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Form 1سَقَطَ17 senses · 1 main
muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarسُقُوطٌ

Core sense — it fell, it dropped down; he committed a mistake; it became nullgenerated

1.1it fell, it fell down, it dropped, it tumbled down—اِسَّاقَطَ

maṣdar سُقُوطٌ and مَسْقَطٌ. Said of a thing falling to the ground, or from a higher to a lower place: from the hand; from a high place, such as the roof of a house; or from a low place, as of a person standing upright; also said of a building, as in art. هور, and of a جُرْف [q. v.]. Anatomists and physicians often use it of something that slips or falls down.

This form is originally تَسَاقَطَ.

it shall drop fresh ripe dates on you, freshly plucked—تَسَّاقَطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا

From the Qur'ān 19:25, where two readings occur. On this reading the subject is the palm-tree.

رطبا جنيّا has been moved from its proper place and used as a specifying word, the meaning being يَسَّاقَطْ رُطَبُ الجِذْعِ. So says Fr.

This phrase of the Qur'ān, with this explanation less fully given, occurs in a copy of the S which throughout this article differs much from other copies.

the same phrase, on the other reading—يَسَّاقَطْ

On this reading the subject is the trunk.

such a one fell down in a swoon—سَقَطَ فُلَانٌ مَغْشِيًّا عَلَيْهِ
he who contends with one taller than himself falls by having his leg twisted with the other's leg—مَنْ نَازَعَ أَطْوَلَ مِنْهُ سَقَطَ الشَّغْزَبِيَّةَ
1.1.1the child, or fetus, came forth [or fell] from its mother's belly before its time—سَقَطَ الوَلَدُ مِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِهِ

. That is, in an immature or imperfect state, or dead, but having the form developed.

You do not say وَقَعَ unless the child is born alive.

1.1.2figurative · مجازhe repented of what he had done, and grieved for an act of inadvertence—سُقِطَ فِىيَدِهِ
the same—أُسْقِطَ فى يده
and when they repented—وَلَمَّا سُقِطَ فِى أَيْدِيهِمْ
another reading of the same words—سَقَطَ فى ايديهم

The first is the more common and the better; Akh allowed the second, but AA and Aḥmad Ibn-Yaḥyà [i. e. Th] disallowed it.

Literally: there was a falling, and a making to fall, upon his hand — of his hand upon his hand, or of his teeth upon his hand, out of repentance and regret.

Or both, or the first alone, also mean: he became confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course; or he slipped, fell into an error or a fault, committed a mistake.

From the Qur'ān 7:148. Or: they struck their hands upon their hands out of repentance, according to AAF; or they repented greatly, because one who repents and grieves bites his hand in sorrow, so that his hand is fallen upon by his teeth. The phrase was not known to the Arabs before the time of the Qur'ān.

As though النَّدَمُ were understood, that is, سَقَطَ النَّدَمُ, like the saying قَدْ حَصَلَ فِى يَدِهِ مِنْ هٰذَا مَكْرُوهٌ, likening what comes into the heart and into the mind to what comes into the hand and is seen with the eye. This, like the former, is figurative.

1.1.3figurative · مجازthe moon set—سَقَطَ القَمَرُ
the star, or asterism, set—النَّجْمُ

The star meant is generally the Pleiades, and when it is, the phrase in most cases means that the Pleiades set at dawn. See مَسْقطٌ.

1.1.4figurative · مجازthe man died—سَقَطَ الرَّجُلُ
1.1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredhe tottered because of age—سَقَطَ مِنَ الكِبَرِ

[Also: the man tottered because of age.] Said of an old man; in art. درهم.

1.1.6figurative · مجازthe people, or company of men, alighted at my abode; they came to me—سَقَطَ إِلَىَّ القَوْمُ

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he came to some neighbours of his, and they gave him refuge and protected him—سَقَطَ إِلَى جِيرَانٍ لَهُ

This occurs in a tradition.

wherever he alights he picks something up—حَيْثُمَا سَقَطَ لَقَطَ

A postclassical proverb, applied to one who uses evasions, shifts, or artifices.

1.1.7figurative · مجاز — inferredhe lighted on the place of his stray beast; he lighted on his stray, or lost, beast—سَقَطَ عَلَى ضَالَّتِهِ

And there is a proverb: [The evening meal, that is, the seeking for it, made him fall in with a wolf]

shāhid
سَقَطَ العَشَآءُ بِهِ عَلَى سِرْحَانِ

. Or سرحان, as a copy of the S says, is here the name of a certain man: see also art. سرح. It is applied to one who seeks something he desires and falls into what destroys him.

you have lighted on the possessor of knowledge—عَلَى الخَبِيرِ سَقَطْتَ

Muḥammad said this to El-Ḥārith Ibn-Ḥassān when the latter asked him about something; it is a proverb current among the Arabs.

1.1.8figurative · مجاز — inferredhe came down from the place he occupied, and his place became vacant—سَقَطَ
such a one fell from his honourable station—سَقَطَ فُلَانٌ مِنْ مَنْزِلَتِهِ
such a one fell from the place he held in my regard—سَقَطَ فُلَانٌ مِنْ عَيْنِى

سَقَاطَةٌ as a maṣdar, meaning the being ignoble in the deeds or qualities of one's ancestors and of oneself [as though its verb were سَقُطَ], is a mistake, although it has been used, for the sake of assimilation, coupled with وَقَاحَةٌ.

1.1.9figurative · مجاز — inferred

[Also: he dropped off; he fell behind; he, or it, remained behind, or in the rear. See سَاقِطٌ.]

1.1.10figurative · مجاز — inferredhe deviated from the road—سَقَطَ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ

According to IAar; in art. فجر.

1.1.11figurative · مجاز — inferredhe committed a mistake in his speech—سَقَطَ فِى كَلَامِهِ

Maṣdars سُقُوطٌ and أَسْقَطَ فى كلامه.

the same—بِكَلَامِهِ
he spoke, and did not commit a mistake in a word—تَكَلَّمَ فَمَا سَقَطَ بِكَلِمَةٍ
the same—مَا أَسْقَطَ كَلِمَةً
the same—مَاأَسْقَطَ فِى كَلِمَةٍ
he spoke speech, and did not drop a letter, or a word—تَكَلَّمَ بِكَلَامٍ فَمَا سَقَطَ بِحَرْفٍ

This meaning is held by the one on whose authority it is mentioned; Yaakoob says that these two are like دَخَلْتُ بِهِ and أَدْخَلْتُهَ and the like.

the same—مَا أَسْقَطَ حَرْفًا
1.1.12figurative · مجازthe mention of him, or of it, was dropped, left out, or omitted—سَقَطَ ذِكْرُهُ
the man's name fell out of the register of soldiers or pensioners—سَقَطَ الرَّجُلُ
1.1.13his power fell short of accomplishing the affair—سَقَطَتْ قُوَّتُهُ دُونَ بُلُوغِ الأمْرِ

In art. ذرع.

1.1.14figurative · مجاز — inferredit became null, void, of no force, or of no account—سَقَطَ

. Said of a claim or demand, a due, an argument or a plea, a condition, a law, a command or prohibition, a gift, a reward, a punishment, a good action, a sin, and the like, as though it fell to the ground, or was dropped. Hence the phrase سَقَطَ حُكْمُهُ, by which بَطَلَ [q. v.] is explained in the Msb.

the assigned gift, or the soldier's stipend, became annulled—سَقَطَ الفَرْضُ

That is, سَقَطَ طَلَبُهُ وَالأَمْرُ بِهِ: the demand for it and the order for it were dropped.

when love is free from imperfection, the conditions of politeness and constraint fall away—إِذَاصَحَّتِ المَوَدَّةُ سَقَطَتٌ شُرُوطُ الأَدَبِ وَ التَّكْلِيفِ
his sins fell from him; they went away—سَقَطَتْ خَطَايَاهُ

In art. خر.

1.1.15figurative · مجاز — inferredthe heat fell, as one says of rain; it befell; it came—سَقَطَ الحَرُّ

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the heat left us, it quitted us—سَقَطَ عَنَّا الحَرَّ

So the verb seems to have two opposite meanings.

