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سقط

Root entry · 42 derived lemmas

The root سقط primarily denotes falling, dropping, or collapsing. It extends to concepts of failure, error, omission, and even birth or arrival. It can also refer to things that have fallen or are of low quality, and metaphorically to a loss of status or a mistake.

Derived headwords

سَقَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to fallboth

    To descend from a higher place to a lower one, to drop.

  2. 2.
    to fall outboth

    Specifically referring to a child exiting the womb.

  3. 3.
    to arriveboth

    To come, to approach, to descend upon.

  4. 4.
    to errboth

    To make a mistake in speech or action.

  5. 5.
    to ceaseclassical

    To stop, to cease an action, to give up.

سُقُوطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    fallingboth

    The act of falling or dropping.

  2. 2.
    collapseboth

    A downfall or ruin.

  3. 3.
    errorboth

    A mistake or failure.

مَسْقَطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    place of fallingboth

    A place where something falls or descends.

  2. 2.
    birthplaceboth

    The place of birth, the origin.

سَاقِطadjective
  1. 1.
    fallenboth

    Having fallen or dropped.

  2. 2.
    lowboth

    Of low status, base, or contemptible.

  3. 3.
    incorrectboth

    Wrong, erroneous, or mistaken.

  4. 4.
    lateclassical

    Delayed or lagging behind.

سُقُوطnoun
  1. 1.
    fallingboth

    The act of falling or dropping.

  2. 2.
    downfallboth

    Ruin, collapse, or failure.

  3. 3.
    errorboth

    A mistake or lapse.

مَقْعَدnoun
  1. 1.
    placeboth

    A location or place, often where something falls or is situated.

مَنْزِلnoun
  1. 1.
    placeboth

    A location or dwelling, used here in the sense of a place of descent.

مَسْقَطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    place of fallingboth

    A place where something falls, or a place of origin.

  2. 2.
    disgraceclassical

    A cause for loss of respect or standing.

مَسْقَط الرَّأْسnoun
  1. 1.
    birthplaceboth

    The place where one was born.

تَسَاقَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to fall successivelyboth

    To fall one after another, to fall in succession.

سَاقَطَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to fallboth

    To make something fall, to drop it.

  2. 2.
    to follow up on fallingclassical

    To continue causing something to fall.

مُسَاقَطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    causing to fallboth

    The act of making something fall.

  2. 2.
    following up on fallingclassical

    The act of continuing to cause something to fall.

سِقَاطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    causing to fallboth

    The act of making something fall.

  2. 2.
    following up on fallingclassical

    The act of continuing to cause something to fall.

السِّقْطnoun
  1. 1.
    miscarriageboth

    A fetus or child born prematurely and not fully developed.

  2. 2.
    fallen thingboth

    Something that has fallen.

  3. 3.
    inferior goodsclassical

    Poor quality merchandise.

  4. 4.
    errorboth

    A mistake, especially in calculation or speech.

أَسْقَطَتْهُverb
  1. 1.
    she miscarriedboth

    She gave birth to a premature or undeveloped fetus.

مُسْقِطnoun
  1. 1.
    miscarriageboth

    A woman who has miscarried.

مِسْقَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    habitual miscarriageclassical

    A woman who habitually miscarries.

  2. 2.
    place of fallingboth

    A place where something falls.

مَسْقَطnoun
  1. 1.
    place of fallingboth

    A place where something falls, especially sand or dew.

الثَّلْجnoun
  1. 1.
    snowboth

    Frozen precipitation, referring to what falls from the sky.

النَّدَىnoun
  1. 1.
    dewboth

    Moisture condensed from the air, referring to what falls.

السَّاقِطnoun
  1. 1.
    one who is not consideredclassical

    Someone not counted among the best or most capable youths.

سُقَاطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    fallen thingboth

    Something that has fallen from a larger object.

سَقَطَ فِي يَدِهِverb phrase
  1. 1.
    he failedboth

    He was disappointed, failed, made a mistake, or was bewildered.

أَسْقَطَverb
  1. 1.
    he failedboth

    He was disappointed, failed, made a mistake, or was bewildered.

  2. 2.
    to make fallboth

    To cause something to fall or drop.

  3. 3.
    to dropboth

    To omit or leave out.

  4. 4.
    to treat to elicitclassical

    To treat someone in a way to make them err, lie, or reveal secrets.

السُّقَيْطnoun
  1. 1.
    foolishclassical

    Lacking in intellect, foolish.

  2. 2.
    hailboth

    Frozen raindrops, hail.

  3. 3.
    dew on the groundboth

    Dew that has fallen and settled on the ground.

السُّقَيْطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    foolishclassical

    Lacking in intellect, foolish.

أَسْقَطَ كَلِمَةًverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to omit a wordboth

    To leave out a word, to fail to mention it.

تَسَقُّطَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to treat to elicitclassical

    To treat someone in a way to make them err, lie, or reveal secrets.

السَّوَاقِطnoun
  1. 1.
    traders of datesclassical

    People who come to Yamama to trade dates.

السَّاقِطnoun
  1. 1.
    the lagging oneclassical

    One who is behind or delayed compared to others.

سَاقَطَ الشَّيْءَverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to drop somethingboth

    To cause something to fall or drop.

  2. 2.
    to follow up on droppingclassical

    To continue causing something to fall.

سَقَاطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    slacklyclassical

    Running in a relaxed or slack manner.

سَاقَطَ الحَدِيثَverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to converse by turnsclassical

    To speak in turns, where one speaks while the other listens, and vice versa.

