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ن ق ص (nūn qāf ṣād) arabic root word meaning.


There are 10 words derived from this root in the Quran.
    The triliteral root nūn qāf ṣād (ن ق ص) occurs 10 times in the Quran, in three derived forms:
    • seven times as the form I verb yunqaṣu (يُنقَصُ)
    • 2 times as the noun naqṣ (نَقْص)
    • 1 times as the passive participle manqūṣ (مَنقُوص)



to diminish, decrease, run low, lessen, cause loss or deficiency, consume, fall short, waste, abate.

All words derived from nūn qāf ṣād root word

WordMeaningArabic
(2:155:6) wanaqṣin
and loss		وَنَقْصٍ
(7:130:6) wanaqṣin
and a deficit		وَنَقْصٍ
(9:4:8) yanquṣūkum
they have failed you		يَنْقُصُوكُمْ
(11:84:15) tanquṣū
decrease		تَنْقُصُوا
(11:109:20) manqūṣin
being diminished		مَنْقُوصٍ
(13:41:6) nanquṣuhā
reducing it		نَنْقُصُهَا
(21:44:14) nanquṣuhā
We reduce it		نَنْقُصُهَا
(35:11:24) yunqaṣu
is lessened		يُنْقَصُ
(50:4:4) tanquṣu
diminishes		تَنْقُصُ
(73:3:3) unquṣ
lessen		انْقُصْ
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