Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

نَقَطَ الكِتَابَ, (Ṣ, Mṣb,) or الحَرْفَ, (Ḳ,) aor. ـُ {يَنْقُطُ}, inf. n. نَقْطٌ, (Ṣ, Mṣb,) He pointed, or dotted. [the book, or writing, or] the letter, or word, with the diacritical points or point; and with the syllabical points or point, by which are shown the pronunciation and division of syllables and the desinential syntax; syn. أَعْجَمَهُ; as alsoنقّطهُ↓: (Ḳ:) andنقّط↓ المصَاحِفَ, inf. n. تَنْقِيطٌ, [he so pointed the copies of the Ḳur-án.] (Ṣ.)

see 1, in two places.

نفّط ثَوْبَهُ بِالزَّعْفَرَانِ وَالمِدَادِ, inf. n. تَنْقِيطٌ, [He made speaks, or small spots, upon his garment, with saffron, and ink;] (Lth;) and نقّط عَلَى ثَوْبِهِ [signifies the same]. (A, TA, in art. رقط.) And نَقَّطَتِ المَرْأَةُ وَجْهَهَا وَخَدَّهَا بِالسَّوَادِ تَتَحَسَّنُ بِذٰلِكَ [The woman made specks, or small spots, upon her face, with black, beautifying herself thereby]. (TA.)

تنقّط [quasi-pass. of 2; It became pointed,, &c.]

[And hence,] ‡ It (a place) became seattered with spots, or portions, of herbage. (Ḳ, TA.)

نَقْطَةٌ inf. n. un. of 1, [A single act of pointing,, &c.] (Mṣb.)

نُقْطَةٌ A diacritical point of a letter or word: [a syllabical point thereof: see 1:] (Ḳ:) [a point, dot, speck, speckle, or small spot: a mathematical point; i. e.] the extremity of a line: (TA:) pl. نُقَطٌ (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) and نِقَاطٌ. (AZ, Ṣ, Ḳ.) Hence, one says, مَا ٱخْتَلَفَا فى نُقْطَةٍ They two did not differ respecting so small a thing as a point of a letter or word. (TA.) And [hence] the vulgar say, when they admire one, هُوَ نُقْطَةٌ فِى مُصْحَفٍ † [He is like a point, or stop, in a copy of the Ḳur-án; because the stops in the Ḳur-án are generally ornamented, and often very beautifully, with gold and colours]. (TA.)

† [Any very small thing, that may be likened to a point, dot, or speck. Hence,] ʼAlee is related to have said, العِلْمُ نُقْطَةٌ إِنَّمَا كَتَّرَهَا الجَاهِلُونَ † [Science, or knowledge, is a very small thing: only the ignorant have made it to be much]. (TA.) And you say, أَعْطَاهُ نُقْطَةً مِنْ عَسَلٍ ‡ [He gave him a drop, or very small quantity, of honey]. (TA.)

‡ [A portion of a thing, or some of a number of things, in a separate, or scattered, state, here and there] You say, مَا بَقِىَ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ إِلَّا نُقْطَةَ ‡ There remained not of their possessions [aught] save some palm-trees and a portion of seed-produce here and there. (IAạr, TA) And فِى الأَرْضِ نِقَاطٌ مِنَ الكَلَإِ, and نُقَطٌ مِنْهُ. ‡ In the land are scattered spots, or portions, of herbage. (Ḳ,* TA.)

† A thing: an affair; a matter: a case; an event; an action. (TA.)

نَقَّاطٌ One who points copies of the Ḳur-án, &c.; i. e. adds the diacritical and other points. (Ṣ,* TA.)

كِتَابٌ مَنْقُوطٌ (Mṣb, TA) A book, or writing, pointed with the diacritical, or other, points. (TA.)