1.1.16figurative · مجازdiscourse fell from you to him, and from him to you—سَقَطَ الحَدِيثُ مِنْكَ إِلَيْهِ وَمِنْهُ إِلَيْكَ
it fell from each to the other—سَقَطَ مِنْ كُلٍ عَلَى الاّخَرِ
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
6:59
وَعِندَهُۥ مَفَاتِحُ ٱلْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَآ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ ۚ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِن وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا وَلَا حَبَّةٍ فِى ظُلُمَـٰتِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا رَطْبٍ وَلَا يَابِسٍ إِلَّا فِى كِتَـٰبٍ مُّبِينٍ

With Him are the keys of the unseen, the treasures that none knoweth but He. He knoweth whatever there is on the earth and in the sea. Not a leaf doth fall but with His knowledge: there is not a grain in the darkness (or depths) of the earth, nor anything fresh or dry (green or withered), but is (inscribed) in a record clear (to those who can read).

7:149
وَلَمَّا سُقِطَ فِىٓ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَرَأَوْا۟ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ يَرْحَمْنَا رَبُّنَا وَيَغْفِرْ لَنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ

When they repented, and saw that they had erred, they said: "If our Lord have not mercy upon us and forgive us, we shall indeed be of those who perish."

9:49
وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَقُولُ ٱئْذَن لِّى وَلَا تَفْتِنِّىٓ ۚ أَلَا فِى ٱلْفِتْنَةِ سَقَطُوا۟ ۗ وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُحِيطَةٌۢ بِٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

Among them is (many) a man who says: "Grant me exemption and draw me not into trial." Have they not fallen into trial already? and indeed Hell surrounds the Unbelievers (on all sides).

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, (S, M, &c.,) aor. سَقُطَ , (M, MS,) inf. n. سُقُوطٌ (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K) and مَسْقَطٌ , (S, K,) It fell; fell down; dropped; dropped down; tumbled down; (M, Mgh, Msb, K;) upon the ground; (Mgh;) or from a higher to a lower place; (Msb;) namely, a thing from the hand; (S;) or from a high place, as a roof of a house; and from a low place, as when said of a person in an erect posture; (B;) also said of a building; (TA in art. هور ;) and of a جُرْف [q. v.]: (Msb and TA in that art.:) [and often used by anatomists and physicians, as meaning it delapsed; it slipped, or fell, down:] and اِسَّاقَطَ [originally تَسَاقَطَ ] signifies the same; (K;) as in the phrase in the Kur [xix. 25], تَسَّاقَطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا , or يَسَّاقَطْ , accord. to different readings, It, namely the palm-tree ( نَخْلَة ) accord. to the former reading, and the trunk ( جِذْع ) accord. to the latter reading, shall drop upon thee with fresh ripe dates, plucked; رطبا جنيّا being transferred from its proper place, and used as a specificative; the meaning being, يَسَّاقَطْ رُطَبُ الجِذْعِ : so says Fr. (Az, TA.) [This phrase of the Kur, with the above-mentioned explanation, but less fully given, occurs in a copy of the S which, throughout this art., differs much from other copies.] You say also, سَقَطَ فُلَانٌ مَغْشِيًّا عَلَيْهِ [Such a one fell down in a swoon]. (TA.) And مَنْ نَازَعَ أَطْوَلَ مِنْهُ سَقَطَ الشَّغْزَبِيَّةَ [He who contends with one taller than himself falls by the trick which consists in one's twisting his leg with the leg of the other]. (TA.) سَقَطَ الوَلَدُ مِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِهِ , (Kh, S, Msb, K,) inf. n. سُقُوطٌ , (Msb,) The child, or fœtus, came forth [or fell] from the belly of its mother (Msb, K) abortively, or in an immature, or imperfect, state, (Msb,) or dead, (A,) but having the form developed, or manifest: (Msb:) you do not say وَقَعَ (Kh, S, Msb, K) unless the child is born alive. (A, TA.) سُقِطَ فِىيَدِهِ , and أُسْقِطَ فى يده , (Fr, Zj, S, M, K,) but the former is more common, and better, (Fr,) the latter allowed by Akh, but disallowed by AA and by Ahmad Ibn-Yahyà [i. e. Th], (S,) [lit. There was a falling, and there was a making to fall, upon his hand; i. e., of his hand upon his hand, or of his teeth upon his hand, by reason of repentance, and grief, or regret; meaning] he repented, (Fr, Zj, S, M, K,) of what he had done; and grieved for, or regretted, an act of inadvertence; (Zj, M;) or, and became confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course: (O, K:) or both signify, (TA,) or signify also, (K,) or the former signifies also, (M,) he slipped; fell into an error, or a fault; committed a mistake. (M, K.) Hence the saying in the Kur [vii. 148], وَلَمَّا سُقِطَ فِى أَيْدِيهِمْ And when they repented: (S:) or struck their hands upon their hands, by reason of repentance; accord. to AAF: (M:) or repented greatly; because he who repents, and grieves, or regrets, bites his hand in sorrow, so that his hand is fallen upon [by his teeth]: (Bd:) the phrase was not known to the Arabs before the time of the Kur-án: (O:) it has also been read سَقَطَ فى ايديهم , (Akh, S, M,) as though النَّدَمُ were understood; (Akh, S;) i. e. سَقَطَ النَّدَمُ ; like as you say, قَدْ حَصَلَ فِى يَدِهِ مِنْ هٰذَا مَكْرُوهٌ , likening what comes into the heart, and into the mind, to what comes into the hand, and is seen with the eye: (M, TA:) and this, as well as the former, is tropical. (TA.) سَقَطَ القَمَرُ The moon set: and in like manner النَّجْمُ [the star, or asterism; generally meaning the Pleiades; and when this is the case, the phrase in most instances means the Pleiades set at dawn: see مَسْقطٌ ]. (Mgh, TA.) سَقَطَ الرَّجُلُ The man died. (TA.) [And The man tottered by reason of age.] You say of an old man, سَقَطَ مِنَ الكِبَرِ [He tottered by reason of age]. (S in art. درهم .) سَقَطَ إِلَىَّ القَوْمُ , (M, K,) inf. n. سُقُوطٌ , (TA,) The people, or company of men, alighted at my abode: (M, K, TA:) they came to me. (TA.) سَقَطَ إِلَى جِيرَانٍ لَهُ , occurring in a trad., means He came to some neighbours of his, and they gave him refuge, and protected him. (M, TA.) And it is said in a postclassical prov., حَيْثُمَا سَقَطَ لَقَطَ [Wherever he alights he picks up something]: applied to him who practises evasions, shifts, artifices, or the like. (Meyd, and Har p. 660.) سَقَطَ عَلَى ضَالَّتِهِ He stumbled upon, lighted on, or became acquainted with, the place of his stray, or lost, beast; he lighted on his stray, or lost, beast. (TA.) Mohammad said to El-Hárith Ibn-Hassán, on the latter's asking him respecting a thing, عَلَى الخَبِيرِ سَقَطْتَ On the possessor of knowledge thou hast lighted: and this is a prov. current among the Arabs. (TA.) And it is said in a prov., 1 [The evening-meal, or supper, (i. e. the seeking for it,) made him to fall, or light, upon a wolf: or سرحان , as is said in a copy of the S, is here the name of a certain man: see also art. سرح ]: applied to him who seeks an object of desire, and falls into a thing that destroys him. (TA.) سَقَطَ العَشَآءُ بِهِ عَلَى سِرْحَانِ سَقَطَ also signifies He descended [from the place which he occupied], and his place became vacant. (TA.) And you say, سَقَطَ فُلَانٌ مِنْ مَنْزِلَتِهِ [Such a one fell from his honourable station]. (TA.) And سَقَطَ فُلَانٌ مِنْ عَيْنِى [Such a one fell from the place which he held in my regard]. (TA.) سَقَاطَةٌ , as an inf. n., meaning The being ignoble in respect of the deeds or qualities of one's ancestors, and of oneself, [as though its verb were سَقُطَ ,] is a mistake, although it has been used, for the purpose of assimilation, coupled with وَقَاحَةٌ . (Mgh.) [Also, He dropped off; fell behind: he, or it, remained behind, or in the rear. See سَاقِطٌ .] سَقَطَ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ [He deviated from the road]. (IAar, TA in art. فجر .) سَقَطَ فِى كَلَامِهِ , (M, K,) and بِكَلَامِهِ , (TA,) inf. n. سُقُوطٌ ; (M, TA;) and أَسْقَطَ فى كلامه ; (S, TA;) He committed a mistake in his speech. (M, K, TA.) And تَكَلَّمَ فَمَا سَقَطَ بِكَلِمَةٍ , (M, TA,) and مَا أَسْقَطَ كَلِمَةً , and مَاأَسْقَطَ فِى كَلِمَةٍ , (M, K,) He spoke, and did not commit a mistake in a word. (M, K, TA.) And تَكَلَّمَ بِكَلَامٍ فَمَا سَقَطَ بِحَرْفٍ , and مَا أَسْقَطَ حَرْفًا , [held by him on whose authority it is mentioned to mean He spoke speech, and did not drop a letter, or a word; for this is] said by Yaakoob to be like دَخَلْتُ بِهِ and أَدْخَلْتُهَ , &c. (S.) سَقَطَ ذِكْرُهُ [The mention of him, or it, was, or became, dropped, left out, or omitted]. (TA, passim.) And سَقَطَ الرَّجُلُ The man's name fell out, or became dropped, from the register of soldiers or pensioners. (TA.) سَقَطَتْ قُوَّتُهُ دُونَ بُلُوغِ الأمْرِ [His power fell short of the attainment or accomplishment, of the affair.] (TA in art. ذرع .) [ سَقَطَ , inf. n. سُقُوطٌ , likewise signifies It (a claim or demand, a due, an argument or a plea, a condition, a law, a command or prohibition, a gift, a reward, a punishment, a good action, a sin, &c.,) became null, annulled, void, of no force, or of no account; as though it fell to the ground, or became dropped; whence سَقَطَ حُكْمُهُ , by which phrase بَطَلَ , q. v., is expl. in the Msb.] You say, سَقَطَ الفَرْضُ [The assigned, or appointed, gift, or soldier's stipend or pay, became annulled], meaning سَقَطَ طَلَبُهُ وَالأَمْرُ بِهِ [the demand for it and the order for it became dropped]. (Msb.) And إِذَاصَحَّتِ المَوَدَّةُ سَقَطَتٌ شُرُوطُ الأَدَبِ وَ التَّكْلِيفِ [When love, or affection, is free from imperfection, the conditions of politeness and constraint become annulled]. (TA.) And سَقَطَتْ خَطَايَاهُ His sins fell [from him]; went away; or departed. (TA in art. خر .) سَقَطَ الحَرُّ , (M, K,) aor. سَقُطَ , inf. n. سُقُوطٌ , (M,) The heat fell [like as one says of rain]; (M, K;) it befell; (TA;) it came. (K.) But سَقَطَ عَنَّا الحَرَّ The heat left us or quitted us: (IAar, M, K:) as though the verb had two contr. significations. (M, K. *) سَقَطَ الحَدِيثُ مِنْكَ إِلَيْهِ وَمِنْهُ إِلَيْكَ [Discourse fell from thee to him, and from him to thee]: (M:) or سَقَطَ مِنْ كُلٍ عَلَى الاّخَرِ [it fell from each to the other]. (K.)
Form 3ساقطهُ6 senses · 2 main
maṣdarمُسَاقَطَةٌ سِقَاطٌ

