نقط
1 نَقَطَ الكِتَابَ, (
S,
Msb,) or الحَرْفَ, (
K,)
aor. ـُ
inf. n. نَقْطٌ, (
S,
Msb,) 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 also ↓ نقّطهُ: (
K:) and المصَاحِفَ ↓ نقّط,
inf. n. تَنْقِيطٌ, [he so pointed the copies of the
Kur-á
n.] (
S.) 2 نَقَّطَ see 1, in two places.
b2: 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.) 5 تنقّط [quasi-
pass. of 2; It became pointed, &c.
b2: And hence,] (
tropical:) It (a place) became seattered with spots, or portions, of herbage. (
K,
TA.) نَقْطَةٌ
inf. n. un. of 1, [A single act of pointing, &c.] (
Msb.) نُقْطَةٌ A diacritical point of a letter or word: a syllabical point thereof: see 1:] (
K:) [a point, dot, speck, speckle, or small spot: a mathematical point; i. e.] the extremity of a line: (
TA:)
pl. نُقَطٌ (
S,
Msb,
K,) and نِقَاطٌ. (
Az,
S,
K.) Hence, one says, مَا اخْتَلَفَا 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 (assumed
tropical:) [He is like a point, or stop, in a copy of the
Kur-án; because the stops in the
Kur-án are generally ornamented, and often very beautifully, with gold and colours]. (
TA.)
b2: (assumed
tropical:) [Any very small thing, that may be likened to a point, dot, or speck. Hence,] 'Alee is related to have said, العِلْمُ نُقْطَةٌ إِنَّمَا كَتَّرَهَا الجَاهِلُونَ (assumed
tropical:) [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 (
tropical:) [He gave him a drop, or very small quantity, of honey]. (
TA.)
b3: (
tropical:) [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 (
tropical:) There remained not of their possessions [aught] save some palm-trees and a portion of seed-produce here and there. (
IAar,
TA) And فِى الأَرْضِ نِقَاطٌ مِنَ الكَلَإِ, and نُقَطٌ مِنْهُ. (
tropical:) In the land are scattered spots, or portions, of herbage. (
K, *
TA.)
b4: (assumed
tropical:) A thing: an affair; a matter: a case; an event; an action. (
TA.) نُقَيْطَةٌ
dim. of نُقْطَةٌ. (
TA.) نَقَّاطٌ One who points copies of the
Kur-án &c.; i. e. adds the diacritical and other points. (
S, *
TA.) كِتَابٌ مَنْقُوطٌ (
Msb,
TA) A book, or writing, pointed with the diacritical, or other, points. (
TA.)
