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فَقَط
only /ˈfa.qatˤ/
adverbA1#43 most common
Also: just, merely, no more (than that), that's all
Example sentences
أُرِيدُ كُوبَ مَاءٍ فَقَط.
I just want a glass of water.
عِنْدِي دِرْهَمٌ وَاحِدٌ فَقَط.
I have only one dirham.
هَذَا الكِتَابُ لِلْقِرَاءَةِ فَقَط، لا لِلْبَيْع.
This book is only for reading, not for selling.
لَمْ أَقُلْ ذَلِكَ مِنْ بَابِ المُزَاحِ فَقَط، بَلْ كُنْتُ جَادًّا.
I didn't say that just as a joke; I was actually serious.
المَبْلَغُ المُسْتَحَقُّ هُوَ أَلْفُ رِيَالٍ فَقَط لا غَيْر.
The amount due is one thousand riyals only, nothing more.
لَيْسَ المَقْصُودُ تَحْقِيقَ الرِّبْحِ فَقَط، وَإِنَّمَا خِدْمَةُ المُجْتَمَعِ أَيْضًا.
The aim is not only to make a profit, but rather to serve society as well.
Word family
فَحَسْبonly, merely (synonym)
قَطّever / never (past time)لا غَيْرnothing else, no more
لَيْسَ إِلّاnothing but, only
وَحْدَهُalone, by itself / only it
Etymology
فَقَط is a compound of the proclitic particle فَـ (fa-, 'and/so') and قَطْ (qaṭ), a particle of limitation meaning 'only, no more.' The element قط is connected to the Semitic root q-ṭ-ṭ associated with 'cutting/severing,' yielding the figurative sense 'cut off at this point, nothing beyond.' The combined form functions as an adverb meaning 'only' or 'that's all,' typically placed at the end of a phrase.
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