Core sense — he made it fall one after another; he discoursed with him by turnsgenerated

3.1

Maṣdars مُسَاقَطَةٌ and سِقَاطٌ. Same as أَسْقَطَهُ [q. v.]; or: he made it fall, drop, or tumble down in consecutive portions or quantities, syn. تَابَعَ إِسْقَاطَهُ [in the CK اَسْقاطَهُ]; or it has both meanings. So in the L and in some copies of the S; one copy of the S mentions only the first.

Dābi Ibn-El-Ḥārith El-Burjumee says, describing a wild bull and the dogs: [His horn makes those of them that were trained for hunting fall one after another, as the blacksmith's iron makes sparks fall, scattered about]

shāhid
يُسَاقِطُ عَنْهُ رَوْقُهُ ضَارِ يَاتِهَاسِقَاطَ حَدِيدِ القَيْنِ أَخْوَلَ أَخْوَلَا
3.1.1figurative · مجازhe outstripped the other horses—ساقط الخَيْلَ

Said of a horse: as though he made them drop behind him, one after another.

3.1.2figurative · مجازhe discoursed with him alternately—ساقطهُ الحَدِيثَ

Maṣdars سِقَاطٌ and مُسَاقَطَةٌ. Discourse fell from each of them to the other, so that one spoke and the other listened to him, and when he fell silent the one who had been silent spoke; or: he discoursed to him telling him thing after thing.

3.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredhe used to relate that from the Apostle of God in the midst of his discourse—كَانَ يُسَاقِطُ ذٰلِكَ عَنْ رَسُولِ ٱللّٰهِ

As though he mixed his discourse with it.

3.2figurative · مجاز — inferredthe horse came running in a slack, or languid, manner—ساقط الفَرَسُ العَدْوَ

. Or سِقَاطٌ in a horse is the constant wounding of the foot by stones, so that it bleeds, or is hurt by them.

a horse slow in running—فَرَسٌ رَيّثُ السِقَاطِ
3.2.1figurative · مجازthe man failed to attain the condition of the generous, or noble—ساقط الرَّجُلُ

.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 3
19:25
وَهُزِّىٓ إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ ٱلنَّخْلَةِ تُسَـٰقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا

"And shake towards thyself the trunk of the palm-tree: It will let fall fresh ripe dates upon thee.

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, (S, M, K,) inf. n. مُسَاقَطَةٌ and سِقَاطٌ , (M, K,) i. q. أَسْقَطَهُ [q. v.]: (K:) or he made it to fall, fall down, drop, drop down, or tumble down, in consecutive portions or quantities; syn. تَابَعَ إِسْقَاطَهُ [in the CK اَسْقاطَهُ ]: (M, K:) or it has both of these significations. (So in the L, and in some copies of the S; but in one copy of the S, the former only is mentioned.) A poet says, (S, M,) namely Dábi Ibn-El-Hárith ElBurjumee, (TA,) describing a [wild] bull and the dogs, (S,) 1 [His horn makes to fall consecutively from him those of them that were trained for hunting, as the iron of the blacksmith makes sparks to fall consecutively, scattered about]. (S, M.) يُسَاقِطُ عَنْهُ رَوْقُهُ ضَارِ يَاتِهَا | سِقَاطَ حَدِيدِ القَيْنِ أَخْوَلَ أَخْوَلَا ساقط الخَيْلَ He (a horse) outstripped the [other] horses: (TA:) [as though he made them to drop behind him, one after another.] ساقطهُ الحَدِيثَ , (M, K,) inf. n. سِقَاطٌ (S, M, A) and مُسَاقَطَةٌ , (TA,) [He discoursed with him alternately;] discourse fell ( سَقَطَ ) from each of them to the other, (M, K,) so as that one discoursed, and the other listened to him, and when he became silent, he who had been silent discoursed: (S, K:) or he discoursed to him telling him thing after thing. (A, TA.) كَانَ يُسَاقِطُ ذٰلِكَ عَنْ رَسُولِ ٱللّٰهِ He used to relate that from the Apostle of God amid his discourse; as though he mixed his discourse therewith. (TA, from a trad.) ساقط الفَرَسُ العَدْوَ , (M, K,) inf. n. سِقَاطٌ , (S, M, K,) The horse came [running] in a slack, or languid, manner: (S, * M, K, TA:) or سِقَاطٌ in a horse is the incessantly having the foot wounded and made to bleed by stones, or hurt thereby. (A, TA.) You say also فَرَسٌ رَيّثُ السِقَاطِ A horse slow in running. (TA.) ساقط الرَّجُلُ , inf. n. سِقَاطٌ , The man failed of attaining to the condition of the generous, or noble. (TA.)
Form 4اسقطهُ8 senses · 2 main

Core sense — he made it fall, he dropped it; she cast her young; he annulled itgenerated

4.1

He made it fall, drop, or tumble down; he threw it down; he dropped it; he let it fall, to the ground, or from a higher to a lower place. See also 3, first sentence.

4.1.1she cast her young one, or fetus; she brought it forth before its time—أَسْقَطَتٌ
the same—اسقطت وَلَدَهَا

That is, in an immature or imperfect state, or dead, but having the form developed.

