سقوط

Arabic

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Noun

سُقُوط • (suqūṭ) m

verbal noun of سَقَطَ‎ (saqaṭa) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun سُقُوط (suqūṭ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُقُوط suqūṭ	السُّقُوط‎ as-suqūṭ	سُقُوط suqūṭ
Nominative	سُقُوطٌ suqūṭun	السُّقُوطُ‎ as-suqūṭu	سُقُوطُ suqūṭu
Accusative	سُقُوطًا‎ suqūṭan	السُّقُوطَ‎ as-suqūṭa	سُقُوطَ suqūṭa
Genitive	سُقُوطٍ suqūṭin	السُّقُوطِ‎ as-suqūṭi	سُقُوطِ suqūṭi

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: süqut
→ Ottoman Turkish: سقوط‎ (sukut)
- Turkish: sukut
→ Persian: سُقوط‎ (soqut)
→ Uzbek: suqut

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic سُقُوط‎ (suqūṭ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /suquːt/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /sʊquːt/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /soɢuːt/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /suqut/

Noun

Iranian Persian	سقوط
Dari	سقوط
Tajik	суқут (suqut)

سُقوط • (soqut)

(literally and figurative) fall, falling, downfall
Synonym: افتادن‎ (oftâdan)

‏‎ ― soqut-e rum ― fall of Rome

‏‎ ― soqut-e šâh ― fall of the shah
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 2153:
  ‏جز کنار بام خود نبود سقوط‎
  joz kanâr-e bâm xod na-bvad soqut
  Indeed, there is no fall except [from] the edge of the roof.

Derived terms

سقوط کردن‎ (soqut kardan)

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