السَّيْفُ يَسْقُطُnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    sword strikeclassical

    A sword blow that falls behind the target and cuts through it.

البُسْرnoun
  1. 1.
    unripe datesboth

    Dates that have fallen from the palm tree before ripening.

العَثْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    stumbleboth

    A slip, a fall, or a mistake.

الزَّلَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    slipboth

    A mistake, a lapse, or a fault.

دname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A place name on the coast of Oman.

رِسْتَاقname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A place name on the coast of the Caspian Sea.

وَادٍname
  1. 1.
    a valley nameclassical

    A valley located between Basra and Nabaj.

تَسَقَّطَ الخَبَرَverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to gather news graduallyclassical

    To obtain information little by little.

طَلَبَ سَقْطَهُverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to seek his mistakeclassical

    To look for someone's error or fault.

Parallel reading

سقط سقوطا ومسقطا: وقع
It fell, a falling and a place of falling: it occurred.
والولد من بطن أمه: خرج
And the child from his mother's womb: came out.
والحر: أقبل، ونزل
And the free person: approached, and descended.
وفي كلامه: أخطأ
And in his speech: he erred.
والقوم إلي: نزلوا
And the people to us: they descended.
وهذا مسقطة له من أعين الناس
And this is a cause for him to fall from the eyes of people.
ومسقط الرأس: المولد
And the birthplace: the place of birth.
وتساقط: تتابع سقوطه
And it fell successively: its falling followed one another.
والسقط، مثلثة: الولد لغير تمام
And the miscarriage, with three vowels: the child not to completion.
وقد أسقطته أمه، وهي مسقط
And its mother has miscarried it, and she is a miscarrier.
وما سقط بين الزندين قبل استحكام الوري، ويؤنث
And what falls between the two wrists before the fire is established, and it is feminine.
وبالفتح: الثلج، وما يسقط من الندى
And with the Fatha: snow, and what falls of dew.
ومن لا يعد في خيار الفتيان، كالساقط
And he who is not counted among the best of youths, like the fallen one.
وبالكسر: ناحية الخباء، وجناح الطائر، كسقاطه، بالكسر، ومسقطه، كمقعده، وطرف السحاب
And with the Kasra: the side of the tent, and the wing of the bird, like its fallen part, with Kasra, and its place of falling, like its seat, and the edge of the cloud.
وبالتحريك: ما أسقط من الشيء
And with the Haraka: what is dropped from the thing.
والفضيحة، ورديء المتاع، وبائعه: السقاط والسقطي
And the disgrace, and the bad merchandise, and its seller: the seller of bad goods and the bad goods themselves.
والخطأ في الحساب والقول، وفي الكتاب، كالسقاط، بالكسر
And the error in calculation and speech, and in writing, like the error, with Kasra.
والسقاطة والسقاط، بضمهما: ما سقط من الشيء
And the fallen thing and the fallen thing, with their Damma: what falls from the thing.
وسقط في يده، وأسقط، مضمومتين: زل، وأخطأ، وندم، وتحير
And he failed, and he was disappointed, with Damma: he slipped, and erred, and regretted, and was bewildered.
والسقيط: الناقص العقل، كالسقيطة، والبرد، والجليد، وما سقط من الندى على الأرض
And the deficient in intellect: the lacking in mind, like the foolish one, and hail, and ice, and what falls of dew on the ground.
وما أسقط كلمة، وفيها: ما أخطأ
And what omits a word, and in it: what is mistaken.
وأسقطه: عالجه على أن يسقط، فيخطئ أو يكذب أو يبوح بما عنده، كتسقطه
And he treated him to elicit: he treated him so that he would fall, err, lie, or reveal what he had, like his eliciting.
والسواقط: الذين يردون اليمامة لامتيار التمر
And the traders of dates: those who come to Yamama to trade dates.
وككتاب: ما يحملونه من التمر
And like Kitab: what they carry of dates.
والساقط: المتأخر عن الرجال
And the lagging one: the one who is behind the men.
وساقط الشيء مساقطة وسقاطا: أسقطه، أو تابع إسقاطه
And he dropped the thing, a dropping and a dropping: he dropped it, or continued dropping it.
والفرس العدو سقاطا: جاء مسترخيا
And the running horse slackly: it came relaxed.
وفلان فلانا الحديث: سقط من كل ms0891 على الآخر، بأن يتحدث الواحد وينصت الآخر، فإذا سكت، تحدث الساكت
And so-and-so spoke to so-and-so the حديث: they spoke in turns, one speaking and the other listening, and when one was silent, the silent one spoke.
وكشداد وسحاب: السيف يسقط وراء الضريبة، ويقطعها حتى يجوز إلى الأرض، أو يقطع الضريبة ويصل إلى ما بعدها
And like Shaddad and Sahab: the sword falls behind the target, and cuts it until it passes to the ground, or cuts the target and reaches what is beyond it.
وككتاب: ما سقط من النخل من البسر، والعثرة، والزلة، أو هي جمع سقطة، أو هما بمعنى
And like Kitab: what falls from the palm trees of unripe dates, and the stumble, and the slip, or it is a جمع of a stumble, or they mean the same.
ومقعد: د بساحل بحر عمان، ورستاق بساحل بحر الخزر، ووادي بين البصرة والنباج
And Maq'ad: D. on the coast of the Oman Sea, and Rustaq on the coast of the Khazar Sea, and a valley between Basra and Nabaj.
وتسقط الخبر: أخذه قليلا قليلا
And he gathered the news gradually: he took it little by little.
وفلانا: طلب سقطه
And so-and-so: he sought his mistake.