Or the second is wrong: some say the Arabs left off the object after this verb, scarcely or never saying أَسْقَطَتْ سِقْطًا; nor do they say أُسْقِطَ الوَلَدُ. The lawyers use these last two phrases, but they are not Arabic; or a phrase like the last, أُسْقِطَتِ الأَجِنَّةُ, occurs in an Arabic verse.

Said of a pregnant female, or of a woman, or of a camel or other animal; according to El-Kālee, only of a woman, just as اجهضت is said only of a she-camel.

4.1.2

أُسْقِطِ فِى يَدِهِ: see 1.

4.1.3figurative · مجازthe Sultán made him fall, or degraded him, from his honourable station—اسقطهُ السُّلْطَانُ

That is, مِنْ مَنْزِلَتِهِ, from his honourable station.

4.1.4figurative · مجازhe dropped, left out, or omitted a letter of a word, a word of a phrase, and the like—اسقط

You say اسقط حَرْفًا and كَلِمَةٍ and فِى كَلِمَةٍ and فِىكَلَامِهِ: see 1.

the registrar of the stipends of soldiers or pensioners dropped, left out, or omitted his name—اسقط الفَارِضُ ٱسْمَهُ
4.1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredhe annulled it; he made it void, of no force, or of no account; he rejected it—اسقطهُ
the same—اسقط حُكْمَهُ

Said of a claim or demand, a due, an argument or a plea, a condition, a law, a command or prohibition, a gift, a reward, a punishment, a good action, a sin, and the like. For an example see هَدَرَ, and see 1, near the end of the paragraph.

he abated so much of the price—اسقط مِنَ الثَّمَنِ كَذَا

Syn. حَطَّ; in art. حط.

4.1.6

اسقطهُ is put by mistake in the K, in one instance, for استسقطهُ. See 5.

4.2figurative · مجازthey reviled him with evil speech—أَسْقَطُوا لَهُ بِالكَلَامِ
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4
17:92
أَوْ تُسْقِطَ ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَمَا زَعَمْتَ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا أَوْ تَأْتِىَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ قَبِيلًا

"Or thou cause the sky to fall in pieces, as thou sayest (will happen), against us; or thou bring Allah and the angels before (us) face to face:

26:187
فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

"Now cause a piece of the sky to fall on us, if thou art truthful!"

34:9
أَفَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ إِن نَّشَأْ نَخْسِفْ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ أَوْ نُسْقِطْ عَلَيْهِمْ كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ

See they not what is before them and behind them, of the sky and the earth? If We wished, We could cause the earth to swallow them up, or cause a piece of the sky to fall upon them. Verily in this is a Sign for every devotee that turns to Allah (in repentance).

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He made it to fall, fall down, drop, drop down, or tumble down; threw it down; dropped it; let it fall; (S, * M, Mgh, Msb;) upon the ground; (Mgh;) or from a higher to a lower place. (Msb.) See also 3, first sentence. أَسْقَطَتٌ , (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) or اسقطت وَلَدَهَا , (M, K,) or the latter is wrong, (MF,) for the Arabs disused, as some say, the objective complement after this verb, scarcely, or never, saying أَسْقَطَتْ سِقْطًا , nor do they say, أُسْقِطَ الوَلَدُ , (Msb, MF,) or the lawyers use these last two phrases, but they are not Arabic, (Mgh,) or a phrase like the last, i. e. أُسْقِطَتِ الأَجِنَّةُ , occurs in an Arabic verse, (TA,) She (a pregnant female, Mgh, Msb, or a woman, M, B, and so in a copy of the S, or a camel or other animal, as in some copies of the S and in the O, or, accord. to El- Kálee, only said of a woman, like as اجهضت is only said of a she-camel, TA,) cast her young one, or fœtus or her young; brought forth her young one, or fœtus, or her young, abortively, or in an immature, or imperfect, state, (S, * M, Msb, K, B,) or dead, (Mgh,) but having the form developed, or manifest. (Mgh, Msb.) أُسْقِطِ فِى يَدِهِ : see 1. اسقطهُ السُّلْطَانُ [The Sultán made him to fall, or degraded him, مِنْ مَنْزِلَتِهِ from his honourable station]. (TA.) [ اسقط also signifies He dropped, left out, or omitted, a letter of a word, a word of a phrase, &c.] You say, اسقط حَرْفًا , and كَلِمَةٍ , and فِى كَلِمَةٍ , and فِىكَلَامِهِ : see 1. And اسقط الفَارِضُ ٱسْمَهُ The appointer, or registrar, of the stipends of soldiers or pensioners dropped, left out, or omitted, his name. (TA.) [Also He, or it, annulled; made, or rendered, null, void, of no force, or of no account; he rejected; said in relation to a claim or demand, a due, an argument or a plea, a condition, a law, a command or prohibition, a gift, a reward, a punishment, a good action, a sin, &c.; of any of these you say, اسقطهُ , and اسقط حُكْمَهُ : see an ex. voce هَدَرَ : and see 1, near the end of the paragraph. Hence,] اسقط مِنَ الثَّمَنِ كَذَا He abated of the price so much; syn. حَطَّ . (Mgh and Msb in art. حط .) اسقطهُ is erroneously put in the K, in one instance, for استسقطهُ . (TA.) See 5. أَسْقَطُوا لَهُ بِالكَلَامِ They reviled him with evil speech. (TA.)
Form 5تسقّطهُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he sought his mistake, he tried to make him slipgenerated

5.1figurative · مجازhe sought his mistake, or error—استسقطهُ

He strove, or laboured, to make him commit a mistake or an error; or to make him lie; or to make him reveal what he had to tell. The headword has the same meaning.

The copies of the K have أَسْقَطَهُ, which is a mistake.

5.1.1figurative · مجازhe took, or received, the news little by little, thing after thing—تسقّط الخَبَرَ

Mentioned by Aboo-Turáb, on the authority of Abu-l-Mikdám Es-Sulamee.

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He sought his mistake, or error: (S, K, TA:) he strove, or laboured, to make him commit a mistake, or an error; or to make him lie; or to make him reveal what he had to tell; (M, K, TA;) as also استسقطهُ ; (M, TA;) in the copies of the K, أَسْقَطَهُ , which is a mistake. (TA.) تسقّط الخَبَرَ He took, or received, the news, or information, by little and little; (K, TA;) thing after thing: mentioned by Aboo-Turáb, on the authority of Abu-l-Mikdám EsSulamee. (TA.)
Form 6تساقط3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it fell one thing after another; he threw himself upon itgenerated

6.1

See its variant اِسَّاقَطَ in 1, first sentence.

6.1.1figurative · مجازthe wealth of such a one came to me one thing after another—تَسَاقَطَ إِلَىَّ خَيْرُ فُلَانٍ

It fell in consecutive portions or quantities [like the leaves of a tree and the like]; by degrees; gradually.

A poet says: [Many a day] of which the pleasures come one thing after another; [such a day being like the asterism of the Pleiades, and its pleasures like its rains] — meaning that its pleasures were many.

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كَنَجْمِ الثُّرَيَّا وَأَمْطَارِهَاوَيَوْمٍ تَسَاقَطُ لَذَّاتُهُ
6.1.2he threw himself upon the thing—تساقط عَلَى الشَّىٌءِ
he threw himself upon the man, protecting him with his own body—تساقط عَلَى الرَّجُلِ يَقِيه بِنَفْسِهِ
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: see its variation اِسَّاقَطَ in 1; first sentence. It fell in consecutive portions or quantities [like the leaves of a tree, &c.; by degrees; gradually]. (M, K.) A poet says, 1 i. e. [Many a day] of which the pleasures come one thing after another; [such a day being like the asterism of the Pleiades, and the pleasures thereof like its rains;] meaning the abounding of its pleasures. (TA.) And you say, تَسَاقَطَ إِلَىَّ خَيْرُ فُلَانٍ [The wealth of such a one fell, or came, to me, one thing after another]. (TA.) كَنَجْمِ الثُّرَيَّا وَأَمْطَارِهَا | وَيَوْمٍ تَسَاقَطُ لَذَّاتُهُ تساقط عَلَى الشَّىٌءِ He threw himself upon the thing. (S.) You say, تساقط عَلَى الرَّجُلِ يَقِيه بِنَفْسِهِ [He threw himself upon the man, protecting him with his own person]. (TA.)
Form 10إِسْتَسْقَطَ1 sense

Core sense — he sought his mistake, he tried to make him slipgenerated

10.1

See 5.

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see 5.

Derived nouns 25

Nounسَقْطٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a child born before term; sparks of fire; the slope of a sand-tractgenerated

1

See سِقْطٌ, in three places.

2

And سَقِيطٌ, in two places.

2.1

And سَاقِطٌ.

2.2

And سَقْطَةٌ.

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: see سِقْطٌ , in three places: and سَقِيطٌ , in two places: and سَاقِطٌ : and سَقْطَةٌ .
Nounسُقْطٌ1 sense

Core sense — a child born before term; sparks of fire; the slope of a sand-tractgenerated

1

See سِقْطٌ, in three places.

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: see سِقْطٌ , in three places.
Nounسِقْطٌ7 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a child born before term; sparks of fire; the slope of a sand-tract; a winggenerated

1a child, or young one, that falls from its mother's belly before its time—سُقْطٌ
the same—سَقْطٌ

That is, in an immature or imperfect state, or dead, but having the form developed; otherwise it is not so called; whether male or female.

Of these three forms the first is the most common; the plural is أَسْقَاطٌ.

on this sense The reward which a father will receive for such offspring is [held to be] more than that for adult offspring.

1.1figurative · مجازthe sparks that fall when one strikes fire—سِقْطُ النَّارِ
the same—سُقْطُهَا
the same—سَقْطُهَا

Hence: the same three forms given above are also used in this meaning.

What falls, of fire, from the زَنْد, or between the زَنْدَانِ, when one produces fire, or before the emission of the fire is fully effected; masculine and feminine.

1.2the fall, or slope, of a tract of sand; the place where sand ends—سِقْطُ رَمْلٍ
the same—سُقْطُهُ
the same—سَقْطُهُ
the same—مَسْقَطُهُ
the same—مَسْقِطُهُ

Or the place to which the extremity of the sand reaches; or the place where the main body of sand ends and slopes away and becomes thin; for it comes from سُقُوطٌ [maṣdar of form 1].

1.3figurative · مجازthe edge, or extremity, of a cloud—سِقْطٌ

Or the part of a cloud where the edge is seen as though it were falling upon the earth, in the horizon.

1.4figurative · مجاز

And hence, or from the same word as used of sand: the corresponding part of a [tent of the kind called] خِبَآء; or the lowest strip of cloth, next the ground, on either side of a خبآء; or the side of a خبآء, or [each of] its two sides.

1.5figurative · مجازthe wing, each of the two wings, of a bird, or of a male ostrich—سِقَاطٌ

The headword also has this meaning.

the same—مَسْقَطٌ
the part of a bird's wing that it drags on the ground—سِقْطُ جَنَاحِ الطَّائِرِ
1.6figurative · مجازthe two sides of the darkness of night; its beginning and its end—سِقْطَا اللَّيْلِ
the same—سِقَاطَاهُ

Er-Rá'ee says: [Until, when the dawn shone, and the blackness of confused night was dispelled from it]

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حَتَّى إِذَامَا أَضَآءَالصُّبْحُ وَ أَنْبَعَثَتْعَنْهُ نَعَامَةُ ذِى سِقْطَيْنِ مُعْتَكِرِ

By نعامة he means the “blackness” of night; he says that the night, with its beginning and its end, passed, and the dawn shone clearly.

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and سُقْطٌ and سَقْطٌ A child, or young one, or fœtus, that falls from the belly of the mother abortively, or in an immature, or imperfect, state, (S, M, Msb, K,) or dead, (Mgh,) but having the form developed, or manifest; (Mgh, Msb;) for otherwise it is not so called; (Mgh;) whether male or female: (Msb, TA:) the first of these three forms is the most common: and the pl. is أَسْقَاطٌ . (TA.) The reward which a father will receive for such offspring is [held to be] more than that for adult offspring. (TA.) Hence, (M, B, TA,) the same three words, (K,) or سِقْطُ النَّارِ and سُقْطُهَا and سَقْطُهَا , (S, M, Msb,) What falls, (S, M, Msb, K,) of fire, (S,) from the زَنْد , (Msb,) or between the زَنْدَانِ , (M, K,) when one produces fire, (S,) or before the emission of the fire is thoroughly effected: (M, K:) masc. and fem. (Fr, S, K.) Also سِقْطُ رَمْلٍ and سُقْطُهُ and سَقْطُهُ (S, M, Msb, K,) and مَسْقَطُهُ (M, K) and مَسْقِطُهُ (M, TA) [The fall, or slope, of a tract, or quantity, of sand;] the place where sand [falls, or slopes, and] ends: (S:) or the place to which the extremity of sand extends: (Msb:) or the place where the main portion of sand ends, and where it [falls, or slopes, and] becomes thin; (M, K;) for it is [derived] from سُقُوطٌ [inf. n. of 1]. (M.) Also سِقْطٌ The edge, or extremity, of a cloud: (M, K:) or the part of a cloud where the edge, or extremity, is seen as though it were falling upon the earth, in the horizon. (S.) And hence, or from the same word as used in relation to sand, (TA,) The similar part of a [tent of the kind called] خِبَآء : (S:) or the lowest strip of cloth, that is next the ground, on either side of a خبآء : (A, TA:) or the side of a خبآء : (K:) or [each of] the two sides thereof. (M.) Also, (S, M, K,) and سِقَاطٌ and مَسْقَطٌ , (M, K,) The wing; (K;) each of the two wings; (S, M;) of a bird; (M, K;) or of a male ostrich. (S.) And سِقْطُ جَنَاحِ الطَّائِرِ The part of the wing of the bird which it drags upon the ground. (S, TA.) [And hence,] سِقْطَا اللَّيْلِ The two sides of the darkness of night; (TA;) the beginning and end thereof; (S, TA;) as also سِقَاطَاهُ : (TA:) whence the saying of the poet, (S, TA,) namely Er-Rá'ee, (TA,) 1 [Until, when the dawn shone, and the blackness of confused night became dispelled from it]: he means by نعامة the “ blackness ” of night: he says that the night, having its beginning and end, passed, and the dawn shone clearly. (S, TA.) حَتَّى إِذَامَا أَضَآءَالصُّبْحُ وَ أَنْبَعَثَتْ | عَنْهُ نَعَامَةُ ذِى سِقْطَيْنِ مُعْتَكِرِ
Nounسَقَطٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — refuse, what is worthless of food or household goods; a mistake; something disgracefulgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe refuse of anything; what falls from a thing and is held in low estimation—سُقَاطَةٌ
the same—سُقَاطٌ

The headword means: what is made to fall, thrown down, or dropped, of, or from, a thing, and held in low estimation.

Or, according to some, this last is a plural [or rather a collective noun], of which سُقَاطَهٌ is the singular [or ism waḥda]; and سُقَاطَاتٌ is also a plural of this last.

what is worthless, of food; what falls from food—سَقَطُ الطَّعَامِ
refuse that falls from food and drink and the like, and is held in low estimation—سُقَاطَةٌ

The plural of سَقَطٌ is أَسْقَاطٌ.

the same—سُقَاطٌ
what is worthless, paltry, or of little account, of the furniture or utensils of a house or tent, or of household goods; or their refuse—سَقَطُ المَتَاعِ
the same—سُقَاطَةُ المَتَاعِ
the same—سَقَطُ البَيْتِ

Or such articles of a tent or house as the needle, the axe, the cooking-pot and the like; plural as above.

And hence آَسْقَاطُ النَّاسِ [q. v. below], as also سَقَطُ النَّاسِ, under سَاقِطٌ.

things of which the sale is held in low estimation—سَقَطٌ

Such as the seeds used in cooking, for seasoning food, and the like; or such as sugar and raisins.

on this sense Also: the parts of a slaughtered beast that are held in low estimation, such as the legs, the stomach, the liver and the like; plural as above.

1.1figurative · مجازa mistake, or an error, in speech, in reckoning, in writing, or in action—سِقَاطٌ

The headword has this meaning, and so does this form. [See also سَقْطَةٌ.]

1.2figurative · مجاز

A disgraceful, or shameful, thing; a vice, or fault, or the like.

