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لَقْطَة
a snapshot or shot (photo/video) /ˈlaqtˤah/
nounB1#2486 most common
Also: a lucky find or bargain, a captured moment/scene, a foundling item
Example sentences
هَذِهِ لَقْطَة جَمِيلَة.
This is a beautiful shot.
الْتَقَطْتُ لَقْطَة لِلْغُرُوبِ.
I took a shot of the sunset.
هَذَا السِّعْرُ لَقْطَة، لَا تُفَوِّتْهُ.
This price is a steal, don't miss it.
عَرَضَ الْمُصَوِّرُ لَقْطَةً نَادِرَةً مِنَ الْحَرْبِ.
The photographer showed a rare shot from the war.
تَحَوَّلَتِ اللَّقْطَةُ الْأَخِيرَةُ فِي الْفِيلْمِ إِلَى رَمْزٍ ثَقَافِيٍّ.
The final shot in the film turned into a cultural symbol.
بِفَضْلِ زَاوِيَةِ التَّصْوِيرِ غَيْرِ الْمَأْلُوفَةِ، بَاتَتْ تِلْكَ اللَّقْطَةُ مِنْ أَكْثَرِ اللَّقَطَاتِ تَدَاوُلًا عَلَى مَواقِعِ التَّواصُلِ.
Thanks to the unusual camera angle, that shot became one of the most widely shared images on social media.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | لَقْطَةٌ | لَقَطَاتٌ |
| Genitive | لَقْطَةٍ | لَقَطَاتٍ |
| Accusative | لَقْطَةً | لَقَطَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا لَقْطَةُ | يَا لَقَطَاتُ |
Word family
لَقَطَto pick up, gather, glean
الْتَقَطَto pick up; to snap a photo; to catch a signal
لَقِيطfoundlingالْتِقَاطreception, capture (of an image or signal)
لَاقِطreceiver, pickup device
Etymology
لَقْطَة comes from the triliteral root ل ق ط, a native Semitic root meaning to pick up or gather scattered things. The word itself is built on the فَعْلَة pattern, which marks a single instance of an action, so it literally means one act of picking something up. Arabic later stretched this sense to cover a camera catching a moment, giving the modern meaning of a photo or shot, and also a person catching a good deal, giving the meaning of a bargain.
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