَطِعَاتٍ munqaṭiʕātin	الْمُنْقَطِعَاتِ al-munqaṭiʕāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	مُنْقَطِعَاتٍ munqaṭiʕātin	الْمُنْقَطِعَاتِ al-munqaṭiʕāti

Descendants

• → Persian: منقطع (munqati')
  • → Urdu: منقطع (munqati')
• → Ottoman Turkish: منقطع (munkatı')

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُنْقَطِع (munqati'), from Arabic مُنْقَطِع (munqaṭiʕ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊn.qə.t̪ɪʔ/, [mʊn.qə.t̪e]
• (common) IPA^(key): /mʊn.qə.t̪ɑ(ː)/, [mʊn.kə.t̪ɑː]
• Hyphenation: مُن‧قَ‧طِع

Adjective

مُنْقَطِع • (munqati') (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मुनक़ते)

1. severed, cut off
2. concluded, settled, decided
3. disconnected (ie. interrupted)
4. finished, terminated
5. extinct
6. conclusive
7. stopped (of loss of blood)

See also

Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root ق ط ع (0 c, 2 e)

Further reading

• “منقطع”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “منقطع”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “منقطع”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “منقطع”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “منقطع”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “منقطع”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC