إسقاط

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Verbal noun derived from the verb أَسْقَطَ (ʔasqaṭa).

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سقط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN