ن ق ص

See also: نقص and نقض

Arabic

Root

ن ق ص • (n-q-ṣ)

1. related to decrement

Antonyms

• ز ي د (z y d)
• ك م ل (k m l)
• ت م م (t m m)

Derived terms

Verbs:

• Form I: نَقَصَ (naqaṣa, “to decrease”)
  • Verbal noun: نَقْص (naqṣ), نُقْصَان (nuqṣān)
  • Active participle: نَاقِص (nāqiṣ)
  • Passive participle: مَنْقُوص (manqūṣ)
• Form II: نَقَّصَ (naqqaṣa)
  • Verbal noun: تَنْقِيص (tanqīṣ)
  • Active participle: مُنَقِّص (munaqqiṣ)
  • Passive participle: مُنَقَّص (munaqqaṣ)
• Form III: نَاقَصَ (nāqaṣa, “to invite bids”)
  • Verbal noun: مُنَاقَصَة (munāqaṣa)
  • Active participle: مُنَاقِص (munāqiṣ)
  • Passive participle: مُنَاقَص (munāqaṣ)
• Form IV: أَنْقَصَ (ʔanqaṣa)
  • Verbal noun: إِنْقَاص (ʔinqāṣ)
  • Active participle: مُنْقِص (munqiṣ)
  • Passive participle: مُنْقَص (munqaṣ)
• Form V: تَنَقَّصَ (tanaqqaṣa)
  • Verbal noun: تَنَقُّص (tanaqquṣ)
  • Active participle: مُتَنَقِّص (mutanaqqiṣ)
  • Passive participle: مُتَنَقَّص (mutanaqqaṣ)
• Form VI: تَنَاقَصَ (tanāqaṣa, “to decrease gradually”)
  • Verbal noun: تَنَاقُص (tanāquṣ)
  • Active participle: مُتَنَاقِص (mutanāqiṣ)
  • Passive participle: مُتَنَاقَص (mutanāqaṣ)
• Form VIII: اِنْتَقَصَ (intaqaṣa)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْتِقَاص (intiqāṣ)
  • Active participle: مُنْتَقِص (muntaqiṣ)
  • Passive participle: مُنْتَقَص (muntaqaṣ)
• Form X: اِسْتَنْقَصَ (istanqaṣa)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِنْقَاص (istinqāṣ)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَنْقِص (mustanqiṣ)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَنْقَص (mustanqaṣ)

• نَقِيصَة (naqīṣa, “shortcoming, defect, imperfection”)
• نُقَاصَة (nuqāṣa, “missing quantity, imperfection”)
• مَنْقَصَة (manqaṣa, “state of defect”)
• نَقِيص (naqīṣ, “of sweet or agreeable taste”)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “ن ق ص”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 324a–b
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ن ق ص”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, pages 1326a–1327a
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ن ق ص”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, pages 1162b–1163b