ن ط ق

ن ط ق • (n-ṭ-q)

1. Related to delineation and demarcation (of words, concepts, zones, clothes...)

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: نَطَقَ‎ (naṭaqa, “to pronounce, utter”)
  • Verbal noun: نُطْق‎ (nuṭq, “word, articulation, predicament”)
  • Active participle: نَاطِق‎ (nāṭiq, “speaker, narrator, teller”)
  • Passive participle: مَنْطُوق‎ (manṭūq, “text, wording, meaning”)
• Form II: نَطَّقَ‎ (naṭṭaqa, “(with ه‎ (h)) to cinch, girdle; to make speak, render capable of speaking”)
  • Verbal noun: تَنْطِيق‎ (tanṭīq, “the act of making zones, zoning”)
  • Active participle: مُنَطِّق‎ (munaṭṭiq)
  • Passive participle: مُنَطَّق‎ (munaṭṭaq, “size, girth, waistline”)
• Form III: نَاطَقَ‎ (nāṭaqa, “(with ه‎ (h)) to speak to”)
  • Verbal noun: نِطَاق‎ (niṭāq, “band, belt, girdle, area, ambit”)
  • Active participle: مُنَاطِق‎ (munāṭiq)
  • Passive participle: مُنَاطَق‎ (munāṭaq)
• Form IV: أَنْطَقَ‎ (ʾanṭaqa, “(with ه‎ (h)) to make speak, render capable of speaking”)
  • Verbal noun: إِنْطَاق‎ (ʾinṭāq)
  • Active participle: مُنْطِق‎ (munṭiq)
  • Passive participle: مُنْطَق‎ (munṭaq)
• Form V: تَنَطَّقَ‎ (tanaṭṭaqa, “(reflexive) to girdle, cinch”)
  • Verbal noun: تَنَطُّق‎ (tanaṭṭuq)
  • Active participle: مُتَنَطِّق‎ (mutanaṭṭiq)
  • Passive participle: مُتَنَطَّق‎ (mutanaṭṭaq)
• Form X: اِسْتَنْطَقَ‎ (istanṭaqa, “(with ه‎ (h)) to speak to, interrogate, inquire”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِنْطَاق‎ (istinṭāq, “interrogatory, questioning”)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَنْطِق‎ (mustanṭiq, “interrogator, inquisitor”)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَنْطَق‎ (mustanṭaq)

Nouns and adjectives

• مِنْطَق‎ m (minṭaq, “belt, girdle”)
• مِنْطَقَة‎ f (minṭaqa, “zone, district”)
  • مِنْطَقِيّ‎ m sg (minṭaqiyy, “related to the zone, local”)
• مِنْطِيق‎ (minṭīq, “eloquent”)
• مَنْطِق‎ m (manṭiq, “speech, eloquence, logic”)
  • مَنْطِقِيّ‎ m sg (manṭiqiyy, “logical”)
  • مَنَاطِقَة‎ m pl (manāṭiqa)
• مِنْطِيق‎ (minṭīq)

• Corriente, Federico (2005), “ن ط ق”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 1179
• Ibn Sīda al-Mursī, Al-Muḥkam wa-l-Muḥīṭ al-Aʿẓam (d. 1066 CE) المحكم والمحيط الأعظم لإبن سيده الأندلسي
• Arabic-English Lexicon by Edward William Lane (d. 1876) المعجم العربي الإنجليزي لإدوارد وليام لين