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نُقْطَة
point /ˈnuq.tˤɑ/
nounA1#597 most common
Also: dot, drop, full stop / period
Example sentences
ضَعْ نُقْطَةً هُنَا.
Put a dot here.
هَذِهِ نُقْطَةٌ مُهِمَّةٌ.
This is an important point.
نَسِيتَ النُّقْطَةَ فِي نِهَايَةِ الجُمْلَةِ.
You forgot the full stop at the end of the sentence.
سَجَّلَ الفَرِيقُ نُقْطَةً فِي الدَّقِيقَةِ الأَخِيرَةِ.
The team scored a point in the final minute.
نُقْطَةُ الخِلَافِ بَيْنَنَا هِيَ طَرِيقَةُ التَّنْفِيذِ.
The point of disagreement between us is the method of implementation.
تُمَثِّلُ هَذِهِ المُعَاهَدَةُ نُقْطَةَ تَحَوُّلٍ فِي تَارِيخِ المِنْطَقَةِ.
This treaty marks a turning point in the region's history.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نُقْطَةٌ | نِقَاطٌ |
| Genitive | نُقْطَةٍ | نِقَاطٍ |
| Accusative | نُقْطَةً | نِقَاطًا |
| Vocative | يَا نُقْطَةُ | يَا نِقَاطُ |
Word family
نَقَّطَto dot, to add dots or punctuation
تَنْقِيطpunctuation, dotting
نِقَاطpoints, dots (plural)
مَنْقُوطdotted, marked with dots
Etymology
نُقْطَة comes from the Semitic triliteral root ن-ق-ط (n-q-ṭ), which carries the sense of dotting or marking with a point. The noun follows the فُعْلَة (fuʿla) pattern, which names a single instance, so the base meaning is one dot or point. From the literal dot it spread to many figurative uses: a decimal point, a full stop, a point in a game, and a point in an argument.
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