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سُقُوط
fall (falling, collapse, downfall) /suˈquːtˤ/
nounB1#2407 most common
Also: collapse, downfall, overthrow
Example sentences
سُقُوطُ الوَرَقَةِ كانَ بَطيئًا.
The leaf's fall was slow.
سَمِعْتُ صَوْتَ سُقُوطِ الكِتابِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ.
I heard the sound of the book falling on the floor.
أَدَّى سُقُوطُهُ عَلَى الدَّرَجِ إِلَى كَسْرِ يَدِهِ.
His fall on the stairs broke his hand.
تَحَدَّثَتِ الأَخْبارُ عَنْ سُقُوطِ الحُكومَةِ بَعْدَ الانْتِخاباتِ.
The news reported on the government's fall after the elections.
يَدْرُسُ المُؤَرِّخونَ أَسْبابَ سُقُوطِ الإِمْبَراطورِيَّةِ الرومانِيَّةِ.
Historians study the causes of the fall of the Roman Empire.
يَظَلُّ سُقُوطُ الأَسْعارِ في الأَسْواقِ العالَمِيَّةِ مَصْدَرَ قَلَقٍ لِلْمُسْتَثْمِرينَ.
The fall in prices on global markets remains a source of concern for investors.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سُقُوطٌ | |
| Genitive | سُقُوطٍ | |
| Accusative | سُقُوطًا | |
| Vocative | يا سُقُوطُ |
Word family
سَقَطَhe fell
ساقِطfalling, fallen; also 'despicable'
مَسْقَطplace of falling; birthplace (as in مسقط الرأس)
إسْقاطthe act of dropping, toppling, or projecting
Etymology
سُقُوط comes from the Arabic triliteral root س-ق-ط (s-q-ṭ), which carries the core sense of falling or dropping. سُقُوط is the masdar, the verbal noun, of the Form I verb سَقَطَ (saqaṭa), 'he fell.' As a Semitic root, it has no Indo-European origin, so it sits outside the PIE family tree.
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