ناقص

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ن ق ص (n-q-ṣ)

Derived from the active participle of نَقَصَ (naqaṣa, to decrease, to be incomplete, to be imperfect).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naː.qisˤ/

Adjective

نَاقِص • (nāqiṣ) (feminine نَاقِصَة (nāqiṣa), masculine plural نَاقِصُونَ (nāqiṣūna), feminine plural نَاقِصَات (nāqiṣāt) or نَوَاقِص (nawāqiṣ))

  1. imperfect
  2. incomplete, lacking
  3. insufficient, inadequate

Declension

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَاقِص (nāqiṣ).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [nɑː.qɪs]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [nɑː.qɪs]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [nɔː.qis]

Readings
Classical reading? nāqis
Dari reading? nāqis
Iranian reading? nâğes
Tajik reading? noqis

Adjective

ناقص • (nâqes)

  1. incomplete
  2. imperfect, deficient
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