نقط

نُقْطَةٌ ذ A diacritical point of a letter or word: a syllabical point thereof: see 1:] (K:) [ a point, dot, speck, speckle, or small spot: a mathematical point; i. e.] the extremity of a line: (TA:) pl. نُقَطٌ (S, Msb, K,) and نِقَاطٌ. (AZ, S, K.) Hence, one says, مَا ا@خْتَلَفَا فى نُقْطَةٍ They two did not differ respecting so small a thing as a point of a letter or word. (TA.) And [hence] the vulgar say, when they admire one, هُوَ نُقْطَةٌ فِى مُصْحَفٍ (assumed tropical:) [ He is like a point, or stop, in a copy of the Kur-án; because the stops in the Kur-án are generally ornamented, and often very beautifully, with gold and colours]. (TA.) ― -b2- (assumed tropical:) [ Any very small thing, that may be likened to a point, dot, or speck. Hence,] 'Alee is related to have said, العِلْمُ نُقْطَةٌ اـِنَّمَا كَتَّرَهَا الجَاهِلُونَ (assumed tropical:) [ Science, or knowledge, is a very small thing: only the ignorant have made it to be much ]. (TA.) And you say, أَعْطَاهُ نُقْطَةً مِنْ عَسَلٍ (tropical:) [ He gave him a drop, or very small quantity, of honey ]. (TA.) ― -b3- (tropical:) [ A portion of a thing, or some of a number of things, in a separate, or scattered, state, here and there ] You say, مَا بَقِىَ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ اـِلَّا نُقْطَةَ (tropical:) There remained not of their possessions [aught] save some palm-trees and a portion of seed-produce here and there. (IAar, TA) And فِى الأَرْضِ نِقَاطٌ مِنَ الكَلَاـِ, and نُقَطٌ مِنْهُ. (tropical:) In the land are scattered spots, or portions, of herbage. (K, * TA.) ― -b4- (assumed tropical:) A thing: an affair; a matter: a case; an event; an action. (TA.)