1.3figurative · مجازevil speech—سَقَطُ الكَلَامِ
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What is made to fall, thrown down, or dropped, of, or from, a thing, (M, K,) and held in mean estimation: (TA:) and [in like manner] سُقَاطَةٌ the refuse of anything; (IDrd;) or what falls, of, or from, a thing, (M, K,) and is held in mean estimation; (TA;) as also سُقَاطٌ ; (K;) or, accord. to some, this last is a pl. [or rather a coll. gen. n.], and سُقَاطَهٌ is its sing. [or n. un.]; and سُقَاطَاتٌ is also a pl. of this last. (TA.) [Hence,] سَقَطُ الطَّعَامِ What is worthless, of food: (M, K: *) or what falls from, or of, food: (M:) and [in like manner] سُقَاطَةٌ and سُقَاطٌ refuse that falls, and is held in mean estimation, of, or from, food and beverage and the like: (TA:) the pl. of سَقَطٌ is أَسْقَاطٌ . (K.) And سَقَطُ المَتَاعِ What is worthless, paltry, mean, vile, or held in little account, of the furniture or utensils of a house or tent, or of household goods: (S, Msb, K:) or the refuse thereof; (Mgh;) and so سُقَاطَةُ المَتَاعِ : (TA:) and سَقَطُ البَيْتِ signifies the same; (M;) or such articles of the tent or house as the needle and the axe and the cookingpot and the like: (Lth:) pl. as above. (M.) And hence, آَسْقَاطُ النَّاسِ (q. v. infrà, as also سَقَطُ النَّاسِ , voce سَاقِطٌ ). (Lh, M.) سَقَطٌ also signifies Things of which the sale is held in mean estimation; such as the seeds that are used in cooking, for seasoning food; and the like; (M, TA;) or such as sugar and raisins. (A, TA.) Also The parts of a slaughtered beast that are held in mean estimation; such as the legs and the stomach and the liver, and the like of these: pl. as above. (TA.) A mistake, or an error, (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) in speech, (M, Msb, K,) in reckoning, (S, M, K,) in writing, (S, M, Mgh, K,) and in action; (Msb;) as also سِقَاطٌ . (M, K.) [See also سَقْطَةٌ .] A disgraceful; or shameful, thing; a vice, or fault, or the like. (M, K, TA.) سَقَطُ الكَلَامِ Evil speech. (TA.)
Nounسَقْطَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a fall, a violent fall; a slip, a faultgenerated

1

[A fall:] or a violent fall.

1.1figurative · مجازa slip, a lapse, a fault, or a wrong action—سِقَاطٌ
the same—سَقْطٌ

This last is also used in a plural sense; or سقاط is the plural of سَقْطَةٌ. As a singular it is a maṣdar of سَاقَطَ.

سَقْطَةٌ also means a bad word or saying, one that swerves from what is right; in art. عور. Its plural, or one of its plurals, is سَقَطَاتٌ.

no one will be free from a slip—لَايَخْلُو أَحَدٌ مِنْ سَقْطَةٍ
the perfect man is he whose slips are so few that they may be counted—الكَامِلُ مَنْ عُدَّتْ سَقَطَاتُهُ
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[A fall: or] a violent fall. (M, TA.) A slip, lapse, fault, or wrong action; as also سِقَاطٌ ; (S, K;) and سَقْطٌ ; which last is also used in a pl. sense: (TA:) or the second ( سقاط ) is pl. of سَقْطَةٌ : (Msb, K:) as sing., it is an inf. n. of سَاقَطَ : (TA:) and سَقْطَةٌ also signifies a bad word or saying, that swerves from rectitude: (TA in art. عور :) its pl., or one of its pls., is سَقَطَاتٌ . (TA.) You say, لَايَخْلُو أَحَدٌ مِنْ سَقْطَةٍ [No one will be free from a slip]. (TA.) And الكَامِلُ مَنْ عُدَّتْ سَقَطَاتُهُ [The perfect is he whose slips are so few that they may be counted]. (TA.)
Nounسَقَطِىُّ1 sense

Core sense — one who sells worthless household goods, or their refusegenerated

1a seller of what is worthless, mean, or paltry, of the furniture or utensils of a house or tent, or of household goods, or of their refuse—سَقَّاطٌ

The second of the two forms is disallowed by some, though it occurs in a tradition. What he sells is what is termed سَقَطُ المَتَاعِ. Those who disallow that adjective call such a person صَاحِبُ سَقَطِ.

Or that adjective means a seller of things of which the sale is held in low estimation, such as the seeds used in cooking, for seasoning food, and the like, which are termed سَقَطٌ. [See also أَسْقَاطِىٌّ.]

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(Mgh, K) and سَقَّاطٌ , (S, Mgh, K,) the latter disallowed by some, (Mgh, TA,) but occurring in a trad., (S, Mgh, TA,) A seller of what is worthless, or mean, or vile, of the furniture or utensils of a house or tent, or of household goods; (S, K;) or of the refuse thereof; (Mgh;) of what are termed سَقَطُ المَتَاعِ : (S, Mgh, K:) those who disallow the latter epithet term such a person صَاحِبُ سَقَطِ : (TA:) or ↓ the latter epithet signifies a seller of things of which the sale is held in mean estimation; such as the seeds that are used in cooking, for seasoning food; and the like; which are termed سَقَطٌ . (M.) [See also أَسْقَاطِىٌّ .]
Nounسَقَاطٌ1 sense

Core sense — what falls, or drops, from a thinggenerated

1

See سَقَّاطٌ.

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: see سَقَّاطٌ .
Nounسُقَاطٌ1 sense

Core sense — refuse; what falls from a thing and is held in low estimationgenerated

1

See سَقَطٌ, in two places.

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Nounسِقَاطٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — unripe dates that fall from palm-trees; dates brought from El-Yemámehgenerated

1

What falls from palm-trees, of unripe dates; or such are termed سِقَاطُ النَّخْلِ.

سقاط, so used, may be a singular, or a plural of سَاقِطٌ [q. v.].

1.1figurative · مجاز

Dates that are brought from El-Yemámeh by those who journey there to procure them.

1.2

See also سَقْطَةٌ and سَقَطٌ, near the end of the paragraph.

1.3

And see سِقْطٌ, in two places, near the end of the paragraph.

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What falls from palm-trees, of unripe dates: (K:) or such are termed سِقَاطُ النَّخْلِ : (M:) سقاط , thus used, may be a sing., or pl. of سَاقِطٌ [q. v.]. (TA.) Dates that are brought from El-Yemámeh by those who journey thither to procure them. (M, K.) See also سَقْطَةٌ : and سَقَطٌ , near the end of the paragraph: and see سِقْطٌ , in two places, near the end of the paragraph.
Nounسَقُوطٌ1 sense

Core sense — falling, dropping down; hanging downgenerated

1

See سَاقِطٌ.

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Nounسَقِيطٌ8 senses · 3 main

Core sense — hoar-frost; snow; hail; dew fallen on the groundgenerated

1hoar-frost, or rime; dew that falls and freezes on the ground—جَلِيدٌ
the same—ضَرِيبٌ

The headword in this sense belongs to the dialect of Teiyi; in art. جلد.

1.1

Snow; and so سَقْطٌ.

1.2

Hail; or that is called سَقِيطُ السَّحَابِ.

1.3

What falls, or has fallen, of dew, upon the ground; and so سَقْطٌ.

1.4scattered pearls—دُرٌّسَقِيطٌ
scattered leaves—وَرَقٌ سِقَاطٌ

The second word is the plural of سَقِيطٌ, as طِوَالٌ is the plural of طَوِيلٌ.

1.5

See also سَاقِطٌ.

2

A whelp; syn. جِرْوٌ.

3

Some also say it means baked pottery, but the correct word in that sense is with ش.

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Hoar-frost, or rime; i. e. dew that falls and congeals upon the ground; (S, M, K;) also called جَلِيدٌ and ضَرِيبٌ ; (S in art. جلد ;) of the dial. of Teiyi. (M.) Snow; (S, TA;) as also سَقْطٌ . (K, TA.) Hail: (K:) or this is called سَقِيطُ السَّحَابِ . (M, TA.) What falls, or has fallen, of dew, (M, K, TA,) upon the ground; (M, TA;) as also سَقْطٌ . (K, TA.) دُرٌّسَقِيطٌ Scattered pearls. (TA.) And وَرَقٌ سِقَاطٌ [Scattered leaves]: the latter word is pl. of سَقِيطٌ , like as طِوَالٌ is pl. of طَوِيلٌ . (TA.) See also سَاقِطٌ . A whelp; syn. جِرْوٌ . (TA.) It is also said by some to signify Baked pottery; but the correct word in this sense is with ش . (TA.)
Nounسُقَاطَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — refuse; what falls from a thing and is held in low estimationgenerated

1

See سَقَطٌ, in four places.

