ناقص

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Root
ن ق ص (n-q-ṣ)

Derived from the active participle of نَقَصَ (naqaṣa, to decrease, to be incomplete, to be imperfect).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

نَاقِص (nāqiṣ) (feminine نَاقِصَة (nāqiṣa), masculine plural نَاقِصُونَ (nāqiṣūna), feminine plural نَاقِصَات (nāqiṣāt) or نَوَاقِص (nawāqiṣ))

  1. imperfect
  2. incomplete, lacking
  3. insufficient, inadequate

Declension[edit]

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic نَاقِص (nāqiṣ).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? nāqis
Dari reading? nāqis
Iranian reading? nâğes
Tajik reading? noqis

Adjective[edit]

ناقص (nâqes)

  1. incomplete
  2. imperfect, deficient