تساقط

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root س ق ط (s-q-ṭ), to fall.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.saː.qa.tˤa/

Verb

تَسَاقَطَ • (tasāqaṭa) VI, non-past يَتَسَاقَطُ‎ (yatasāqaṭu)

  1. to fall down successively or gradually
    • 2013, Sinan Antoon, منشورات الجمل , وحدها شجرة الرمّان, page 8:
      بَدَأَ الْمَطَرُ يَتَسَاقَطُ. أَغْمَضَتْ عَيْنَيْهَا.
      badaʔa l-maṭaru yatasāqaṭu. ʔaḡmaḍat ʕaynayhā.
      The rain started to fall down. She shut her eyes.
  2. (figuratively) to die one by one in a quick manner.
    • 2016, حامد زماني (lyrics and music), “سپر”:
      وَعَلَىٰ اَلْأَرْضِ تَسَاقَطْنَا لِنُعْلِي عَلَمًا
      waʕalā l-ʔarḍi tasāqaṭnā linuʕlī ʕalaman
      and on the ground we fell one by one to uphold a flag
Conjugation

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.saː.qutˤ/

Noun

تَسَاقُط • (tasāquṭ) m

  1. verbal noun of تَسَاقَطَ (tasāqaṭa) (form VI)
Declension

References

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