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: see سَقَطٌ , in four places.
Nounسَقِيطَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a slip, a fault; a low, mean womangenerated

1

See سَاقِطٌ, in two places.

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: see سَاقِطٌ , in two places.
Nounسَقَّاطٌ2 senses

Core sense — a sword that cuts through and falls beyond what it strikesgenerated

1a sword that falls beyond the thing struck with it, cutting it and passing on to the ground—سَقَاطٌ

Or: one that cuts the thing struck with it and then reaches what is beyond it; or that cleaves so as to reach the ground after cutting; or that passes through the thing struck and then falls. From the commentary on the Deewán of the Hudhalees.

the same—سَقَّاطٌ وَرَآءَ الضَّرِيبَةِ
2

See سَقَطِىٌّ, in two places.

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(S, Sgh, L, K) and سَقَاطٌ , (K,) or سَقَّاطٌ وَرَآءَ الضَّرِيبَةِ , (M,) A sword that falls behind the object struck therewith, cutting it so as to pass to the ground: (S, K:) or that cuts the object struck therewith, and then reaches to what is after it: (M, K:) or that cleaves so as to reach to the ground after cutting: (IAar, M:) or that passes through the object struck therewith, and then falls. (Expos. of the Deewán of the Hudhalees.) See سَقَطِىٌّ , in two places.
Nounسُقَّيْطٌ1 sense

Core sense — the tubercles of the cyperus esculentus, or the plant itselfgenerated

1

Same as حَبُّ العَزِيزِ [the small tubercles that make up the root of the cyperus esculentus; or that plant itself].

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i. q. حَبُّ العَزِيزِ [The small tubercles that compose the root of the cyperus esculentus: or that plant itself]. (TA.)
Nounسُقَّاطَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a door-latchgenerated

1

[A door-latch:] a thing that is put over the upper part of a door and falls upon it, so that the door becomes fastened.

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[A door-latch;] a thing that is put over the upper part of a door, and that falls upon it, so that it becomes fastened. (TA.)
Nounسَاقِطٌ12 senses · 1 main

Core sense — falling, dropping down; low, ignoble, mean; hanging downgenerated

1falling, falling down, dropping, tumbling down—سَقُوطٌ

This form is both masculine and feminine.

1.1a fruit that falls before it ripens—سَاقِطَةٌ

Its feminine, as an adjective in which the quality of a substantive predominates. Plural سَوَاقِطُ, which also means what falls from palm-trees; or branches that fall, not fruits.

1.2

هُوَ سَاقِطٌ فِى يَدِهِ: see مَسْقُوطٌ.

1.3figurative · مجازfor every saying that falls from a man there is someone who will pick it up—لِكُلِّ سَاقِطَةٍ لَاقِطَةٌ

Or: for every word that falls from the speaker's mouth there is someone who will hear it, pick it up and spread it. A proverb, about guarding the tongue.

The ة in لاقطة either gives intensiveness to the meaning or is for the sake of assimilation.

1.4figurative · مجازfallings of heat—سَوَاقِطُ مِنْ حَرٍ

See 1, near the end of the paragraph.

1.5hanging down, pendent—سَاقِطٌ

The plural is سُقَّاطٌ.

1.6an old man tottering because of age—شَيْخٌ سَاقِطٌ كِبَرًا

[Also: tottering because of age.]

In art. درهم.

1.7figurative · مجاز — inferredlow, ignoble, base, or mean in the deeds or qualities of his ancestors and of himself—سَاقِطَةٌ
the same, in the deeds or qualities of his ancestors and of his race—سَاقِطَةٌ
one who is not reckoned among the better, or best, class of young men—سَقْطٌ

The headword also means low, ignoble, base, vile, or mean in this way; and it means one who is, or remains, behind, or in the rear of, other men; obscure, unnoted, of no reputation.

Plurals سُقَّاطٌ, سَقْطَى, and سِقَاطٌ, which last is like نِيَامٌ as a plural of نَائِمٌ; also سُقَطَآءُ [by rule a plural of سَقِيطٌ, mentioned below] and سَوَاقِطُ [which is a plural of سَاقِطَةٌ].

The adjectives سَاقِطٌ مَاقِطٌ لَاقِطٌ are used together, meaning low, ignoble, base, vile, or mean, said of a man, as stated in the L.

Or, according to the O, and the S in art. مقط, the Arabs say in reviling, فُلَانٌ سَاقِطُ بْنُ مَاقِطِ بْنِ لَاقِطٍ, meaning: such a one is a slave of a slave of a slave of a freedman, son of a slave of a slave of a freedman, son of a slave of a freedman; the ساقط being the slave of the ماقط, the ماقط the slave of the لاقط, and the لاقط the slave of the freedman.

the refuse, rabble, or lowest sort, of mankind, or of people—سُقَّاطُ النَّاسِ

According to IAar; in art. خشر. Also سَقَطُ النَّاسِ and أَسْقَاطُ النَّاسِ, as being likened to those articles of a tent or house that are termed سَقَطٌ [q. v.].

soldiers of whom no account is made—سُقَّاطُ الجُنْدِ
deficient in intellect, or intelligence, or understanding—سَاقِطَةٌ

In the K سَقِيطَةٌ, but this is a mistake; or, applied to a man, it is used only when immediately followed by لَقِيطَةٌ; in art. لقط.

Also سَقِيطٌ, according to Ez-Zejjájee; and سَقِيطَة is the feminine of the latter, and also means, said of a woman, low, ignoble, base, or mean, and stupid.

he is mean in conduct; one of whose actions no account is made—هُوَ سَاقِطَةُ الفِعْلِ
1.8figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also, vile, mean, or paltry, said of a thing; in art. لقط. And a thing falling short of the due, or just, mean; in art. وسط.

1.9figurative · مجاز — inferreda horse that runs interruptedly—سَاقِطُ الشَّدِ
1.10figurative · مجازpeople who come to El-Yemámeh to bring dates from there for themselves—سَوَاقِطُ
1.11figurative · مجاز — inferred

And this last word also means small, low mountains, [as though] cleaving to the ground.

Qur’ānic occurrences سَاقِط
52:44
وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ

Were they to see a piece of the sky falling (on them), they would (only) say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!"

