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