نتق

Core meaning

To tear a mass away from its base and hold it suspended.

Uses

1. نَتَقْنَا → "We tore out" : the mountain torn out and held above them.

   • «وَإِذْ نَتَقْنَا ٱلْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُۥ ظُلَّةٌۭ» — "And when We tore the mountain out above them, as though it were a canopy" (7:171)

Evidence from the text

The single occurrence is read through what follows it: the mountain is "above them, as though it were a canopy", and they presume "it was going to topple upon them" (7:171). The verb thus says the tearing of a mass from its base and its suspension above a group.

Distinctions

• نزع — to pull out what holds, to remove; نتق tears a mass away and holds it suspended