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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Falling; falling down; dropping; dropping down; tumbling down; as also سَقُوطٌ ; (M, K;) which latter is both masc. and fem. (M, TA.) سَاقِطَةٌ [its fem., as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates,] A fruit that falls before maturity: pl. سَوَاقِطُ : which also signifies what falls from palm-trees: or branches that fall; not fruits. (Mgh.) هُوَ سَاقِطٌ فِى يَدِهِ : see مَسْقُوطٌ . لِكُلِّ سَاقِطَةٍ لَاقِطَةٌ For every saying that falls from one, there is a person who will take it up: (Msb:) or for every word that falls from the mouth of the speaker, there is a person who will hear it and pick it up and publish it: a prov., relating to the guarding of the tongue: (TA:) the ة in لاقطة is either to give intensiveness to the meaning or for the purpose of assimilation. (Msb.) سَوَاقِطُ مِنْ حَرٍ Fallings of heat. (M, TA.) [See 1, near the end of the paragraph.] سَاقِطٌ also signifies Hanging down; pendent; pendulous: and the pl. is سُقَّاطٌ . (TA.) [And Tottering by reason of age.] You say شَيْخٌ سَاقِطٌ كِبَرًا [An old man tottering by reason of age]. (K in art. درهم .) Also Low, ignoble, base, vile, or mean, in respect of the deeds or qualities of his ancestors, and of himself; (S, Mgh;) and so سَاقِطَةٌ : (S:) or, in respect of the deeds or qualities of his ancestors, and of his race; and so سَاقِطَةٌ : (TA:) one who is not reckoned among the better, or best, class of young men; as also سَقْطٌ : (K:) one who is, or remains, behind, or in the rear of, other men: (M, K:) [obscure, unnoted, reputeless, or of no reputation:] pl. سُقَّاطٌ (S, Mgh, TA) and سَقْطَى (S, TA) and سِقَاطٌ , which last is like نِيَامٌ as pl. of نَائِمٌ , and سُقَطَآءُ , [by rule a pl. of سَقِيطٌ , which see in what follows,] and سَوَاقِطُ [is pl. of سَاقِطَةٌ ]. (TA.) The epithets سَاقِطٌ مَاقِطٌ لَاقِطٌ are used together, as signifying Low, ignoble, base, vile, or mean; applied to a man; as is said in the L: or, accord. to the O, [and the S in art. مقط ,] the Arabs say, in reviling, فُلَانٌ سَاقِطُ بْنُ مَاقِطِ بْنِ لَاقِطٍ , meaning Such a one is a slave of a slave of a slave of a freedman, son of a slave of a slave of a freedman, son of a slave of a freedman; the ساقط being the slave of the ماقط , and the ماقط being the slave of the لاقط , and the لاقط being the slave of the freedman. (TA.) سُقَّاطُ النَّاسِ signifies, accord. to IAar, The refuse, rabble, or lowest or basest or meanest sort, of mankind, or of people; (TA in art. خشر ;) as also سَقَطُ النَّاسِ , (TA,) and أَسْقَاطُ النَّاسِ , as being likened to those articles of a tent or house which are termed سَقَطٌ , q. v.: (Lh, M:) and سُقَّاطُ الجُنْدِ Soldiers of whom no account is made. (TA.) سَاقِطَةٌ , (M, L, TA,) in the K سَقِيطَةٌ , but this is a mistake, (TA,) or, applied to a man, only used when immediately followed by لَقِيطَةٌ , (TA in art. لقط ,) also signifies Deficient in intellect, or intelligence, or understanding; (M, L, K;) as also سَقِيطٌ ; (Ez-Zejjájee, M, L, K;) and سَقِيطَة is the fem. of the latter; (M, L, TA;) and signifies also, applied to a woman, Low, ignoble, base, vile, or mean, (S, TA,) and stupid. (So in some copies of the S, and in the TA.) You say also, هُوَ سَاقِطَةُ الفِعْلِ [He is mean in conduct: or one of whose actions no account is made]. (TA.) Also, [as signifying Vile, mean, or paltry,] applied to a thing: (TA in art. لقط :) [a thing] falling short of the due, or just, mean. (M in art. وسط .) سَاقِطُ الشَّدِ A horse that runs interruptedly. (A, TA.) سَوَاقِطُ Persons who come to El-Yemámeh to bring thence for themselves provisions of dates. (M, K, TA.) And ↓ this last word, Small, low mountains, [as though] cleaving to the ground. (TA.)
Nounسَاقِطَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — falling, dropping; low, mean, said of a womangenerated

1

This word and its plural سَوَاقِطُ: see سَاقِطٌ, throughout.

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, and its pl. سَوَاقِطُ : see سَاقِطٌ , throughout.
Nounأَسْقَاطِىُّ1 sense

Core sense — one who sells the cheap parts of a slaughtered beastgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred

One who sells the parts of a slaughtered beast that are called سَقَطٌ [q. v.]. [See also سَقَطِىٌّّ.]

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One who sells the parts of a slaughtered beast that are called سَقَطٌ [q. v.]. (TA.) [See also سَقَطِىٌّّ .]
Nounمِسْقِطٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a place, and a time, of falling; a birthplacegenerated

1a place, and a time, of falling, dropping, or tumbling down, of a thing—مَسْقَطٌ

The headword is irregular with respect to rule, though the commoner in usage; this second form is a maṣdar as well as a noun of place and of time. Said, for instance, of a whip and of rain. Plural مَسَاقِطُ.

1.1figurative · مجازthe place of birth—مَسْقِطُ الرَّأْسِ
the same—مَسْقَطُهُ
the same, used alone—المسقط
this is my birthplace—هٰذَامَسْقِطُ رَأْسِى
El-Basrah is my birthplace—البَصْرَةُ مَسْقَطُ رَأْسِى
he yearns towards his birthplace—هُوَ يَحِنُّ إِلَىمَسْقِطِهِ
1.2figurative · مجازhe came to us at the time of the setting of the star, or asterism—ٱتَانَا فِى مَسْقِطِ النَّجْمِ

That is, at the time of the auroral setting of the Pleiades: see مَنَازِلُ القَمَرِ in art. نزل.

1.3

مَسْقِطٌ also means the place where anything ends. See سِقْطٌ, in three places.

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(S, M, K) and مَسْقَطٌ , (M, K,) the former extr. [with respect to rule, though the contr. with respect to usage], (M,) and the latter an inf. n. as well as a noun of place [and of time], (S, K,) A place [and a time] of falling, falling down, dropping, dropping down, or tumbling down, (S, M, K,) of a thing; (M, TA;) as, for instance, of a whip, and of rain: pl. مَسَاقِطُ . (TA.) مَسْقِطُ الرَّأْسِ , (K,) and مَسْقَطُهُ , (As,) and المسقط alone, (A, TA,) The place of birth. (K, TA.) You say, هٰذَامَسْقِطُ رَأْسِى This is my birthplace. (S.) And البَصْرَةُ مَسْقَطُ رَأْسِى [El-Basrah is my birth-place]. (M.) And هُوَ يَحِنُّ إِلَىمَسْقِطِهِ He yearns towards his birth-place. (A, TA.) ٱتَانَا فِى مَسْقِطِ النَّجْمِ He came to us at the time of the setting of the star, or asterism; (S, TA;) [meaning, at the time of the auroral setting of the Pleiades: see مَنَازِلُ القَمَرِ , in art. نزل .] مَسْقِطٌ also signifies The place of the ending of anything. (TA.) See سِقْطٌ , in three places.
Nounمُسْقِطٌ1 sense

Core sense — casting her young before termgenerated

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Casting her young one, or fetus; bringing it forth before its time, in an immature or imperfect state, or dead, but having the form developed: see 4.

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Casting her young one or fœtus; bringing it forth abortively, or in an immature, or imperfect, state, (M, K,) [or dead, but having the form developed, or manifest: see 4.]
Nounهٰذَا الفِعْلُ مَسْقَطَةٌ لَلْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ أَعْيُنِ النَّاسِ1 sense

Core sense — this deed lowers a man in people's esteemgenerated

1figurative · مجاز

[This deed is a cause of a man's falling from the place which he holds in the regard of people]: said when someone does a thing that is not proper for him to do.

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[This deed is a cause of a man's falling from the place which he holds in the regard of people]: (S, K: *) said when one does a thing that is not proper for him to do. (TA.)
Nounمِسْقَاطٌ1 sense

Core sense — a female that habitually casts her younggenerated

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Accustomed to cast her young; to bring them forth before their time, in an immature or imperfect state, or dead, but having the form developed: see 4.

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Accustomed to cast her young; to bring them forth abortively, or in an immature, or imperfect, state, (K,) [or dead, but having the form developed, or manifest: see 4.]
Nounتَمْرَةٌ مَسْقُوطَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a fallen date; repenting and abjectgenerated

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[A fallen date]: some say this means سَاقِطَةٌ, others ذَاتُ سُقُوطٍ [having a fall]. It may be from أَسْقَطِهُ, like مَحْمُومٌ from أَحَمَّهُ ٱللّٰهُ.

1.1figurative · مجازhe is repenting, and abject—هُوَ مَسْقُوطٌ فِى يَدِهِ
the same—سَاقِطٌ فِى يَدِهِ
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[A fallen date]: some say that this means سَاقِطَةٌ : others, ذَاتُ سُقُوطٍ [having a falling]: it may be from أَسْقَطِهُ ; like مَحْمُومٌ from أَحَمَّهُ ٱللّٰهُ . (TA.) هُوَ مَسْقُوطٌ فِى يَدِهِ He is repenting, and abject; as also سَاقِطٌ فِى يَدِهِ (TA.)
Nounمَشَى مُتَسَاقِطًا1 sense

Core sense — he walked in a slack, languid mannergenerated

1figurative · مجاز

[He walked, or went, in a slack, or languid, manner, as though repeatedly stumbling, or as though throwing himself down: see 3, near the end, and see also 6.] In art. طرح.

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[He walked, or went, in a slack, or languid, manner; as though repeatedly stumbling; or as though throwing himself down: see 3, near the end; and see also 6]. (A in art. طرح .)