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سَقَط
to fall, to fall down /ˈsa.qa.tˤa/
verbA2#709 most common
Also: to drop, to collapse, to fail (an exam, a government)
Example sentences
سَقَطَ الكِتابُ.
The book fell.
سَقَطَتِ التُّفّاحةُ مِنَ الشَّجَرةِ.
The apple fell from the tree.
سَقَطَ الوَلَدُ عَنِ الدَّرّاجةِ وبَكى.
The boy fell off his bicycle and cried.
سَقَطَ الطّالِبُ في الامتِحانِ لأنّهُ لَم يَدرُسْ.
The student failed the exam because he did not study.
سَقَطَتِ الحُكومةُ بَعدَ أسابيعَ مِنَ الاحتِجاجاتِ.
The government fell after weeks of protests.
سَقَطَتِ الطّائرةُ في البَحرِ إثرَ عُطلٍ مُفاجِئٍ في المُحَرِّكِ.
The plane crashed into the sea following a sudden engine failure.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَسْقُطُ (ʾasquṭu) | سَقَطْتُ (saqaṭtu) | سَأَسْقُطُ (sa-ʾasquṭu) |
| 2sg | تَسْقُطُ (tasquṭu) | سَقَطْتَ (saqaṭta) | سَتَسْقُطُ (sa-tasquṭu) |
| 3sg | يَسْقُطُ (yasquṭu) | سَقَطَ (saqaṭa) | سَيَسْقُطُ (sa-yasquṭu) |
| 1pl | نَسْقُطُ (nasquṭu) | سَقَطْنا (saqaṭnā) | سَنَسْقُطُ (sa-nasquṭu) |
| 2pl | تَسْقُطونَ (tasquṭūna) | سَقَطْتُم (saqaṭtum) | سَتَسْقُطونَ (sa-tasquṭūna) |
| 3pl | يَسْقُطونَ (yasquṭūna) | سَقَطوا (saqaṭū) | سَيَسْقُطونَ (sa-yasquṭūna) |
Word family
سُقوط (suqūṭ)fall, downfall, collapse
أَسْقَطَ (ʾasqaṭa)to drop, to knock down, to overthrow
ساقِط (sāqiṭ)falling; fallen, vile
مَسْقَط (masqaṭ)place of falling; birthplace (مسقط الرأس)
سَقْطة (saqṭa)a fall, a slip, a lapse
Etymology
Saqaṭa comes from the Semitic triconsonantal root س-ق-ط (s-q-ṭ), which carries the idea of falling and dropping. The root spreads across a wide Arabic family, from suqūṭ for a collapse to masqaṭ raʾs for a birthplace. As a Semitic root it has no Indo-European source. Reliable cognates in the sister Semitic languages are not well established, so none are listed here.
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