The Arabic root ن-ص-ت (n-s-t)

Form I verb نَصَتَ: to listen

4 words in the dictionary are built from ن-ص-ت, including verbs in Forms I, IV, V. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

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Verb · Form I

نَصَتَ

to listen

Verb · Form IV

أَنْصَتَ

to listen

Noun

تَنَصُّت

eavesdropping

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

نَصَتَ · present يَنْصِتُ

Form I · The plain action

to listen, to hearken, to lend an ear

نَصْت

Verbal noun

نَاصِت

Active participle

مَنْصُوت

Passive participle

أَنْصَتَ · present يُنْصِتُ

Form IV · Causative

to listen, to hearken, to lend an ear

إِنْصَات

Verbal noun

مُنْصِت

Active participle

مُنْصَت

Passive participle

تَنَصَّتَ · present يَتَنَصَّتُ

Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to try to hear; to eavesdrop, to listen secretly; to wiretap

تَنَصُّت

Verbal noun

eavesdropping

مُتَنَصِّت

Active participle

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