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نقط

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of marking, dotting, or puncturing. It extends to the resulting marks, dots, or points, and the process of applying them, especially in writing and texts.

Derived headwords

النُقْطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    one of the dotsboth

    one of the dots

النُقَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of nuqṭah (dot)both

    plural of nuqṭah (dot)

نَقَطَverb
  1. 1.
    he dotted the bookboth

    he dotted the book

  2. 2.
    he dotted the Qur'ansboth

    he dotted the Qur'ans

نَقْطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    dottingboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) of 'naqaṭa', referring to the act of dotting or marking with points.

نَقَّطَverb
  1. 1.
    he dotted the bookboth

    he dotted the book

  2. 2.
    he dotted the Qur'ansboth

    he dotted the Qur'ans

تَنْقِيطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    punctuationboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) of 'naqqaṭa', referring to the process of applying dots or diacritics to text.

مُنَقِّطnoun
  1. 1.
    punctatorclassical

    One who applies dots or diacritics to a text; a scribe who punctuates.

Parallel reading

النقطة: واحدة النقط.
The nuqṭah: the single unit of dots.
والنقاط أيضا: جمع نقطة، مثل برمة وبرام.
And al-nuqāṭ also: is the plural of nuqṭah, like burmah and barām.
نقط الكتاب ينقطه نقطا.
He dotted the book, he dots it with dotting.
ونقط المصاحف تنقيطا، فهو نقاط.
And he punctuated the Qur'ans with punctuation, so he is a punctator.